Ask the EQ Coach: Christmas Present for My Wife

Written by Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, cEQc, The EQ Coach™


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Signed: The EQ Coach

P.S. Yes, she WILL know.

Still not convinced?

Dear EQ Coach:

I’m appalled. My husband just gave me my Christmas gift early. We’ve been married 3 years. It was an expensive Lladro. Of a horse. I don’t like horses. I’ve never ridden a horse. I’ve never talked about one. I don’t have any horse thing in my house. I think they smell and are dangerous and my hobby is needlepoint. Furthermore, I don’t ^collect^. Onrepparttar other hand, his secretary owns and breeds horses. She has horse statues all over her desk.

I’m sick. What should I do?

Signed: Horses my A**

Dear Horses:

Well, I don’t recommend gelding ...

Signed: The EQ Coach

©Susan Dunn, MA Clinical Psychology, cEQc, The EQ Coach™, http://www.susandunn.cc . Coaching for all your needs. Susan is the author of “How to Choose the Perfect Gift for the Woman You Love,” http://www.webstrategies.cc/gift.htm . After this will come Easter … Mother’s Day … her birthday. Get prepared now.


Winning Words for Web Sites

Written by Dave Hunt


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