Free samples as a gift

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Please settle an argument that's been rumbling since Christmas Day.

My husband acquired some free miniature samples from Clarins. He gift wrapped them and gave them to me for Christmas. He thinks I am being unreasonable because I didn't appreciate that he'd gone to the effort of wrapping them. I think he's being unreasonable for wrapping them in the first place.

I'm with you! He should have just handed them over to you.

Yeah that’s pretty tight! Why didn’t he just give them to you normally, as in not a Christmas present?
Unless you are totally skint and can’t afford any other presents?

#imwithyou

It is a gift, if he gave it along the full size Clarins stuff!

On its own...not so much

Fucking cheapskate.

I would have loved some Clarins samples! I got absolutely nothing except a calendar that I bought and wrapped myself. He probably should have just given them to you rather than wrapping them but it's the thought that counts I guess

If he gave you a load of clarins stuff that he bought and the freebies where a bonus with them, it wouldn't bother me.

If it was just a few free samples on there own and I got nothing else, it would piss me off.

Was it in addition to full size products? If I buy Clinique or Clarins at bonus time I would wrap the freebies up and give with the other two products. Was is something like that?

*on their own

If it came alone just as the free items it's a bit cheeky. As part of a item he'd paid for and gifted to you then it's nice.

YANBU. I got a book once from NotSoDSis for Christmas - it was a freebie that came when she bought a magazine.

Hmm - I gave my niece some makeup for Christmas and included some free samples I'd got previously. Was that bad?

If they were in your stocking alongside some other gifts, then I think it is OK.

Yabu, poor DH, a gift is a gift free or not and Christmas gifts are usually wrapped.

DH would stick those in my stocking. As it was, he stuck some Molten Brown shower gel samples obtained with my full sized one in DD6's stocking. She was pretty thrilled . I actually love the samples they are great for trips away and it wouldn't bother me if they were wrapped up.

No full size products I'm afraid, he gave those to someone else!

"Yabu, poor DH, a gift is a gift free or not and Christmas gifts are usually wrapped."

True and I guess he did put some effort in by wrapping them.

My other present was a mug (a very nice one so no complaints there)

Is that all he gave you for xmas?
Some free samples and a mug?
But he bought full size clarins for someone else?

If that's the case you have every right to be pissed off.

If he'd given the full sized Clarins to someone else and fobbed you off with the free samples, then expected gratitude I'd have been pretty pissed off, yes. YANBU.

I'd be shitty because it would feel like the person who got the full size products was more valuable to husband than me.

Was going to say DH did a treasure hunt for me with free Clarins samples a few years ago which was great.

However, he did give me the full size products as well - otherwise I would not have been impressed!

So op - YANBU at all!

Eh! Who got the full size products then?

A tenner says his mother got the full sized Clarins goodies.

No I am with you all the way. Please tell me this wasn't your only gift

He’s unreasonable!

My ‘close’ friend gave me mini hotel toiletries for Christmas. All individually wrapped in tissue. Very odd.