This is Not an Endorsement

[ralphmelton]

http://www.scorebrowniepoints.com/

If I used this service, I wouldn't admit it in this journal.

Discussing this in other fora has raised the very sensible question of "what if this is not the sort of stuff that warms your sweetie's heart? What if she would rather receive hardware?"

Comments

[cellio]

I got a good laugh out of that. The "what if she doesn't like this particular stuff" problem is real, though. I mean, personally, makeup or perfume would send the wrong message to me... just as I wouldn't assume that, say, football memorabilia would work for all guys. Maybe if she stays in business for a while she'll allow customers to personalize the selections just a bit (at the category level, I mean -- like "chocolate good, perfume bad").

[indigodove.livejournal.com]

I can vouch for Ralph here anyway. He does not use this service. He is quite capable of picking out stuff I would like all on his own :-)

[seanmcguire.livejournal.com]

None of the examples she allows us to see qualify as "stuff I wouldn't be caught dead buying." Heck, none of it qualifies as stuff anyone I've known wouldn't be caught dead buying.

[seanmcguire.livejournal.com]

You're looking at this wrong; it doesn't mean Ralph shouldn't use a service like this. It means Ralph should *provide* a service like this, so that the rest of us can seem as suave as he is. Then he'd be his first customer.

(Now I'm imagining those "hair club for men" commercials. "I'm not just the President of Suave Points for Men - I'm a customer...")