Women Are Just Impossible

If you look at this, here we are, in the midst of the worst economic crunch in memory, and here are these whining jerks beefing about Valentine's Day gifts ANYONE would love to get. One guy makes a "memory box." So what if he ate the chocolates? Earth to Miss Thing, how many guys do you think will spend time making you a freakin' memory box? If any guy I know tells me he's making a memory box, HE'S a memory. Done. Forget it. So you're bitching about how guys are a bunch of insensitive clods, and some dunce makes you a memory box and you bitch about that too. Great. Next.

I see gold and diamonds, a BBQ set and a "Sopranos" box. Wow, what a hardship, getting gifts like that. I'd like to move all these women into a cardboard box together for a year where they'd have to beg for change to buy soup, and THEN show them these gifts, and then, TAKE THEM BACK. Next.

Guy talks about how he still has feelings for his ex-girlfriend. What do you think he is, a heartless robot? Who can spend time with you and then dump you without another thought? Women don't know anything about men. Men linger over relationships, they feel real pain. They don't look at a memory box and dump you! The reality is that WOMEN are the insentive clods. And men are the best chefs too, everybody knows that.

We’ve rounded up the worst of the worst among the hundreds of responses. You may recognize some of these universally bad gifts. Remember, it is the thought that counts, but when the thought is fleeting, last-minute, or downright inconsiderate, the result is a lasting bad memory.

From the mixed-message guy. Charlene remembered the Valentine’s Day she made her boyfriend a memory box and put all of his favorite candy in there among trinkets from their time together. “He gave me a fabric heart-shaped box of chocolates, but ate the chocolates and replaced them with rocks. I dumped him shortly after that.”

From the not-so-observant guy. The key to good gift-gifting is observation – noticing over time what’s important to your significant other, what catches his or her eye, can lead to the best gift ideas. Shine user autumn’s husband could use a little help from The Mentalist to hone his observation skills. “My husband gave me a white gold and diamond cross necklace. It is really beautiful, but I’m a Buddhist—and allergic to gold.”

Something-for-him gifts. The many stories of silly lingerie fit nicely into this category. But a “L’il Smokey BBQ Pit” is a new one, as Shine user Kel can attest: “…because I didn’t have one and HE liked to barbeque!”

The year Shine user e.a.b. lost her job, she still bought her then-boyfriend of one year a digital camera to replace the one he had broken. “I got the entire season of “Sopranos” on DVD. Basically, he bought a gift for himself!”

From the heartless guy. “My worst Valentine’s Day gift? My ex-boyfriend of about a year and a half told me that he still had feelings for his ex-girlfriend,” recalls Shine user Jill.

[Shine]