Wives - what would you like for Christmas?

[MuswellHillDad]

What would you like your husband to buy you for Christmas?

All ideas welcome - I'm sure I'm not the only husband struggling for ideas!

Thanks

[quirrelquarrel]

oh ffs if you can't see what's wrong with the OP then shame on you. it's not a load of bored MNers on a grey Sunday being arsey for the sake of it, this actually matters and anyone offended by this is quite right to be


it's like saying that because she's a WIFE, she's joined a rank of people who don't have individual preferences and they all want WIFE things and it's dead easy for fellow WIVES to know exactly what yours will want. does she not have her own interests? my mum, married, would love a a CD by a very very obscure American singer that you've probs never heard of. What if your wife wants something equally obscure- how on earth would we know- but of course she wouldn't because she's married now....

sorry OP but seriously? really?

[MrsDoomsPatterson]

Jesus, bet you wish you'd just bought her a book token.

[TapDancingPimp]

I see, quirrell, I'm assuming you've expressed equal disgust at the countless 'what are you getting your DH/DC/Elderly relatives etc etc etc?' Coz let's face it, all husbands and children want the same things too don't they?

[QuintessentialShadows]

Trust a poster with the quarrel in the user name taking offense!


No, seriously. The man is married, and thinking in terms of himself, and his wife, and asking for advice.

I am not always thinking in terms of political correctness, and count on getting the attention of quarrelsome posters.

Just the other day I accosted a man in Boots asking his advice on a scent for my husband.

[nomorecrumbs]

I don't give a fuck whether he put wives, gfs, girls, bitches...I'm not that sensitive

I would like:

-Tassimo machine
-L'occitane vanilla perfume
-A HoC consultation
-A car dashboard camera
-Driving gloves
-New luxury pillows for the bed
-Scrapbooks for DCs

[optimusic]

Otterface, I prefer cash instead of stuff I am not likely to use. So instead of going out and buying something I don't want/need/will never use, just give me the cash equivalent. I don't see what is weird about it. The cash either way will come to me and has no bearing on family money. But then I think it's weird that people want a hair cut for their Christmas present, or manicure etc, when they should just be able to go and get these things done without it being a present.

[kitsmummy]

Optimistic, I think the poster was getting at your sneering disdain for any cookery gifts when actually there are lots of women who would like that because, you know, they like cooking, rather than because they're subservient 1950s wives who know that there place is in the kitchen.

She made the point that if you're oh so 2013 you wouldn't be asking for money because you'd have equal access to the household pot.

[Lagoonablue]

Sheepskin gloves
A cushion thing for my sat nav
GHDs
Sheepskin slippers. Cool ones not old lady ones.
Posh candles
Any Orla. Kiely type of thing.
I saw a fab bag in Selfridges today. Bags are good presents.
Some cashmere socks or a cashmere jumper. Cashmere scarf.

Basically stuff I don't really need but would like.

[quirrelquarrel]

tapdancing
you're just assuming I don't have a problem with those when really for me, yes it's a bigger deal in this partic case because women have been screwed over way more than men (hope you do agree) so feel the need to be a bit more full on (and you can't fight every battle!), but I still don't like these kinds of threads at all.
However i just am jumping on the gender bandwagon because I'm prioritising, and this is the angle I feel should be addressed more urgently
I'm not entirely sure you would really have reacted well to my post even if you knew I wasn't just picking a fight out of some simmering feminist angst to be honest though.....

Quintessential well of course can't help it can I

[KangKorandKoloth]

• A 3DSxl with Animal crossing game
• A bottle of the perfume I usually wear
• Assassin's Creed black flag for the Xbox 360
• The third series of a radio comedy I'm currently listening to

-Anything by Tom Waits or Joni Mitchell

• A charm for my charm bracelet

probably not to a lot of other people's tastes though. Again it's stuff I don't really need but would really like as a treat

[quirrelquarrel]

Also having to deal with customers coming in and asking me to pick out presents for their girlfriend, mother or wife without giving me ANY info as to what their tastes are really tees me off so possibly I'm a tad wound up from that. What makes you think by virtue of my sex I know her better than you do....etc etc.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Huge diamond ring.

[TapDancingPimp]

I'm sure your point is completely valid, I see where you're coming from, I just don't get how people can get soo wound up by a complete stranger on a completely innocent (perhaps non p.c.) statement.

I just think there are more important things to get defensive over. Maybe I need more practice.

And anyway it looks like the poor fucker has run for the hills

[saragossa2010]

A few nights without the children here and I at home alone.
I want fewer things as I'd like to reduce number of possessions so nothing that takes up any space. I am not into material possessions.
Shares.
I got a new pen knife last year which was good,. Basically buy what that person likes whatever their gender. They vary. I was given a spa day which for me is like the last reaches of hell - I genuinely regard it as a theft of my time and I'd rather work for a day than endure that although I didn't say that to the giver of course and I gave it away.

[GinOnTwoWheels]

The same as Optimusic's list, but making some small additions:

I don't want wine that was on sale for 'half price' 3 for £10, of part of the M&S Dine In for a Tenner deal
I don't want cash, I aready have enough for everything I want, except for a house extension, and I think that's a bit much for a christmas present.

I would quite like some gin, any brand except gordons (because I already have some of that).
I would like to be able to go on holiday without having to research, organise and book it myself.
I wouldn't mind some cheese from a posh cheese shop.
If I must have a zero effort, cash equivalent gift, can it be amazon vouchers, so I can buy books for my kindle?

[ConfusedDotty]

Some gorgeous boots. Good luck if you can find some I like cos I can't.

[Pan]

Matey, ignore all of this. is what she really wants.

[Beastofburden]

OP,

What is the foolproof method by which we can tell our men what we want them to buy for us and they will pay attention?

What method can you guarantee you would respond to?

I use language (ie he asks me and I tell him) but I can see that would be a bit unromantic for some...

[noddyholder]

A divorce

[enormouse]

Ok, not a wife either but I'll offer my input and a wildly extravagant list:
A pair of degus or a pair of rats (unlikely but I can ask)
A new sewing machine and some good wool/felt for crafting
Nice chocolates and some lush bath products
To be treated to a spree in the January sales (I'm heavily pregnant right now and want some clothes that don't make me feel like Mr stay pufft)
Cashmere socks and/or slippers
Wild republic wolf floppie if I can't have my rats
For DP to set up my study and the DC2s nursery

And as I'm going over the top here I'd like a mini break or a night in a hotel before DC2 arrives.

Also on a more practical level I'd like him to pay for my HPAT and UCAS application so I don't have to worry about it.

[holycowwhatnow]

Time. Some time every week where dh takes the children out of the house and leaves me the fuck alone. And doesn't ring me to ask me questions or tell me funny things that dd says. Just lets me chill at home alone. (Has NEVER happened.)

[ElizabethBathory]

I'd like a set of lino cutting tools (for making prints) and a book - or even better a course - on how to do it. Please.

[BigToesofFrog]

Woolly socks
Fabulous chocs
Books
Lovely expensive blanket (for snuggling on sofa)
Special chinaware, eg beautiful/quirky espresso cups.
DP often buys me jewellery - nothing crazily expensive, a nice necklace that he knows I'll like, maybe in £20-50 bracket from an arty shop etc.

He once got me a cardigan which I loved, however that was risky as choosing clothes for me could easily go wrong (I'm very specific about what I like, I'm different sizes in different shops etc. so I would steer clear of that unless you are 100% sure what she wants)

[Salbertina]

Peace
Time on my own away from everyone's demands and dh's neediness