A GIFT OF BRONZE?

BY DAN MILLER
(originally posted August 29, 2005)

The 8th wedding anniversary is the year to give bronze. I read that on the official list.

As far as helping me decide on a gift for my wife, it might as well be the year to give plutonium.
The only bronze things I could think of were bronze self-tanning goo..... bronze book ends.... and bronzed baby shoes. None of those seemed right.

So I did a little internet research.
The picture you see here is what popped up.

It's a bronze statue of a dragon.

It stands almost 6 feet tall....
It costs $7579.95 (plus $204 shipping).

I'm not sure what you're supposed to do with such a thing..... I suppose you could put it by the front door.
Maybe Karen could put it in the garden, to ward off bugs, and rabbits, and noisy neighborhood children.

As I pondered this potential gift, three questions immediately came to mind:
(1.) Would she be glad I bought her such a thing?
(2.) Would she be OK not buying any clothes, or shoes, or eating out for awhile, to offset the $7579.95, plus shipping?
(3.) Would I hear words or phrases coming from her mouth that she’s never before uttered?

Maybe I better keep looking.

Thankfully -- as I've mentioned before -- Karen doesn't concern herself much with anniversary gifts.
She'll buy something she likes, and let me know it's from me to her.

And I don't need to receive an anniversary present either.
She's already given me 2,923 gifts.
That's the number of days we'll be married (as of August 30, 2005).... and, for me, each of those 2,923 days has been a better day than it could possibly have been without being married to her.

So, all you guys celebrating #8, the bronze dragon is still available.

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