Thanks for the replies.
I feel awful saying it, but yes, he is boring. He says all he wants to do is chill out in the evening, so he does nothing then at weekends he helps with the kids, which means he gets up with them, doesn't get them dressed unless I specifically ask him to the night before and lay their clothes out else they end up in god knows what mish mash assortment. We may go out, usually to a bloody supermarket. Yes our lives are actually a bit shit and I am so bored. I also have a long term health condition so its not like I am a bundle of energy, but he is a bit boring.
Ok, car journey isn't long enough to bother with a CD plus his car has a tape player. Not bothering to buy a CD player, it wouldn't get used.
Don't have satnav, we don't need it.
He has an SD card for the frame, I bought that at the time.
He wouldn't shop in M & S, its too expensive and he will only buy supermarket clothes. I have given up on this one.
We do have a kinect, he has the sports game as he insisted on getting it. He doesn't use it therefore I begrudge buying any other games for it.
Weights would be no good, I know he wouldn't use them.
He does have torches and uses his phone for an alarm clock.
He would be really offended at a self help book like that and it wouldn't actually motivate him at all.
He isn't ungrateful, he just doesn't like practical presents.
I actually have loads of photos of the kids in albums. I insist on getting them printed and put in albums because I prefer it, he would prefer them to sit on the computer so we could look at them, although we never would.
Magazine subscription may be an idea. He used to read Empire and that but he hasn't bought them for a while so not sure if he is that bothered any more.
The only reason I am reluctant to buy yet another DVD is I KNOW what will happen. I will buy it, he may get around to watching some of it, then it will sit on the shelf with the other 1000's of DVDs, doing nothing forever more and I will not be allowed to get rid of it. An example, we bought Forrest Gump in 2002, it is still in the wrapper on the shelf. He won't watch it. I think he likes to have this vast collection but he never actually takes a film from the shelf and watches it. He is a bit of a hoarder.
He would love Star Wars lego. It would go with some of the others he has in the loft. Our house is TINY though and we barely have enough room for the kids toys, let alone any more pointless crap stuff that will sit these in a box. He would look at that book, once, then it would sit on the shelf forever more and I will never be allowed to get rid of it. I admit, it is why I am reluctant to buy him more stuff. He won't EVER get rid of anything, even if we haven't used it in 12 years.
I have threatened him with nothing to open on Christmas day as I am at such a loss.
I feel bad, he is a good guy but I do get fed up now and again.
Going to check out those links now.