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. 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..."