Shopping for my wife - please help.

[1pregunta]

Good afternoon ladies.

I hope I'm not imposing here. During lunch, sister has put me on mums net chat. We would be very grateful for a quick survey please. I have come out to buy the item below as a gift for my wife who is also mother to our 5 children. However, my sister is confusing me by suggesting a different item. I only have until 3pm today.

I feel the item she is proposing looks slightly like a handcuff and also rather plain, but I'm open to feedback. She will post a photo in a moment.

Many thanks

Carlos.

[StatelessPrincess]

It's not a key Did you have your last baby in the portland OP?
Thanks for your post randomer I love jewellery but 18k for a cheap looking pendant is sickening.

[dantdmistedious]

Lucky her. I mean that genuinely. Jealously is ugly.

[randomer]

I don't think in the real world many people get cars or works of art for a birthday present.

[bluesu]

It’s not a key Paloma, it’s a screwdriver. But you know this as you have one (I have two, lucky moi)

[palomathecat]

Of course people buy jewellery as gifts all the time. How do you think the shops stay open? Yes some of it is expensive, but would you complain if someone bought their wife a car or piece of art? Jewellery lasts longer. Each to their own. If he wants to buy something for his wife, why not? It's not a "push" present, it's a birthday, not that it makes any difference.

[MongerTruffle]

Thankyou ladies for the varied advice

MN is not just for mums.

[randomer]

So this person who is a father of 5 spends 25k on jewellery to thank wife for providing female sprog? Rather vulgar to ask but just for fun give us a rough idea of his spend for Christmas.

[palomathecat]

We were having lunch and then in Harrods. I post on here a fair bit and have had 2 (long) threads about my DH and people get quite aggressive / judgmental sometimes about my situation so I don't want things potentially linked. Probably paranoid, but I don't know. I could have asked the question for him. But I NC to "1question" because he was asking one question as a one-off and we were having a joke and I said MN would give him the quick verdict that the bracelet was better. You don't need to password change to NC. Now that name he used is in my account and after my phone ran out and I recharged it that name had come back. If I wanted to ask something about jewellery I could ask at any time.

[Madbengalmum]

So many things wrong with this OP.
Push present, how vulgar.
Cartier love bangle, how original, became a nono when justin bieber started stackin em! 😂
Necklace is just fugly.

[Crunchymum]

Did your brother just log back in and NC again after you posted paloma

[Valerrie]

What an odd post to fake.

[randomer]

It must be exhausting pretending to be two people.

[TheFirstMrsDV]

Oh yes, of course. Your explanation is absolutely believable.
Totally.
No question.

[Branleuse]

18k for a fucking necklace and a hideous one at that

[user1495832265]

Serious name change fail and perhaps some sock puppeting?
Paloma your “explanation” makes no sense...if you two were sharing a device it makes no sense and if you’re not it makes even less sense.

[palomathecat]

I explained above that my DB used my account to ask a question because he obviously didn't have one.

[Joinourclub]

Haha 1pregunta rather giving away the fact that you are a hairy knuckled one!

[Arthur2shedsJackson]

The Cartier Love bracelet is an absolute classic and I personally would just love one. That it has to be fastened onto the wrist with a tiny screwdriver just follows through from the fact that tiny screws are a feature of many Cartier watches and jewellery - not a symbol of male dominance. HTH.

[TheFirstMrsDV]

Sorry forgot to go back on my name

Excuse me what now?.

[19lottie82]

The bracelet is nice but for that sort of money I’d want a lifetime / timeless piece, which it isn’t.

[1pregunta]

Sorry forgot to go back on my name.

[1pregunta]

What do you mean? It's a bangle. After he first put it on me he did lose the key, but it turned up a few months later. You can always go into the shop anyway to get it off if you're that desperate. I don't always wear it now as it scuffs against other things.

[Lweji]

You have bought me an expensive chastity belt for my wrist.

This.

Had he offered to carry such bracelet, that would be romantic.

[aintnothinbutagstring]

A chastity belt makes more sense though