She won't buy that until she's experienced it.

True. I sensed this, and so my parents, her parents, and I went in on it as a group purchase quote-for her-unquote for Christmas 2000. At first she was a bit perplexed ("ohhh, c'mon, this is really FOR YOUUUU ...") but now, forget it - she swears by it.

So, yeah, if anyone wants to try the "it's a present - FOR YOU!" tactic, you heard it here first (?) ... worked for me!