To leave all Christmas shopping for DCs for DH this year...

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Good idea in your experience?

Crikey, no!!

Better to roceed with plan to complete by myself in the 3 for 2 sale at Argos then and ignore his protests that it's only November? Men, I dunno - I do all the Christmas shopping for the kids every year...

'proceed'...

I've only got 3 more people to buy for now and tomorrow I will be wrapping in front of Downton Abbey. Get shopping, it's only 46 days away or something!

Depends on the DH. Can he be relied upon not to ruin Christmas?

How old are they and what is his past form?

Are you mad? Unless he is different from most men and would actually buy the right things then NO!

Dunno, do you want your DC to receive something like wiper blades?

If the DC are under 3ish and don't really care what they get as long as there is frenzy of wrapping paper ripping, then YANBU. Or if they are all 14+ and will be sending him links to the electronic rip-off product of their choice, he can't go too far wrong.

If they are between those ages then YAprobablyBU.

Errrr.... no.

My DH is shit at presents. One year he brought tears to my eyes with his gifts for me. Not because of the thought, but because he'd got everything in a one-stop-shop at Halfords. Bloody HALFORDS!!!

He always thinks I go overboard and would probably get them 5 things each!

Would it get done before Christmas Eve?

My husband is in charge of kid's presents in our house and does a great job. I just get a few extras really. However, he is a stay at home dad and gets to spend more time with them than I do and is very in tune with what they would enjoy.

Thanks all, they are 9, 7 and 4 and all the things they want are likely to go out of stock, e.g. lego, furby etc. I don't mind doing the shopping but am getting criticised by him for hogging the computer and asking his opinion on my ideas. Sigh. It's not as though he ever acts keen to get involved. He does do other stuff, e.g. the cooking and other jobs round the house but none of the organising when it comes to kids' activities, school or Birthdays, Christmas or holidays

As a matter of principle, I force my DH to buy presents for his godchildren as they are his godchildren, not mine. However, by the time I've reminded him multiple times and given advice on what to buy, it would be far easier to do it myself. You are making a rod for your own back - dump some other task on him and do the shopping yourself. Oh, and it sounds as if you need a laptop or tablet for your own Xmas present, so you don't have to share

In that case say I'm doing the main pressies, you're doing the stockings. Or the other way round. Or split depending how Christmad present giving is organized.

I got pissed off being the person who, by default, had responsibility to buy presents. Turns out, that despite being male, my husband is also capable of buying. He's never had any problem researching what he wants, now he knows he has to put the same effort into his chidren. He also has to think about planning and finance.

No! I used to leave something for DH to buy and it always ended up costing a fortune. For example one year they each got a DS, which I organised. I asked DH to get them a game each, thinking he'd go somewhere like Argos and get the two for £20 ones. But no, when he came home on Christmas Eve he had two new release games at about £30 each! and moaned non stop about the cost. Now I just put him in charge of the stocking chocolates and the !

How DARE they shop at halfords or buy their children a decent computer game?!

Poor blokes.

LTBs