We are really tight for cash this Christmas as a close family member got married a couple of weeks ago and the cost of attending the wedding (it was in UK but hours away so had to pay for hotel plus clothes for the quite specific dress code as well as gift and petrol money) has really strapped us.
We agreed not to get each other gifts and instead to plan something really special that we are going to do together next year. We were both pretty happy about this and both promised that neither of us would get the other a present. All was fine but last night DH tells me not to come in the room for a minute and eventually admits he's wrapping presents for me. I'm raging. I'm really ill just now so even if I wanted to go out and get him a gift I woudlnt be able to face the crowds with how I'm feeling. He says that he got paid a bit extra this month due to something getting backdated so decided he could use that to get me some gifts (close to £300 worth!!) and thought he was doing something nice for me.
I was stumped with what to do at first, I'm not opening gifts from him when I have nothing for him and I thought about getting him to take them back (which he offered to do) but Id feel guilty about that as he told me he spent loads of time looking for gifts I would really love and he feels proud of what he got me this year. So I thought the best solution would be to keep them aside until I'm able to go and get him some gifts and swap them at a later date (will have to be after my next wage). Would this be unreasonable to do? It's the best I can think of. Any other ideas?