hmm on point though, I can see how that actually is more like something a lady person would get her boyfriend to spend his bitcoins on rather than spend her own bitcoins on.

and there are a bunch of good ideas in this thread...and the most basic idea being that the bitcoin community needs more merchants is right on this point and has been brought up in other contexts...

Bitcoin does seem to need a 'business lead' as others have called it, to make the most of the ideas here. I'm not sure what to do other than just emailing merchants etc and saying 'hey, accept bitcoins, how 'bout it?'