Are four new tires a poignant display of affection, or as brutally unromantic as a mop and pail? This week on Car Talk, the vote was 3-0 in the “unromantic” column, when Patty called in to see if Tom and Ray agreed with her. (Hear her call with Tom and Ray here . It’s worth a few minutes, in our h…

Tires, bad gift but good sign. This should be a study of some kind, but among the many guys I knew in the Navy, those who tended to give practical gifts, like tires, or a vacuum cleaner seemed to have more stable marriages. Now most of these guys, after giving such a gift would scramble and buy an…

Wow, I was horrified when I heard this woman’s reaction to her boyfriend’s proposal to buy her new tires for her car for Christmas. “Unromantic and comparable to a mop in a pail”???!!! To me she sounded ungrateful and completely unappreciative of her boyfriend’s thoughtfulness. I think this dude …

The answer here depends on the lady. Personally I think a vacuum is a fine Christmas gift but I’ve had this discussion around a table of about 80% women and they pretty much told me it is a very bad idea. I feel the same group would nix the tires just as much. Yet, I’m giving my wife an Eden Pure…

Or he buys the tires and then they use them to drive to a romantic B&B for the weekend.

I’d just like to point out that buying tires as a gift is definitely not the same as buying a vacuum cleaner or some other household appliances (which implies that you assume she’s going to do most or all of the vacuuming/cleaning/cooking…something like a vacuum cleaner should never really be a “gif…

I'd just like to point out that buying tires as a gift is definitely not the same as buying a vacuum cleaner or some other household appliances (which implies that you assume she's going to do most or all of the vacuuming/cleaning/cooking...something like a vacuum cleaner should never really be a "g…

Its a faux paux,an understandable one,but a blunder none the less,seems to me like the guy is levelheaded and practical.Remember men are from Mars-Kevin

As a (very pragmatic) woman, I would MUCH prefer new tires to flowers (a-choo!) or jewelry. A mop/vacuum cleaner would actually be okay IF I had been complaining bitterly about the ones currently owned; otherwise I would take either as a slam on the current cleanliness level if in separate household…

My first reaction is “man, what a sweet gift” (assuming that this lady did in fact need new tires) this is a rather generous (tires are expensive, and there are a lot of people who are frightfully unaware of this impending maintenance item) sounds like this guy needs to find a sweet girl from up i…

Tires = Mop?

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ken_green December 15, 2012, 10:02pm 2

Not in my household. She’d rather see a Dooney or Coach than Michelins under the tree.

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Tires = Mop?

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