Small rant about DH and Xmas gifts

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Grrr. The bugger is hard enough to buy for, but did at least this year give me an idea, so I found it online and bought it. Then he comes home yesterday all proud of himself and has bought it for himself! FFS. It's now costing me £ and time to return it plus I now don't know what to get him.

(Yes he did get a sarcastic telling off for buying it for himself! He was a bit sheepish. He did the same last year too, though... aagh!)

To add insult to injury, he went out earlier and came home with a particular snack food which I know he likes but hardly ever buys "as a treat". Except I already bought it for him as a little extra gift, so right now he's got a new jumper for work and that's it.

It's totally a first world problem and I'm not actually mad at him, I'd just like to buy him something nice!

Oh no, I feel your pain.
I'm trying to stop OH going to town and purchasing a jumper he saw and liked recently, as it's now wrapped up for him.
He's a bigger for this sort of thing and is a mare to buy for.

Bugger not bigger!

Me and dh have a £10 limit.
Stress free - and gimmick /small treats is just as nice as huge imo.
He announced last night after we wrapped just about all the dc stuff that he has spent £45 on me.
I have 1 day off before Christmas and now need to find his bloody gifts!!
Fuming tbh.

*not lighthearted either.

I would have just given him the thing he bought himself. But I am that stubborn.

Can he not take his back and you give it to him as a gift?

Just give him bugger all.

Omg you've just reminded me of my ex. He used to do this EVERY YEAR. He was never interested in personal shopping all year round, just that fortnight before Christmas. I can't tell you how many times he 'treated' himself to something just before xmas which I'd already bought & wrapped.

Fatted bloody tempting but I do want to get him something nice. He may have been a pain in the arse but I would feel very mean if he had nothing to unwrap. I may threaten it though!

Geepee nail his shoes to the floor?! Seriously, WHY do they do it?!

Tell him to return his one. Why should you have the extra trouble when he can just go back to the shop?
DH has been banned from buying himself anything in December for years for this reason.

Oh my god my husband did this one year- only one year - and it drove me iiiiiiiinsane!! As background, i love Christmas, love giving gifts, and we have no kids - therefore i always put a LOT of effort and care into his presents. He's VERY hard to get present ideas from and generally just buys things he wants. This particular year he hinted at an aftershave he wanted - and then came home with it a week before Christmas. We rarely fight... but i nearly killed him

ButteryParsnips he got it as part of a package along with other things, so he can't return that specific item. Otherwise he would be doing so, believe me! Either way it would make a crap gift now.

I might just buy him 10,000 socks.

My ex religiously bought me either a mug with daddy on or a picture frame with a picture of our dd's. Occasionally I'd get some socks or a t-shirt too.

My DH just bought himself 15 pairs of socks. 15?!!! Just before Christmas. Luckily I hadn't got around to buying any for his stocking yet (as I always do) but I know my mother has

DH did this. In week before his birthday he bought himself some aftershave, a pair of trainers and some t-shirts. I confiscated them from him and wrapped them up so that dc can see dad opening pressies.

We've given up on presents , every year the same pantomime of buying presents that we don't want or need. Followed by a heated argument or two as to who was wrong or right!.
Life is so much easier ( and calmer)
Mind you we have been married forever so things like presents don't seem as important now. We just get what we need when we need it.
We just spend a bit more on holidays now

Mine did this last year i nearly murdered him, he hadnt got a motorbike sat nav so thouught ooh christmas pressie waht did he do bought himself one a month before christmas, so second idea a pair of motorbike security handcuffs , the sod only ordered some the next day after mine had arrived, so when he came in and said ive ordered some bike handcuffs through gritted teeth i went "cancel them now! " ok surprise over but at least he got something he would and does use, this year bought tickets to see a band and he said his favourite after shave was running out so second pressie sorted

I always found that my ex bought things she liked, no matter what I said after a few years I just said not to bother and bought my own stuff my birthday is end of November. I have an Amazon wish list worth thousands of £'s but apparently i would expect that stuff!