Holiday Shopping: What Size Are You, Hypothetically?

My boyfriend Phil and I are celebrating our first holidays together. What's more fun than shopping for someone you love?

The other day I was out on the road in Northeast Cobb...interviewing people for a news article and stopping by the local Starbucks to see familiar faces and work.

I was chatting with fellow coffee lovers when my cell phone rang. The assigned piano rift ringtone told me it was Phil.

"If you were shopping for a coat, say, hypothetically, what size would you buy?" Phil asked.

I smiled. "Medium."

"Okay, thanks. That's all I wanted." He quickly disconnected.

I feel giddy for a second in knowing that I'll be receiving a coat for Christmas. My next thought, don’t men think of looking at size labels on a woman's garments before they shop?

Back to work surrounded by the aroma of fresh coffee.

A few minutes later, the phone rings. Phil's picture displays accompanied by the piano rift ringtone.

"If you had to choose: mittens or gloves?" he asked.

"I have gloves." I didn't want him to buy something I have plenty of.

"I know, I know. It's just a question. Answer the question please."

"Gloves. I cannot pinch you wearing mittens." My boyfriend is a smart aleck. I have to be able to pinch him when he teases me.

He laughed before bidding farewell.

Halfway through my writing a news article, Phil calls again.

"If you had to buy a t-shirt, what size would you buy?" he asked.

"I don't wear t-shirts."

"I know that. I'm talking about t-shirt-like apparel."

I paused, imagining what "t-shirt-like apparel" he could be referring to. "A small."

He makes a low noise in this throat. "The small looks really small. You aren't big, of course, but I mean, the small looks really small."

"Well, then a medium." Is it just me, or should this be an easy decision to make? If the small looks too small, then simply go up a size.

He was satisfied.

"Do you need my bra size?" I was teasing.

"No, I already know that," he quipped.

If that doesn't reveal a man's priorities I don't know what does!