Not giving any more gifts?

[Shellabrate]

Dh and I always have different views on gift giving. Finally it seems to have come to a head or reached a new point- he was disappointed with what I gave him for our anniversary- a book from the uni bookshop as I couldn't get to a shop and we live out of the way, with no card but a nice inscription inside. What's wrong with that?! He says he has been asking for a watch for years and says he'd prefer I put the money aside I would have spent on smaller gifts at birthday and Christmas etc so that in a year or so I could buy him a nice watch we choose together. I want to give him something I've chosen and think this is ridiculous- I've told him he can buy his own watch in a year or so or whatever he thinks is long enough and I won't buy him anymore presents. Is that so unreasonable?

How much is the watch? My husband is a watch fanatic. Do people realise that some watches cost thousands?

Bambi thats not the.point here, only now is the op saying money might evan be a consideration. Before she admitted she couldn't be bothered, got an afterthought present and would have got him a classic (which aren't cheap) watch. She just wants to get somethimg she likes not what he does.

In thirty years time he will still have the watch which in his mind will have been a gift from you. Isn't that a lovely thing?

Bambi yes and some don't!

I can see both sides, it is rude to complain about a gift someone has bought you. Having said that it also sounds as if you put no thought or bother into his gift and that would annoy me. If you are going to put no thought into a gift then it's a pointless gift imo.