to expect DH to buy 2 Xmas presents?

[Undercovasanta]

I have bought the Xmas presents for our whole extended family, including the DCs (although DH did 'input' a bit into the DCs pressents), as I do EVERY year.

DH had to buy 2 presents (apart from the ones he has hopefully bought for me!) - one each for his 2 nephews who share a hobby with him.

DH told me on tuesday this week that, despite previously telling me it was all under control, he hadn't actually bought said presents yet and didn't know what to buy. I tried not to get cross about the fact he was so late in getting them, and decided to rise above it. DH said I should chill out and that there was plenty of time, and he finally ordered 2 things online.

They both arrived today. The first was faulty, and only part of the order arrived for the second present. DH will now have to contact the sellers (through ebay) to try to get the situation rectified, with only 2 posting days left until Xmas!

AIBU to expect DH to buy these 2 presents a bit bloody earlier, seeing as they were the only 2 he had to buy? grrrrr!

YANBU but mine has bought none of the gifts we are giving- I have done it all even the gift for me!

YANBU.

My DH is obliged to buy gifts for "his" side of the family: precisely 5 people. I have 18 to buy for. He is a terrible last-minute guy. I just let him get on with it; frankly I have enough other things to worry about at this time of year!

YANBU. DH has to buy 2 presents as well - one for his mother, one for his father. He hasn't done either. I have bought everything else, including for his niece (OK, my niece too, but his side), the children of his friends with whom we are staying for New Year and our own DCs. He couldn't even tell me, when questioned, what we have bought our DCs, even though I remember discussing it with him, and showing him said items after they'd been bought.

He even had the nerve to say to me "where are my Christmas cards? I need to write some for work people" the other night, which very nearly earned him a quick poke in the eye (not really, obviously) I have also written and posted the cards for his family and friends.

Perhaps I am actually the root of his laziness.

Still, I have to let him off as I have asked him to buy me a coffee maker for my present (I suspect he has done this - even he can manage to order from Amazon) and he said to me the other night "would it be OK if I bought you jewellery? It's just that a coffee maker is for the house really..." So, brownie points there. Unless, of course, come Christmas morning, it turns out he's forgotten the jewellery thing...

Men !