Dh has been such a dick over DC's Christmas presents. He has vetoed every single suggestion I have made for DS ('too expensive', 'too babyish', 'he has one similar to that already', 'I don't want him playing with something like that', etc). He wants to get him a remote control car. Fine. But I want to get him something else as well. I bought him a wrestling set (which was on his Santa list) and DH went mad at me as he doesn't want him having wrestlers and it was expensive, so I told DH I was taking them back.
Also for DD, it's her first Christmas. I made a few suggestions of things I would like to buy and he said "No, I want to get her presents. I have been looking forward to that." I know for a fact he hasn't bought her anything.
He is always the same, over everything, actually. He just reflexively says 'No' to everything. In fact, it's so bad, I nicknamed him 'Monsieur Non'. It drives me mad. It's not just over money, he is always saying "No we don't", "No, that's not right." I don't know why. Take last night, he insisted we don't have a garlic press. We bloody do. I went and got it and threw it at him. I told him someone had put a new collar on our cat. "No they didn't." I had to get our childminder to back me up. It's ridiculous!
Money is very tight for us at the moment so I am doing a part-time job in the evenings to get a bit of extra money for Christmas. So actually - unbeknown to DH - I have bought the DC a few Christmas presents and have stashed them at work. But I want to teach DH a lesson. On Christmas Eve when we traditionally put the presents under the tree, there won't be anything, except for this bloody remote control car. Nothing else for DS. And nothing for DD.
Do you think when he sees the empty space under the tree he will realise what a dick he's been?
Anyway, in the middle of the night, I plan to sneak out of the house and return - like Santa - with all the presents I have bought and put them under the tree... then just feign ignorance and say, "They must have come from Santa!!".
Immature I know, but I don't want the kids missing out and I'm fed up with Monsieur Non spoiling everything. And - more than anything - I want him to realise how miserable his behaviour is.
Sorry for rambling.