Merry Geekmas!

I've been buying Christmas presents. 

I know, it's only the middle of November. But hear me out. For the first time, we finally have a 7-foot Christmas tree! I’ve always wanted a big tree, but buying one from the malls was never an option. A tree that size costs around Php 10k. Thankfully, you can buy anything online now. We got ours from Shopee for less than 3k! Since the tree is tall, I felt uneasy whenever I saw the space underneath so empty without any presents. Horror vacui.

So yes, I already have gifts wrapped for everyone at home, except for the husband. 

What else can I give him when he already has me?

Kidding aside. I did some snooping in his phone to see what items he added in his cart. Ended up scratching my head and rolling my eyes because his wishlist was written in a language I do not speak. A Raspberry Pi that is not a raspberry or a pie. What in the universe is that?

I just wish I didn't do some digging. All the more I wish that I had married a man who wanted... I don't know... a shirt. A cap. Or a cologne. Something I could buy without needing a Google search or a screw driver.

I remember that whenever his parcels arrived, I would pretend to understand him when he said things like, "this will really improve our home server performance." Then he would go on yapping technical details that sounded like a made up language, and would spend the rest of the day tinkering, customizing, and testing his new toy.

Umm... No, sir. While I appreciate you making our home into a smart home and our internet 90% ad free, my tech demands are simple. I just want that Netflix streams smoothly without any buffering. That's all. 

But I do love the man. And I do want him to be happy.

So after some deep reflection and meditation, I've come up with the perfect solution.

I choose peace.

I'm not willing to spend a hefty amount on something that looks like a router mated with a spaceship. And geeks don’t really want you to try to understand their gadgets (or simply put, they don't really want you to buy it for them). You'll just mess it up, I tell you. It's unforgivable if you buy the wrong generation, series, or mark (mind you, to a normal person these things look the same). These things do not come cheap.

I’ll leave the tech stuff up to him. He can buy whatever nerd box he wants. I don't mind. The Law of Equivalent Exchange applies to this marriage anyway. So if he would get himself a NAS, then he should get me an ASICS Superblast 2. It’s a win-win. Haha. 

And for Christmas, I'm probably getting him a cute cat ornament for his desk. And he's going to like it because, you know... he chooses peace. Haha.

Merry Christmas to all wives/partners of geeks! Stay strong and may you survive yet another geek talk that started with "Well, actually... did you know..."