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AIBU?

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To be frustrated by DH’s hiding skills?

9 replies

FettleOfKish · 24/12/2025 09:57

Let me start by confirming that this is a lighthearted rant, because I love him to death and he’s a good man who buys good presents, but AIBU to be frustrated once again about DH’s idea of what constitutes a good hiding place?

Looking for my slippers this morning (which he’d tidied away), look under the couch, and there sits what is clearly my Christmas present, unwrapped. I’ll add that we have a toddler so fishing stuff out from under the couch is a daily occurrence.

Last year it was chocolates pushed to the back of the top of the kitchen cabinet, despite my regularly using a stool to get something down off the adjacent cabinet.

My birthday he bought me a perfume I like, and left the bloody tester smelly stick things in the centre console of our shared car.

EVERY YEAR I somehow stumble across my Birthday or Christmas gift(s) or the obvious branded packaging that he’s left in the car or on top of the bin, just trying to go about my normal life in our home. I will point out that there are TWO cupboards in said home that I cannot see or reach into without a step ladder, but he can. If he put something into a normal drawer or cupboard and said ‘don’t look in there’ then I wouldn’t.

I don't ask for much but just for once it would be nice to open just one genuine surprise!! Confused

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somanychristmaslights · 24/12/2025 10:01

My DH always shows me beforehand what he’s bought. So nothing is a surprise 🤦🏻‍♀️

Stompythedinosaur · 24/12/2025 10:04

Yup, that's poor.

He could just wrap the gift when he gets it so you can't see what it is! He's doing half a job tbh. What does he say when you speak to him about it?

HippopotamusForChristmas · 24/12/2025 10:18

I would just tell him where to put it so you deliberately don't look there

FettleOfKish · 24/12/2025 10:29

Stompythedinosaur · 24/12/2025 10:04

Yup, that's poor.

He could just wrap the gift when he gets it so you can't see what it is! He's doing half a job tbh. What does he say when you speak to him about it?

I spoke to him about what I found today, apparently I was asleep in the bedroom (where the high cupboards are) when he brought it in so didn’t know where else to hide it. Wrapping it immediately would have solved that though!! He had promised to do better and assured me I’ll get other bits tomorrow that I haven’t found!

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PrincessFairyWren · 24/12/2025 10:41

My DH once assembled my son’s brand new bike 3 days before Christmas, after we had all gone to bed. As I was heading off I reminded DH to hide the bike in the garage before he goes to bed. He did this. However imagine my surprise when at 6am my son burst into our bedroom with the box that the bike came in. Including a large photo of said bike. Apparently it was my fault for not telling him to hide the box.

FettleOfKish · 24/12/2025 11:16

Oh lord @PrincessFairyWren! 🤦🏼‍♀️

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MyOliveStork · 24/12/2025 11:17

lol show me a man who is good at hiding presents!!!!!

blankcanvas3 · 24/12/2025 11:19

The key is to get them to wrap it as soon as they buy it! I always find my gifts but they’re always wrapped so I can’t see what they are!

ZeldaFighter · 24/12/2025 11:23

I've found one of my own presents already- but I was quite pleased he bought what I asked for 😀

I then spent half an hour searching for a present I was certain I'd bought and doubting my own sanity. 2 Lynx box sets [only the classiest best here] but could only find one. When husband came home 3 hours later, he told me he'd already wrapped it up.

I also found 2 presents for him that I forgot I bought him (so made an effort to find him something else on Monday!)

It's been crazy.

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