Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. Submit questions here. Dear Prudence, I recently bought a rock on eBay for my wife for her birthday (she has an extensive collection). The thing is, my wife has a tendency to find out what I’m going to give her no matter how well I hide her gifts. So I asked my brother-in-law, “Blake,” if …
Read More »I asked my brother-in-law to hide a present for my wife until her birthday. What he did instead has broken my brain.
