{"id":148,"date":"2013-02-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conversations.itgroove.net\/?p=148"},"modified":"2023-02-24T21:48:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T21:48:49","slug":"gifts-from-geeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/archive\/2013\/02\/26\/gifts-from-geeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Gifts from Geeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been 8 \u00bd years since my husband Sean went on a pre-planned guys\u2019 vacation to Las Vegas. Unfortunately, our second child was only a few months old at the time, but this was the only time he and all of his friends could get together. At least that\u2019s what he told me at the time\u2026<\/p>\n

The thing that stands out the most is not that it was a crazy four days with two children under two years old (not that I\u2019m bitter about that), but the lovely gift he brought back for me.<\/p>\n

He called me from Las Vegas to check in and after asking about the kids, told me he bought me something I\u2019d love. In the background I could hear his friends chuckling. I\u2019m thinking\u2026recent mother, something pretty\u2026or chocolates?<\/p>\n

No, it was a Roomba. A Roomba! I\u2019m not sure if he actually thought I would be excited about a vacuuming robot, but I was not amused. I guess it\u2019s funny now\u20268 \u00bd years later, but at the time I wanted to hurt him with that Roomba. I wanted to hurt him bad.<\/p>\n

Since then we\u2019ve had a lot of \u2018geek toys\u2019 in the house and I finally think I understand that if it is electronic, unique and he doesn\u2019t have one, it will probably end up in our house. He tells me that he needs to be able to research certain products to benefit his clients.<\/p>\n

Has anyone else out there received some slightly bizarre gifts from their loved one? I\u2019m all ears! <\/p>\n

~Wendy~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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