To ask how much you spend on DP at Christmas?

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A friend just told me their budget for each other is £500. The same last year. I couldn’t imagine spending that much on each other, it seems so wasteful.

Really depends. Some years almost nothing if we are saving up for something else, other years hundreds of pounds if it's a big item the other person wants. DH bought me a piano a few years ago, I bought him a games console. But this year neither of us have wanted big stuff so I've spent a lot less and I imagine he has too.

250-300 ish. Was more before we had DD - we spend around 600 on DD so had to scale it back.

I have taken DP (to mean partner/husband).

Like others Nothing….I could afford it but neither of us want/need anything, and it just feels like a waste. We are going on holiday in January and will probably go out for a couple of meals then.

About £200 this year.

It varies, as it depends what I think he would like. There is no budget. He also has an Xmas birthday, so this year I have booked us a few nights away at an event next summer. I'm sure it will add up to more than £500 by the time we're done.
Other years, it's chocolate and socks!

Nothing. We'd rather buy gifts that we actually want throughout the year when we see or want them instead of buying something for the sake of buying soemthing for christmas.

This year I've bought a bottle of wine and some posh chocolate for a grand total of £27. There's no point buying anything expensive - he buys what he wants and doesn't need anything and will only complain I've wasted his hard earned money! I'll suggest we leave the DC home and go out to the cinema, he's been suggesting it for years but I've always refused as I think they were too young to leave alone. They'd probably be ok now for an evening.

Very little - nothing. Married for 21 years and joint account - been pretty much this way from the start. Money never been an issue. Gifts definitely aren't our love language. We would rather just buy what we want when we want it.

This year I've spent about £150 as I happened to see some really good deals on the things I wanted to get him. Some years I spend more. There's no budget as such.

I’ve spent £500 on DH for Xmas and it was a big birthday a few days ago and I spent about £300 plus paid for dinner out with friends. I don’t consider any of that wasteful and it’s affordable for me. If I had less disposable income I would spend less.

It varies because I choose him a gift he'll like so sometimes more than other years. This year a bean to cup coffee machine for holiday home because I know he misses his nice coffee first thing in the morning when we are there. €380

About £180ish. No set budget really though, depends what is wanted etc We don't shop for the sake of it.

Depends if we really want something. Usually we buy something in the sales for the house and have a day out/ lunch which is nice. This year neither of us could think of what we'd like so we're going away for the weekend instead in January.

His is one of those things that largely depends on income/budget. £20 will be a stretch for one person and £500 is nothing to someone else.

XH used to spend around £30 max on me, despite having the means to spend more. Fine when it was something I wanted. Disappointing and wasteful when it was just last minute, thoughtless stuff.

I used to spend £30-£100 on him, depending on what he wanted/needed.

With my current DP, I've tended to go for experiences over stuff. We each have our own homes and buy things we really need as and when we need/can afford them. This year, we agreed token gifts to open, but we're having a weekend away in February and will spend the money on that. I'm on a tighter budget than him and said that I couldn't afford a big gift and also a weekend away. Partly because my DC are both getting quite expensive (for me) presents this year, so my budget has gone on those.

But I am generally more into experiences than stuff. And not spending money for the sake of it.