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Bookworm512 · 2023-12-25T20:40:49+00:00

I feel ungrateful but also very disappointed. My husband is crap at gifting but this really takes the biscuit. I am a 53 year old woman and we have been together for 26 years. He bought me a periscope. Am I being unreasonable to be disappointed and ungrateful?😓

Anuta77 · 26/12/2023 02:48

Hahaha
I got a keychain with my age for my birthday last year, among other things. And some metal charms, Im not sure why he thought it was a good idea, I dont do these things. So a periscope doesnt sound so bad, you could look at the sky, why not?

Fridayfederica · 26/12/2023 02:54

FatherJackHackettsUnderpantsHamper · 25/12/2023 23:01

Were they meant to be avant garde earrings? Did she think they were a statement piece i.e. sustainable hippy chic or scarecrow-wear?

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😂 hmm possibly! I just found out my mother received the same gift but she isn’t wearing them either….

Stressybetty · 26/12/2023 03:17

DH and I agreed we'd just give token presents under 20 quid so wasn't expecting much.
Didn't expect to be presented with a latex mask of a black poodle.
He'd got himself a Labrador one and thought we could film YouTube videos on dog boarding in disguise 🫤
Tried it on and can't even see out of it!

Whenthebirdssing · 26/12/2023 03:36

I got exactly what I wanted. I gave him links last year but got other stuff I didn’t want. I re sent the list around my birthday. Got nothing on it. Sent it again this year and asked please could I have one. He said but then it’s not a surprise. I explained I’d rather not have a surprise. Even then, a few weeks ago, he said ‘I don’t want to just get what’s on the list, it seems thoughtless’. So I had the chance to be very clear that he should not venture off the list and only the things on the list would make me happy. Success!

HerRoyalNotness · 26/12/2023 03:58

I got a table top pinball game 😂 FFS.

i bought myself some new ski gloves so i had something decent to open in front of the kids. Tbf I also got perfume that I like that was running low. But yeah.

Nanaof1 · 26/12/2023 04:36

Sunshineismyfavourite · 25/12/2023 21:36

This made me laugh. I have to be very careful what I say to my DH as he has the most ridiculous memory for things I say. I'm a bit of a chatterbox and often just chat for the sake of it and say things like 'Oh I really need a ....' or 'Oh I saw X in the shop the other day...' I do this all year just idle chatter. Problem is he remembers and then I get it for Christmas. I can hardly ever remember saying I liked it but he is always so pleased with himself for getting me things that I (apparently) want or need. I think it's rather lovely OP that he has obviously thought about it and genuinely thinks you'll enjoy using it. Maybe you have said a few things in the past about stars/planets or something. Just embrace it and treat yourself to a book!

I have to be more careful too. My DH told me to make an Amazon wish list of things I use and things I don't like to buy. For S&G, I added a few things, but truly assumed he would know they were a joke. I removed them after a couple of days and put more serious stuff on there. SIGH

I just love the case of bottled water and jar of smoked paprika he got me. Really, I do. At least neither is a periscope. (Make sure to hide this thread from DH because he would think a periscope is a lovely idea too.)

I also got a few things I wanted, but again, he forgot the thing I asked for, in written form first and I had to buy my own flannel shirt and Godiva chocolates. I did give him the shirt to wrap but didn't trust him with the chocolates....

In all fairness though, the thing he forgot will be a NYE present or a "I love you" gift in the new future. He felt bad he forgot. He's just never been a good gift-giver.

Nanaof1 · 26/12/2023 04:39

Ohthepressureofaname · 25/12/2023 22:09

Old navy?? 🤣🤣

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Subway?

Nanaof1 · 26/12/2023 04:42

Bookworm512 · 25/12/2023 22:23

No, but if I wanted to I could just stand on the bed.

He needs to buy you a car with a moon/sun roof! Then he can drive you around and you can pretend to be Inspector Gadget! Oh, the fun you both will have!

Sorry, couldn't resist. 😉

daisychain01 · 26/12/2023 04:47

Bookworm512 · 25/12/2023 20:44

He thought I might like it to look out of the skylight! I would have preferred one of the books I asked for.

I think your DH needs to be taught the difference between a telescope and a periscope!

