My DP is lovely, he has always been very generous with gifts in the past - beyond what we could afford tbh, but he has always wanted me to have the best present. Anyway for the past few years or so, we have been hard up - its been quite a tough few years, we have done away with credit cards and that means his extravagant gift giving has been curtailed. Thankfully.
I was the same really, spent a fortune on stuff for him too. So anway, we have never been one for token presents.
We have two children, one older and left home and a four year old - they have nice presents this year lucky girls.
I have bought DP a token present, a pretty plain old sweatshirt, nowt special but he needs some new clothes. I also bought a scalextrix for him and DD2 - it was on special offer - reduced from £75 - £30, so we probably would have bought it for DD anyway but i saw it and thought he would like it if i gave it as a gift for both of them. So, ive spent about £50 on him.
He has an annoying habit of telling me he hasn't bought anything, even if he has, but this time i know he hasn't as he hasn't had chance to get to the shops. But i want a present, i told him this last year - he bought me a breadmaker (i havent used it . I would have really liked some nice bubble bath, instead of having to use DDs raspberry bath bubbles and head and fecking shoulders shampoo. Or nice hat and scarf.
Because we have been broke ive not bought myself anything pretty much all year, no clothes, even though i shop out of a charity shop anyway so i would really like a treat.
I don't want to have to ask!!!! I know other years we agreed no presents when we were broke, but i haven't said that this year, i dont want him to spend alot - a tenner maybe??
thought that counts and all that