Christmas gift

Dashzap · Dec 7, 2016

I think presents from a spouse are in a different category. If it was anyone else I would smile and say thank you.

Do you really want to get presents that you don't like for the next 30 years?

I made the mistake of not nicely, delicately redirecting. I regret it at this point.

MamaBelle4 · Dec 7, 2016

Dashzap said:
I think presents from a spouse are in a different category. If it was anyone else I would smile and say thank you.

Do you really want to get presents that you don't like for the next 30 years?

I made the mistake of not nicely, delicately redirecting. I regret it at this point.

I completely agree.

My grandmother got us a hideous clock (among other gifts) for our wedding. I sent her a thank you note and to this day it still hangs in our kitchen. And it makes me smile every time I look at it because, while I've lost her, I still have her love every time I see it.

I would never tell her it wasn't my taste. My DH on the other hand, he isn't my best friend, he isn't a family member, he isn't even a partner. He's my other half. I know that's cheesy, but I firmly believe that. I would want to know, above all others, if he was unhappy with a gift I gave him, and he feels the same.

KarenAylwood · Dec 8, 2016

MamaBelle4 said:
I just told my DH. He kept going on about my present and I was trying to hide my face. I am comically bad at lying (another reason I was worried about acting surprised). He knew something was up, so I blurted out "I KNOW WHAT YOU GOT ME."
He asked me how and I told him. He then said he was going back and forth on whether or not I'd like it and asked me what I thought.

I told him I really appreciate the thought an effort and that I'd probably like it though I'm not sure where we would put it and it felt more like a household gift.

He said okay, since he was going back and forth on whether I'd like it, we will just keep it (if we can find a home for it and like it) and he'd get me something else. Though we'll probably send it back though. We can't really afford it right now.

There's no way I'd have made it til Christmas without saying that I knew. I'm terrible at lying. At least you always know I'm telling the truth.

Ok, I really want to know what he got you!! :rotfl:

Darcy03231 · Dec 8, 2016

If buying gifts for Christmas for each other stresses one of you out, or if you need to make lists because one of you doesn't know what to buy for the other, have you thought about not exchanging gifts and taking the money and going away together for a night, weekend, week (whatever you can afford) together instead?

DH and I started doing this years ago and we have both agreed it was one of the best decisions we ever made. No more running around (or perusing the internet) trying to find the "perfect" gift. No more buying for the sake of buying. In the early years it was just a night or a weekend away. In fact one of the first years it was a night in a local hotel while my mom came and spent the night with the kids. I still cherish the memory of that night! It's been great to have the time away alone with my best friend with no other distractions (kids, work, etc.). Just a suggestion.

MamaBelle4 · Dec 8, 2016

KarenAylwood said:
Ok, I really want to know what he got you!!

A really large panini press. You can lay it flat and use it as a grill. I've got a cast iron grill that I use, but the panini press is dishwasher safe.

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