tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post2808374954782915873..comments2023-03-30T08:03:00.944-05:00Comments on Old Fashioned Marriage: 10 Penny-wise Gifts for Your WifeOld Fashioned Marriagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09241184643141521461noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post-39986530836975338192012-12-17T17:15:28.042-06:002012-12-17T17:15:28.042-06:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Anonymous. We sh...Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Anonymous. We shared ours in this post especially to help folk like your husband who may use "no money" as an excuse for not giving. (Why not print out both the posts about low- and no-cost gifting for husbands and wives, and use these articles as an opener so you and your husband can discuss how to give WITHOUT spending money?) It isn't always that some people are not generous and giving - sometimes they just don't know HOW to give with little or no spending money.<br /><br />A lot of how we view and experience life is simply a matter of perspective. Two people can look at the same object or event and see entirely different things, right? There are two reasons the jail cell image was chosen. <br /><br />Reason 1: If you read the post carefully, you will see that the gift idea #10 refers to a "get out of jail free" card. If you have never played Monopoly then that reference will make little sense to you. If you know what a "get out of jail card" is, then you would understand how a jail cell is an appropriate image - a "get out of jail free" card allows you to escape the punishment element of the "jail".<br /><br />Reason 2: I see a wife's obedience and submission to her husband as a powerful way to release her potential and allow her to discover all the pleasures and satisfaction God intended her to have as a wife. Submission RELEASES a wife from the confines of bearing responsibilities and doing tasks she was never created to deal with. Submission opens a wife's "jail cell".<br /><br />I don't know what your religion is, so I can only encourage you to discover your TRUE worth in a way that makes sense to me: by studying God's word. There is no reason to see yourself as being worthy of being tossed into a jail cell. Your worth exceeds your imagination and is not set by how your husband treats you, or how you feel about yourself.The image of the jail cell is not a negative, depressing image: it is about promise and potential and the wonderful joy and liberation that comes with honoring your husband as head of your home.<br /> Old Fashioned Marriagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241184643141521461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post-67288067592530067082012-12-17T16:58:21.856-06:002012-12-17T16:58:21.856-06:00You are a thoughtful gift-giver, Andy. Thanks for ...You are a thoughtful gift-giver, Andy. Thanks for sharing your gift idea. Poetry written from the heart is one of the most touching gifts a husband can give his wife. I love that your wife treasures those poems by keeping them in a scrap-book. The love is flowing both ways.Old Fashioned Marriagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241184643141521461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post-46483900770942637572012-12-17T16:55:39.463-06:002012-12-17T16:55:39.463-06:00Thanks, Princess - I visited your blog, and notice...Thanks, Princess - I visited your blog, and noticed your blog is relatively new. Welcome! I read all your posts, but unfortunately did not find any that dealt with the topic of inexpensive and handmade, yet extremely thoughtful gifts for a wife. Perhaps you could provide us with a more specific reference to the post(s) you are referring to? That would be helpful to our readers who may not have time to read through all your posts. Thanks.Old Fashioned Marriagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241184643141521461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post-26105224127578793962012-12-17T15:56:51.540-06:002012-12-17T15:56:51.540-06:00These are nice. Last year he didn't get me an...These are nice. Last year he didn't get me anything! We didn't have any money anyway, but I was hoping for maybe a note or something. I try to write him letters every year and when I do, I usually write one to myself and pretend he sent it. :-) It makes me feel a little better. <br /><br />I struggle a lot to be a quiet and obedient wife. I have to admit I was taken aback by your picture that you used. For 10 Pennywise Gifts for your Wife, why did you choose a picture of a cold jail cell? It's very difficult trying to be good, quiet and do what you're told; to be confronted by a picture of a jail cell is more than depressing -- thinking that's what I'm thought of, worthy to be tossed in there. I know that sounds nitpicky but I am just saying. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723628156599645798.post-761341644882355602012-12-15T22:40:09.807-06:002012-12-15T22:40:09.807-06:00I always include a poem with my wife's Christm...I always include a poem with my wife's Christmas gift. I am not a very good poet at all, but I enjoy expressing my love with words. My wife has all 10 years of my clumsy, little Christmas poems pasted into a scrap book. Andy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com