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"  Do you hate relationship surprises? A new survey of 2000 women by British Airways reckons three out of five women hate surprises while a third would HATE it if their partner whisked them off for a spontaneous mini break. To these women I say: ARE YOU MENTAL? First things first. What&amp;#039;s with the casual bandying around of the word &amp;#039;hate&amp;#039;? How can you &amp;#039;hate&amp;#039; a surprise? Unless it&amp;#039;s of the &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;ve been cheating on you with a topless landscape gardener&amp;#039; variety, of course. Let&amp;#039;s be realistic \u2013 the most common surprise in a relationship when you&amp;#039;ve been together for a few years is if you remember to take the kitchen bin out before it starts smelling like trench foot. &amp;#039;Surprise! I took the bin out before it started smelling like trench foot!&amp;#039; &amp;#039;You did what? I HATE that surprise!&amp;#039; I think if you hate surprises you&amp;#039;re a miserable git. Of course it depends on the nature of the surprise, but most of the time a bit of spontaneity is amazing. &amp;#039;You bought the dinner!&amp;#039; &amp;#039;You laughed at my joke!&amp;#039; And that&amp;#039;s before you get onto actual treats. If your bloke buys you a surprise dinner at a posh restaurant then clearly that&amp;#039;s ace. No hatred there. If he buys you a nice frock which you hate, just wear it once, hide it and then exchange it for something else when he&amp;#039;s not looking. No hatred there. And if he books you a surprise mini break GO AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND STOP BEING SUCH A GRINCH. The biggest reason the survey listed for people HATING surprise holidays was because they needed preparation time to get waxed and preened and plucked. Fair enough. BUT what kind of madman wouldn&amp;#039;t know this? What kind of lunatic wouldn&amp;#039;t at least give you a wink, wink, nudge nudge &amp;#039;keep next weekend free&amp;#039; warning? The survey included a quote from a lady who said her boyfriend surprised her with a trip to Morocco. Nice. He packed all her stuff for her. Not nice. And he inevitably forgot her hair straighteners. Surprise, surprise, she had a rubbish time. I once forgot my hair straighteners on a camping trip and wanted to kill myself and everyone in the camp. Mainly because I HATE camping, but also because my hair kept trying to launch itself off my head and leave while I was pretending to be having a good time. So yeah, I can sympathise, but then what kind of boyfriend would EVER think packing for you is a good idea? EVER? Why didn&amp;#039;t he ask one of her friends to do it? Or say &amp;#039;This is very secret squirrel and DON&amp;#039;T ASK ANTHING ELSE but can you pack a bag as if we&amp;#039;re going on holiday?&amp;#039; Yeah there wouldn&amp;#039;t be such a big reveal, but you&amp;#039;d still be surprised if it turned out you actually weren&amp;#039;t going on a holiday and he just wanted more closet room. But at least you&amp;#039;d have your hair straighteners. Do you like surprises? Let me know on Twitter - @Jousmar K-STEW AND R-PATZZ DILEMMA: SO WHAT CONSTITUES CHEATING? A REAL LIFE SEX AND THE CITY REVELATION WHY THROWING UP ALL OVER HIS SHOES IS THE TRUE TEST OF LOVE "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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