AIBU to get DH nothing since he can’t think of one single thing he wants for Christmas?

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He doesn’t have any hobbies apart from reading so I’ve bought him a couple of books. Other than that he says he’s fine.

The thing is he’s a thoughtful bastard when it comes to me although I am enormously more helpful with coming up with plenty of suggestions.

I’d look like an absolute arsehole if I didn’t get him anything.

Bloody man. Tsk.

What about a kindle/fancy bookmark/reading lamp? Or socks 😁

Expensive bottle of whatever he drinks.

What type of reading? A subscription to Slightly Foxed if that’s appropriate.

I love reading and a couple of years ago someone gave me a hundred pound book token. I loved it! It meant I could buy new books as and when I wanted them. Maybe just get him something like that if you're really stuck?

Clip on reading light so he doesn't wake you up if he reads in bed late at night, and some food/drink item that he loves and would regard as a treat.

He has kindle/book mark and socks (getting one silly pair in his stocking - oh yes, and we got into that ridiculous tradition too ).

See I told you he was an annoying bastard.

I agree - a proper reading lamp would be a brilliant gift. Or if he reads in bed, a good quality version of those clip on lights with a very directed beam so the other person isn't kept awake by the light.

Nice bookmarks also a great idea.

Subscription to TLS maybe?

There must be some food or drink treats he'd like - a bottle of single malt or some rare cheese/pate/biscuits.

He doesn’t drink and only really buys book on kindle. I think we might have hit a new low if I give him an Amazon voucher for Christmas

I just want him to come up with one bloody suggestion, just one would do!!

Weekend away, experience such as jet skiing, glider etc, framed pictures of favourite comic characters eg Calvin and Hobbes, Dennis the menace

Weekend away in Hay-on-Wye? ( Famous for all its bookshops)
Tickets to a literature festival?
Or failing that tickets to something you want to do, seeing as he is unhelpful with ideas!

Dinner somewhere lovely after Christmas? I'd be thrilled not to have looked pleased about receiving unwanted 'stuff.'
A framed picture of Dennis the Menace ... you are joking???
Slightly Foxed is a great idea, though!

Put together a gift box/basket/bag of posher versions of food you know he likes. It could just be mundane things like muesli or jam or salad dressings or tinned tuna but expensive brands that he wouldn’t buy for himself.

He might not drink alcohol, but he must drink something: tea, coffee, soft drinks - lots of fancy versions of those available.

Sorry I have no idea how to make this link but he'd be getting this from me...

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You can even make you're own to avoid the plastic tat

My husband is a pain to buy for too. He can never pin down what he would like or comes up with suggestions that are just daft.

I've always had to think through what he's got and whether anything needs replaced or added to. When we met he only had one pair of trainers and a pair of work shoes. So I bought him a pair of boots. Our first year married and I not so subtly suggested we buy each other watches. I always buy him two books - novel and something quirky - a Beano annual one year and a cookbook by a chef he liked. I've even added to his cake decorating tool kit (he's a great baker). Last year fed of him complaining of cold hands I got him a nice pair of black insulated leather gloves.

Oh and a word search or other such puzzle book.

I ask the children what they think he'd like. Sometimes just for things to buy I've bought what's been suggested by them - soap, a jug, a model aeroplane kit and a teddy.

My DH is having nothing - well, practically nothing and certainly nothing substantial.
He doesn't really read. His hobbies are the garden and helping others but he has all the tools etc he could possibly need. We've just massively decluttered so he doesn't want anything in the way of CDs/DVDs/ornaments. And he's thinned out his large collection of clothes so has asked for no new t shirts etc.

So he has a tin of quality street, some cider he will drink and a set of the aftershave he likes to wear. And that's it.

To be fair, he'd be quite happy with nothing!

My DH doesn't even read! My best idea is tickets for gigs/theatre shows (means we get to go out together too). Unfortunately nothing appropriate on sale at the moment in our area, so going to get a gift voucher for a local (nice) restaurant x

My dh is even worse because he will think of something and then go and bloody buy it.

Stayaway DH is like this, it's so frustrating!

I always find my husband hard to buy for but Ive given my husband a photo book in the past, booked a night away in a nice hotel, Ive also made him a hamper full of nice food, chocolates chutneys and bottle of port. The other gift he said he liked was a cashmere hoody, it want needed just nice because he deserved something special

Take yourselves both out for dinner somewhere nice. Sorted. That is what we do. It's not even as though there aren't things that DH might not want, it's just that I can't be arsed so we make Xmas easy and just buy ourselves things we would like!

A wooden box that has the word 'Nothing' engraved on the top of it. Or even 'A Big Box of Nothing' ( or a tin with appropriate nothing comment on. or even just a cardboard box that you decorate with the word nothing etc etc).

Then when he says WTF? you can say that you asked and asked and all he said was nothing. Therefore, you have bought him a big box of nothing. exactly as he asked.

www.etsy.com/uk/search?q=personalised%20box%20of%20nothing - this sort of thing - albeit this is a jar!

A case for his kindle, I have a leather one with a nice felty type interior, it's magnetic so switches on the kindle when I open it. Mine is red but you can get other colours. Might be obvious but it you're really stuck.

I've got similar problem with presents for DH
I've got him a painting of one of his favourite places this year and paintings have gone down well in the past - this year about £160 from a country fair and it's the original and really striking. Bought it in June.
DC have got him his fave chocs
Also this may seem odd but he enjoyed getting magazines that he can read on the loo that he wouldn't normally buy. That can easily be £20ish for 3-4 magazines
Private Eye subscription can go down well with difficult to buy for

Dp also wants nothing. He is getting a hand drawn cartoon of himself in his team's kit (drop me a pm if you want a link to the cartoonist), a pillow speaker, an insect hotel for the garden and a keyring.

The best thing is - the pillow speaker is really for me as I'm fed up of his podcasts in bed and the insect hotel is for the insects!