Is DH being unreasonable about his birthday?

[Enchilada81]

Due to us being quite short of money at the moment, we kind of made an agreement that we wouldn't bother with buying each other birthday and christmas presents ... we'd just make a token gesture such as chocolates etc.

Anyway, his birthday is coming up in April and he's decided he wants me to buy him a PC game for £25 We only spend £50 on the kid's birthdays! I think it's too much personally but he's been going on and on about it as if he's really expecting it.

Just out of curiosity I asked him what he was getting me for my birthday. He suggested a DVD he'd seen on ebay for around £3

I let it go but a few days later I said "oh I've been thinking, as I'm losing weight I could do with some more clothes, that could be something you could get me for my birthday?"

So he pulled a face and grunted "how much is that gonna cost?"

I said "I don't know, I'm not asking you to be me a new wardrobe, just something for summer "

So he replied "umm we could maybe have a look around asda or matalan for something I suppose"

So is he being unreasonable or am I?

I gasped at the 'we ONLY spend £50 on the kids birthdays' - is this not rather a lot?

As for the politics of present buying, why dont you each stop buying each other gifts and each buy yourself a gift for your birthdays?

The situation does depend on what you mean by 'on a budget'
eg if you're facing repossession then ANY spending on presents/unessentials is unreasonable
but if you're just trying to cut back in order to eg go on holiday then a few dips into the pot should be ok, as long as one party is not exploiting the other

Why not hire the game for a week instead?