to ask what you buy your husband for birthday?

We set a budget of £200 each for birthdays. All must be surprises and include something to do...eg gig tickets, theatre...I got him a proper Turkish shave one year.
We both have unusual taste so we don't buy the usual type of gifts.

All sorts. Hats, gloves, jumpers, hoodies, vests, socks, a very ugly tie once... Never a willy warmer though, I'll put that on the docket for this year.

If he's loaded you surely are too?
I got DH concert tickets one year, whisky this year.

Asking what you knit I imagine.
Socks, jumper, willy warmer...

Neither of us goes for really big presents. DH is into cycling so I sometimes get him gear or equipment. Always chocolate involved but he doesn’t drink.

Not sure what you're querying

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DP has just had his birthday. I got him:

• A nice box of chocolates which heavily featured his favourite flavours
• A mini bbq as he'd shown an interest in having one
• A new polo shirt from Bennetton
• Some everyday sweets & chocolates he really likes as a little extra to open.
• Used money from the household account to do a party tea with family members.

My parents gave him £100, a bottle of his preferred booze, some nice honey for his tea and some chocolate.

Previous birthday gifts have included a marvel mug for his favourite character, a cuddly seal- we have matching ones, new socks & pants and undershirt t shirts, games vouchers and different chocolates. Probably other stuff but I can't remember- it all blends with Christmas and anniversaries and so on!

Pants, socks and a nice bottle of vodka or gin. Plus we usually go away from the weekend

Expensive watch husband here, don't try on that one. For his last birthday I bought him a beautiful cotton kimono and a cotton dressing gown from Tom, Dick & Harry. Well made, he loves them and as a bonus he looks good in them as well. Win, win, win! 😊

To the PP who got into debt buying her DH an expensive weekend away in a hotel ... surely that's a poor decision? No present or man is worth getting into debt for. Perhaps I am boringly frugal but I would be horrified if my DH bought me an expensive gift but he couldn't afford it .

A course in something he's interested in or a stargazing weekend in a dark place (he's interested in astronomy).

If you don't have money don't buy him anything! Cook a nice meal/celebration cake and get a bottle of wine if you can afford it.

Whatever you do don't buy him a watch. (In fact never buy anyone anything that they specialise in. You'll inevitably get it wrong!)

Last birthday I got:

Bottle of vintage port.
Star Wars cantina Lego set
Binoculars
R2D2 hoodie
Video game (requested)
Weekend away

Married 35 years. Joint money
Dont buy each other any gifts. If he wants a watch then he can buy one.

I gave mines £150 recently. He wants an Apple watch. I can't afford the whole thing, so thought it'd be best to give him money to go towards.

Men are so hard to buy for.

Mine's was last week - he got a home brewing starter kit - he's loving it so far and talking about the different types he wants to try next once this batch is ready (in 3-4 days as he was degassing earlier - no idea what that means but it keeps him happy)

So do that. Saves loads of stress and wasted money. If you have to say 'buy me X from Y shop' it's not a gift and obviously most people don't want anyone else choosing things that they have to wear, use etc so if he wants a fancy watch, he buys one himself. Then you spend your money on you.

Just exchange token gifts like chocolate, favourite alcohol or whatever and have days/meals out to celebrate.

Sunglasses!

Trying to remember what I’ve bought in the past
cameras - compact , DSLR and vintage SLR
clothes - eg cashmere sweater, APC jeans , Paul Smith shirts/tops
Boots
Alcohol - various special whiskeys / rums including tasting sets
subscriptions - coffee, magazine
Vintage fountain pen
Cyclewear and other outdoorsy kit ( ski goggles etc )
Luggage - leather holdalls, backpacks etc
Concert tickets
paintings
Photographs printed and framed from slides
Vinyl records
Vintage glasses ( drinking not spectacles)
expensive aftershave ( Creed & Floris)
A wet shave from a posh London place
Mustang driving day
Proper Panama hat

other random assorted items. I would never choose a watch as he currently wears a Rolex and I could never top that.

Last birthday he sent me his amazon wishlist and I bought about 10-12 items from there. Books, dvds video games etc. He was happy.

I bought DP a rare whisky, a picture and we go away somewhere njce for the weekend

As a PP says, practical things - my partner only likes practical things, he doesn't see the point of anything else. He's getting better at getting me gifts but past presents have included a memory stick and a cover for my tablet 😂. He thinks they are excellent presents.

For Christmas I got DH:

Posh PJs
A book I knew he wanted
One of those posh travel coffee mugs that seals perfectly so you can chuck it in your bag and it won't leak
Jumpers - most of his had holes in
Nice chocolates
Whisky

For his birthday last year I got him national trust membership- can't remember what else.

I actually keep a little note on my phone of present ideas for people and at any point during the year if I get an idea or someone makes a passing comment about what they want I write it down and then I can come back to it. It's bloody useful.

I'm very lucky because mine is into Warhammer. They are always bringing out stuff so I just buy him new models or accessories. He also has a 3d printer that I got him for his 30th so I get him bits for that.

One year I got him lots of the Dan Carlin older podcasts that you need to pay for and put them on a memory stick. That went down well and wasn't that expensive.

Typically concert/gig/comedy tickets