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Bloody Cake Forks!!!

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Brunocat · 05/12/2012 16:30

My husband annouced that he was getting me a present for Christmas, he said it was about £30. I said lovely, if I had a choice could I have some trainers (I only have two pairs of shoes)
Parcel arrived today and, I'm not proud of this, I peaked inside and he has got me a set of cake forks. £95 worth of silver antique cake forks. I could cry.
I am unreasonable to drop lots of hints that I would really love some shoes in the hope that he will return these horrors?

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LauriesFairyonthetreeeatsCake · 05/12/2012 16:32

They sound lovely Confused

Unless you're church mouse poor surely you'd rather have something pretty than bloody trainers?

lurkedtoolong · 05/12/2012 16:32

Oh no. I would cry so much. I hate "practical" presents or gifts for the home. Who the hell thinks that cutlery is a suitable Christmas present?

Drop lots and lots of hints.

FireOverBethlehem · 05/12/2012 16:34

do you eat a lot of cake?

Are you sure they're for you and not a maiden aunt?

5dcsandallthelittlesantahats · 05/12/2012 16:34

have you ever expressed an interest in cake forks. I would be very confused if my DH bought me these - I am not really sure what they are.

I would just smile an accept them to avoid hurting dhs feelings but i would be a bit Confused.

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Brunocat · 05/12/2012 16:34

Until recently I was church mouse poor and this is why nearly £100 on something that will sit in a cupboard rankles me.

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Dead69Girl · 05/12/2012 16:34

i will have them and you can have my new £65 running shoes, cake is way more fun than running :)

Narked · 05/12/2012 16:34

I think only having two pairs of shoes counts as either being tight for cash or a lack of available shoe shops.

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Brunocat · 05/12/2012 16:35

Do eat a lot of cake but very happy with a teaspoon / shoving it straight into my mouth!

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MoreBeta · 05/12/2012 16:36

Cake forks?

How did he come up with the idea of cake forks? Confused

More to the point how did he spend £95 on them? Shock

HECTheHallsWithRowsAndFolly · 05/12/2012 16:37

Isn't cutlery more something for the home than a gift for an individual?

It's not very different from wrapping up an ironing board, now is it?

Narked · 05/12/2012 16:37

I'd buy him an antique, silver shoe horn. So the forks have some company in the cupboard.

HECTheHallsWithRowsAndFolly · 05/12/2012 16:37

Yeah. I like narked's idea.

Doyouthinktheysaurus · 05/12/2012 16:37

DH would be speared with said cake forks if that's what he got me for ChristmasGrin

I love baking and eating cake but what the hell is wrong with a normal forkConfused

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Brunocat · 05/12/2012 16:38

And , just remembered we already have cake forks - they were a wedding present!!!

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shriekingnora · 05/12/2012 16:40

In that case get the cakes forks out next time you have cake and watch his face fall. They might not be for you though, maybe they're for his parents?

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Brunocat · 05/12/2012 16:40

Glad to hear that my reaction was not that unusual - this is why he's not allowed to buy presents, he normally just gives me the money. (For my 21st he got me a sharp knife, two packets of Boasters and a garlic crusher in a Tesco bag - he has form...)

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TeWisBeenNargledByTheMistletoe · 05/12/2012 16:41

No to cake forks!

Over dinner tonight start a conversation about how much you hate non-personal gifts and gifts for the house disguised as gifts for you.

Narked · 05/12/2012 16:42

Are the wedding present ones packed away somewhere? Would it be possible to 'do a clear out' of wherever they are and to comment to him that you rediscovered those cake forks you were given, ha ha, wasn't that a bizarre gift, pretty but nothing you'd ever use?

HairyGrotter · 05/12/2012 16:44

I just had to google cake forks, cake has it's own fork...amazing.

I'd cry, then flog them on eBay

XiaoxiongMerrilyOnHigh · 05/12/2012 16:44

OP, get baking - present him with a slice of cake tonight and a wedding present cake fork and see if the penny drops.

You can make microwave mug chocolate cake in 2 min flat Smile

breatheslowly · 05/12/2012 16:44

And what will he be eating his cake with while you use your cake forks?

LauriesFairyonthetreeeatsCake · 05/12/2012 16:45

I use my cake forks all the time, if dh bought me them I'd be very pleased

I'll give you a tenner for them Grin

TerraNotSoFirma · 05/12/2012 16:45

Or serve some cake and dig out the cake forks you already have, maybe he'll send back the new cake forks.

That is a bit of a shit present really. My DH is mostly shit at presents as well, occasionally will do brilliantly,but mostly shit.(expensive shit at that)

TwasTheDawnDeeforeXmas · 05/12/2012 16:46

Get some cake and eat it enthusiastically whilst exclaiming "God...I just luuuuurve the feel of cake between my fingers.....mmmmm.....let no-one ever take this simple pleasure away from me....mmmmmm....caaaaaaake" or similar. And hope he gets the hint. Xmas Grin

HeadfirstForAMistletoeKiss · 05/12/2012 16:47

I was going to say what TeWis said, start a conversation about how such and such has just found out her husband is buying her a hoover for xmas, and how awful it is to give give things for the house as presents, and how thoughtless and impersonal it is Xmas Wink