Thank you everyone for the reassurances and belated B'day wishes!

Pam Yes, I realize that waiting for H to "mind-read" is definitely not the answer I did that the first year we were together...and all I got that year was a VHS Movie! It was the only thing I had mentioned wanting H saw the disappointment when I opened the box and felt pretty bad. From then on he started asking for a list

alaskangal,Kharvey : I will still end up with one or two pots I'm sure NOw that would be just too awesome...All-Clad and a new RING!!!!

BillM,Shiny : Commununication...yeah,OK, that's what it is... Sreiously though, we are slowly getting better at it Makes for some really tense moments for me but it does end up having it's rewards

Mr. Cool : Hope you don't mind my adopting the nick Shiny dubbed you with I am keeping my expectations low on this one...not because I don't think H will get me the ring but more to keep the possibility of disappointment at bay (does that make sense?). This is the first time I have asked for something really extravagant that does NOT pertain to my passion for cooking (nor his passion for EATING ). I do think that my request was a bit disconcerting for him since I am a professed "non-jewelry" person...I just hope he remembers that I HATE diamonds...

Ogda Thank you so much for posting to my thread:)! I often read your posts as well and find them inciteful as I do many of the men's posts

The nick "Zoo" was given to me by my brother We use to rent a house together and I had quite a large number and variety of pets. B would go looking for something to eat in the fridge or whatever and find NOTHING but food for the animals most of the time He said it was like living in a zoo! When we got a comp he insisted that be part of my "handle". The nick stuck and now a great many people just call me that all of the time both on and off-line


All is going pretty well so far this week...there is much less tension in the air on my part so H seems more relaxed Yeah, I know most of it was all me last week I'm a Scorpio...what can I say

Zoo

"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm." - Mahatma Gandhi