<p>I’m thinking anything “Barbie” for the girls!</p>
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<p>send him an envelope that says i thought you could use some money
and then include an envelope inside the envelope stating ‘money’ on it with monopoly money inside.</p>
<p>once my H, we were just married at the time, asked me to get him supplies-tooth brush, etc for a weekend away with the boys for golf…</p>
<p>well, I hope he enjoyed his GI soap , comb, toothpaste and the like</p>
<p>heh</p>
<p>Any of the one dollar stores are great places to find cheap toys:</p>
<p>bubbles
plastic slinky
dress up jewelry
pirate stuff
cars
playdo
candy,
etc</p>
<p>Thanks for all the ideas. Some of them had me cracking up!!!</p>
<p>I’m leaning more toward little junior high-aged girl things, like temporary fairy tattoos or strawberry shortcake notebooks, etc. </p>
<p>And yes, poker chips and cards he would definitely NOT consider lame ;)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, and here’s the entire playlist. I entitled it “sissy CD” . I actually like quite a few of the songs…I just know they are all ones he wouldn’t be caught dead listening to 
Man I Feel Like a Woman—Shania Twain
I’m Coming Out—Diana Ross
We’re in Heaven—DJ Smitty
It’s Raining Men—Geri Halliwell
I Want it That Way—Backstreet Boys
Wannabe—Spice Girls
What a Girl Wants—Christina Aguilera
I’m Every Woman—Chaka Khan
Hold Me—Savage Garden
MmBop—Hansen
Express Yourself—Madonna
We Are Family—Sister Sledge
This I Promise You—N Sync
Queen of Hearts—Juice Newton
Loving You—Minnie Riperton
YMCA—the Village People
Venus—Bananarama
Head over Heels—the Go-Go’s
You Make me Feel Like Dancing----Leo Sayer
Every Time We Touch—Cascada</p>
<p>What, no “I got a brand new pair of roller skates…”? (For some reason, I think of that alongside Minnie Riperton.)</p>
<p>Re midmo’s suggestion:</p>
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<p>One of the contributor’s to the collection *The Empty Nest: 31 Parents Tell the Truth About Relationships, Love, and Freedom After the Kids Fly the Coop<a href=“edited%20by%20Karen%20Stabiner”>/i</a> writes:</p>
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<p>So tell me – what do parents look like who are the kind of couple anyone would rush home to visit???</p>
<p>“So tell me – what do parents look like who are the kind of couple anyone would rush home to visit???”</p>
<p>Ones holding a check, car keys and a plate of cookies :)</p>