ConsuelaHammock · 26/12/2023 04:52

This thread has me in fits of giggles. I got a step ladder. Apparently I’m always asking for dh to bring a ladder home from the farm so I can clean the windows ??

Netaporter · 26/12/2023 05:06

Stressybetty · 26/12/2023 03:17

DH and I agreed we'd just give token presents under 20 quid so wasn't expecting much.
Didn't expect to be presented with a latex mask of a black poodle.
He'd got himself a Labrador one and thought we could film YouTube videos on dog boarding in disguise 🫤
Tried it on and can't even see out of it!

So much to unpack here 😂 Is your DH planning on becoming the Donal McIntyre of the Dog Boarding world? Without the matching dog suit, how are you planning on disguising the fact you are not canines?

This has genuinely tickled me 🤣

BurntOutGirl · 26/12/2023 05:23

Those that say "it's the thought that counts"....

That's exactly the issue there is no thought in any of these gifts.

I really hope that you all told the gift bringer how shit the present was.

stepintochristmas1 · 26/12/2023 05:57

This thread has taught me that we need to be careful what we say in front of our husbands . they are like the genies who say your wish is my command . Don't say in his hearing you need a step ladder to clean the windows and don't say in his hearing that you have cold feet .
They will store this information and use it to buy you things that are not beautiful but practical . We just want beautiful things that give us pleasure ,not things to clean windows .

LunaTheCat · 26/12/2023 05:57

CrapBucket · 25/12/2023 20:52

Maybe it’s a sign that things are looking up

😂😂
I am so sorry OP… why are men so crap!

Sususudio · 26/12/2023 06:10

I would love a periscope, especially if I had a skylight. I honestly would much rather have that than diamonds. Though preferably a telescope.

aloris · 26/12/2023 06:18

JamieJ93 · 25/12/2023 23:42

#periscope 😂😂

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Classic!

ClaudiaAndTheCauldron · 26/12/2023 06:21

Bookworm512 · 25/12/2023 22:55

Last year I got a sushi making set, and some jewellery i had asked for and before that a cocktail making set. Both in the cupboard, unused.

I also have a sushi making set.

And a dumpling making set.

Never to my knowledge expressed an interest in making either 😁

LunaTheCat · 26/12/2023 06:38

This thread needs to be in classics!

rainbowstardrops · 26/12/2023 06:55

A periscope?!!! Do you have a fabulous view from your skylight?! 😂

As very funny as this thread is (and it's made me properly giggle!), it's so sad that some people have received utterly shit and thoughtless presents. What is wrong with some people?

Anuta77 · 26/12/2023 07:02

ConsuelaHammock · 26/12/2023 04:52

This thread has me in fits of giggles. I got a step ladder. Apparently I’m always asking for dh to bring a ladder home from the farm so I can clean the windows ??

I joked several times that I would have liked to have a pink hammer. Seriously! But he doesnt seem to think its a good idea.
Honestly, reading some replies here, I think a periscope is a cute gift! LOL

Cheesestring67 · 26/12/2023 07:45

I feel I may ne able to top trump this.

One year, I received a Twerking Llama toy...as I'd mentioned it looked funny on the advert. Wtf. Year after, a camcorder?!!! I have a phone and don't go out filming on the weekends.

Mercedes45 · 26/12/2023 07:47

AhBiscuits · 25/12/2023 20:59

I also love it because it's insane.
Use it to spy on him, peer round doors at what he's up to until he realises it's a mental present.

What did you say?

I like this idea. I can just imagine my partner sitting on the toilet as I peer around the door with my new periscope 🤣

GothConversionTherapy · 26/12/2023 07:49

Not me (I swear) but a friend got a bottle of 'intimate wash" from her partner's grandparents for Christmas. They had been together about 7 years at that point...

Jafferz · 26/12/2023 07:49

WRONG THREAD SORRY

YABU for comparing this to a gift of alcohol for an alcoholic. It's just not the same.

Otherwise YANBU.

GothConversionTherapy · 26/12/2023 07:52

Stressybetty · 26/12/2023 03:17

DH and I agreed we'd just give token presents under 20 quid so wasn't expecting much.
Didn't expect to be presented with a latex mask of a black poodle.
He'd got himself a Labrador one and thought we could film YouTube videos on dog boarding in disguise 🫤
Tried it on and can't even see out of it!

It takes a lot to render me speechless but that definitely would lol.