Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for December 12, 2019

NO FLANNEL!!!

Sounds about right. It won’t work if she refuses to wear it. Well ,maybe more than once anyway.

Damn, I guess I’m taking the teddy back. Maybe I ca find some peek-a-boo flannel.

Lingerie is not a gift a man gives to a woman. It’s a gift he gives to himself though she wears it, for a while at least, but it’s more for his pleasure than hers.

The happier man makes his wife feel beautiful enough to want to buy herself lingerie. Sadly, he has yet to be found.

Methinks we’re starting to run into the Gasoline Alley problem here, when you’re talking about buying lingerie for (near?) senior citizens.

One of those long tshirts with a bikini body printed on it.

The difference between lingerie and underwear? Underwear is comfortable.

The sign of good lingerie is how neat a pile it makes on the floor next to the bed. ;)

I thought that she is in the flannel stage of life.

Almost got a ‘new’ house for the holidays, but the seller wouldn’t make critical fixes; so, it’s a ‘new’ house for my wife’s birthday.

Janis is warning Arlo that he will probably have to exchange it if he chooses incorrectly

I got told on in the third grade for swearing when I said, “None of your beeswax.” Glad to know it’s safe to say again.

If you don’t give me the kitchen/house tool I want for Christmas, I’ll find the money to purchase it for myself sometime in the next year. Please don’t give me jewelry or other things I’m supposed to want. Hey, I even like gift certificates for restaurants!

Yeah, Arlo. Run it past us.

I never give clothes as a gift – the chances of getting mood, size and personal preferences all correct are diminishingly small

Lingerie at their age? Yeesch…

Arlo has a different point of view of her body then she does.

“Never give your wife a gift with a power cord”. So I gave her a Dyson vacuum.

Men’s and women’s ideas about “lingerie” are diametrically opposed. Women buy for comfort. Men buy for what they image in their minds she looks like wearing them.

What is everyone’s opinions of yoga pants being worn as an every day fashion item?

Who says romance & passion are dead?

One year my husband gave me an apartment sized washer and dryer. We were four flights of stairs and three blocks from the nearest laundromat. I was ecstatic. Someone at work said he should have given me something more personal, and I told her that I couldn’t think of anything more personal than dirty underwear.

If it is the thought that counts, then think about what will actually be wanted.

Get her bubble bath. If she likes it, she can wear it.

I enjoy clothes shopping for my wife and, with very few exceptions, always find things that look great on her and that she is proud to wear. Lingerie is one of those exceptions.

I learned with the first 4 or 5 years to not buy her ‘unmentionables’ blind. When we were younger we did shop at times together for her lingerie and I would buy items for her but buying something she hadn’t vetted was a major no-no!

When was the last time Janis has worn lingerie? She rarely looks like she is interested in that much with such low body esteem.

I think I would be a little scared if my man ran past me in lingerie. Hahahaha!

Husband and I have been together – dating, engaged, and married for 46 years. It took me well over 20 of those years – due to all the jokes about women wanting things and saying that they do not – to convince NOT TO BUY ME ANYTHING. I don’t need anything, I don’t want anything, money spent on a gift for me is wasted and the gift better be returnable as we can’t afford to waste money. We will play games to resolve his need to buy me something sometimes – such as pre-Palm I would buy my appointment book for work and let him gift wrap it and give it to me. Yippee. Then I no longer needed same. Maybe we need to replace some kitchen thing like dish towels – I buy it and let him wrap and give it to me. Gifts for those who are grown and can afford the items needed or wanted are a stupid idea. If the item is needed it either can be afforded or not and needs to purchased in some manner anyway. If items are not needed, then it is just a waste to spend money on them.

Husband does not care what I sleep in – when I was younger and warmer it was my underpants. Now I am cold all the time and I sleep in one of my old unpresentable tee shirts and ripped jeans with loose top socks to stay warm – sometimes in winter he will borrow one of my spare sets of same to keep him warm while sleeping.