This is a very old thread (bumped for reasons I can't really fathom), and it's not like stuff hasn't vanished into the Wife Zone in the same way since.
Including two tickets to a Bears/Chiefs game...... just gone with the wind.
She's still alive because (a) they were free, and (b) the Chiefs totally sucked at the time and ending up losing the game.
But still.....
Now I just hide stuff from her.