to request the following birthday gifts?

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1. a dachshund puppy

1. an iPad

1. an iPhone

1. Maltesers

1. a couple of good books

1. a weekend off

1. a harp

1. a Nissan Figaro

I don't think any of them are unreasonable suggestions. DH does.

All of those are reasonable things, however you have missed off: three boxes of chocolates, 2 bottles of champagne and a pony called Nigel.

The cat's called Nigel so the pony would need to be something else.

Nigella?

Jeremy then

What does he think you should request?

Watch it, OP, you are annoying the dog-lovers, the chocolate-haters, and the greenie-I-don't drive brigade all at one go!

It's the maltesers that tip it over the edge.

There's no harm in 'requesting'. Doesn't mean you will get them ALL!! My ds (5) requests stuff all the time but only gets what we can afford/ deem necessary.

I predict you will get maltesers and some books...

He's a man crap so asked for suggestions. I give him suggestions and he spurns them. Nobber.

Do you need recommendations for them there books?

yes please.

but not the hare with the amber eyes - it was rubbish.

I want such simple gifts when my birthday occurs,
Two apartment buildings that are labelled "Hers" and "Hers"...

Put the harp in the kennel and the dog in the living room.

As a matter of fact among musicians the harp is sometimes known as the cheese-slicer.

My list is very simple and minimalist:

A horse
2 greyhounds
A drying cupboard
A good run round Hotel Chocolat
Washable cashmere twinset

I wouldn't know what to do with an iPad or a iPhone.
Hotel Chocolat knocks your maltesers into a cocked hat
dachshund? My 2 mythical greyhounds would eat it like sucking up spaghetti

No unicorn? Surely you want a unicorn?

Ask for a Nissan Skyline instead of a Figaro - you might have more luck!

I wanted one of those huuuuuuge boxes of mixed Lush stuff for Christmas one year. Like, a hundred quid of non-fattening self-indulgence.

XH wouldn't let me have it.

Even though I would actually be paying for it.