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[ VALENTINE’S DAY ]
What Should Men
Buy Women?
There’s Only One Answer
pure milk chocolate. It was also filled with little chocolate
truffles.
When she woke up in the morning, it was already on the
kitchen table wrapped in red cellophane, awaiting her arrival. It
was all she had for dinner when she got home from work that
evening, with, of course, some of her favorite cabernet. I admit
that I helped her eat some of her chocolate shoe.
By Martin Lenkowsky
Buying the right Valentine’s Day gift should be considered
nothing less than an art form. Selecting that special present for
your wife or girlfriend takes time and practice to bring it to
perfection. (And you thought Michelangelo had it hard painting
the Sistine Chapel ceiling?)
After years and years and many tries and efforts, I finally figured
it out. Attention, all my fellow members of the male species.
The only word to know for this holiday is chocolate.
Buying the sugary shoe from a local chocolatier was fun, too. I
even got to sample a few of the store’s specialty items. The shoe
itself was already molded into a woman’s size 6. When I asked
the store owner if she could, perhaps, personalize it and mold
one to my wife’s size 9, she said, “Yes, but it will cost thirty more
dollars.”
We won’t go there, either. Suffice it to say, I thought that was
funnier than my wife did.
Overpriced Valentine’s Day dinners are nice, as are flowers and
bottles of fine wine. In years past, I’ve also made a few trips to
Victoria’s Secret for some burning hot lingerie. But who was I
kidding? Those gifts were for my gratification, as much as my
wife’s. Gentlemen, take heed -- the ultimate magic word for
Valentine’s Day is chocolate. Women go absolutely wild for
scrumptious chocolate.
In order to show some originality every year, I heartily recommend
a simple change in the chocolate scenery. One year
chocolate roses might work. Then, the following year, try a
pretty glass dish filled with chocolate placed on her pillow
when she’s ready for bed.
Last February, I went out and bought my wife a highheeled
shoe (private joke; let’s not go there) made out of
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