My husband and I were married in 1967. The coat style was a suede coat with a mink collar. I asked for one for about 3 or 4 years. When it finally sunk in that I was never going to get one, I quit asking for one (they were going out of style anyway). You guessed it, that was the Christmas I got one (and he wondered why I was not excited about it). DUH! The next Christmas I went shopping for myself, came home and wrapped everything and gave him the receipts. I was so excited about Christmas because I knew what was waiting for me under the tree. He still got me a surprise gift (a gold wedding band which he had hidden on top of the refrigerator in the laundry room). He was never any good at hiding gifts, I use to find receipts laying on the kitchen counter. He was soo much better at gifts when we were dating.