Money is tight. I'm not worried about receiving any presents but I remember last time my DH and I decided not to get for eachother, my kids were really concerned that I didn't have anything to open. So. DH have decided to set a budget for eachother this year (£30).
There's a few things that I like, which you could argue for people on the breadline are not essential like a planning book and scented candles. So I said to my husband rather than buying stuff the other might not be too fussed about, let's do a list of things each we would like and then buy from those from eachother.
I get NhS and student discounts so I sent him my discount codes as it comes from the joint account anyway, in a bid to maximise the use of the money we do have.
I've done my part and ordered from DH list. I just mentioned to DH that one of thre codes ran out yesterday which was for 20% off instead of the usual 10%.
He said he's not had time to think about my presents so if I'm unhappy just send back the gifts I've got him and we won't bother.
He's being a twat isn't he?