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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsMy wife is mad because I got the kids huge stuffed dogs and she got them a small stufed hedgehog.
There are no winners on Valentine's Day.
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My wife is mad because I got the kids huge stuffed dogs and she got them a small stufed hedgehog. (Original Post)
rug
Feb 2012
OP
Real live hedgehogs are quite smelly. Hard to argue about the cuteness though.
yellowcanine
Feb 2012
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6000eliot
(5,643 posts)1. Is it a competition?
The key to a kid's heart is a large stuffed dog.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)2. Tell your wife...
...as a former kid, myself, I would've preferred the smaller hedgehog.
Then, apologize for being an over-the-top, typical male who thinks size matters.
rug
(82,333 posts)8. What, it doesn't?
There's always a silver lining.
Moondog
(4,833 posts)3. I guess you'll just have to make it up to her.
You know what to do . . . .
rug
(82,333 posts)9. Yeah, I think she's over it now.
Chinese buffet for Valentine's day is the ticket.
hedgehog
(36,286 posts)4. Your kids get presents for Valentine's Day?
BTW - don't dis the hedgehog!
rug
(82,333 posts)10. Yup. And now they're working on celebrating Thor's day every week.
The hedgehog is cute. But the dog is bigger.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)5. Just wait until the dogs and hedgehog get together tonight.
rug
(82,333 posts)11. I have a hose ready.
PassingFair
(22,434 posts)6. Those hedgehogs are SO selfish.
But they're so cute when they're small.
yellowcanine
(35,698 posts)15. Real live hedgehogs are quite smelly. Hard to argue about the cuteness though.
How cute does one have to be to make up for smelly?
yellowcanine
(35,698 posts)14. What kind of mother gets the kids a stuffed hedgehog for Valentine's Day?
You should ask her that and tell her this is on her, not you.
rug
(82,333 posts)16. Precisely.