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Shopping for my wife - please help.

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1pregunta · 24/11/2017 13:15

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.

Shopping for my wife - please help.
OP posts:
randomer · 24/11/2017 16:46

But he had to buy it before 3 pm????? What percentage of posts do you think are genuine?

TheFirstMrsDV · 24/11/2017 16:58

Why do all the brand new male MN posters have so many children?

randomer · 24/11/2017 17:11

Coz of big plonkers

palomathecat · 24/11/2017 17:12

I'm a regular on here and that was my brother earlier today, NC on my account. I had met him for lunch to discuss how to help our mother and he only had a few hours. He's always rushed. I told him to post about the bracelet as when my husband surprised me with one I thought the idea behind it was very romantic Confused Anyway, clearly others would differ. Sorry to offend anyone. DB is sorted now anyway.

Coconutspongexo · 24/11/2017 17:13

Really?! GrinGrinGrin

randomer · 24/11/2017 17:16

Oh hubs you are so romantic. You have bought me an expensive chastity belt for my wrist.

aintnothinbutagstring · 24/11/2017 17:20

A chastity belt makes more sense though Grin

Lweji · 24/11/2017 17:21

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

This.

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

1pregunta · 24/11/2017 17:32

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.

OP posts:
1pregunta · 24/11/2017 17:32

Sorry forgot to go back on my name.

OP posts:
19lottie82 · 24/11/2017 17:34

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

TheFirstMrsDV · 24/11/2017 17:49

Sorry forgot to go back on my name

Excuse me what now?.

Arthur2shedsJackson · 24/11/2017 17:50

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.

Joinourclub · 24/11/2017 17:58

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

palomathecat · 24/11/2017 18:10

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

user1495832265 · 24/11/2017 18:16
Grin 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.
Branleuse · 24/11/2017 18:28

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

TheFirstMrsDV · 24/11/2017 18:45

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

randomer · 24/11/2017 18:49

It must be exhausting pretending to be two people.

Valerrie · 24/11/2017 18:50

What an odd post to fake.

Crunchymum · 24/11/2017 19:29

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

Madbengalmum · 24/11/2017 19:36

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.

palomathecat · 24/11/2017 19:48

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.

randomer · 24/11/2017 19:54

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.

VladmirsPoutine · 24/11/2017 19:55

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