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Joint present for one person when other has something else?!

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Mittensonkittens · 02/12/2013 15:14

My dad is usually impossible to buy for, however this year he has been quite specific and I have already got his gift (cost about £100 and can't afford to spend anymore)

I am completely lost for ideas for my mom. The only thing I can think of is an experience type gift. I've seen one for a luxury picnic and champagne afternoon tea at a stately home about an hour away from where my parents live. I think my mom would like it but obviously it's for 2 so it would be for my dad as well. However it is also around £100 so that would be it for my mom then too and I feel sort of bad that she would be sharing her gift with my dad and he's got something separate of his own. On the other hand although I expect my dad will enjoy it it is definitely something more up my Mom's street, so it would definitely be more for her.

What do you think? Is it mean to get that for my mom when it's for my dad too when my dad has a gift all of his own?

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WestmorlandSausage · 02/12/2013 15:17

she doesn't necessarily have to take your dad? she might choose to take someone else, like a friend, or you?

Pagwatch · 02/12/2013 15:18

I think you are massively over thinking this
Is your mum actually the kind of person who would think 'oh but dh gets to share mine - that's not fair'
Or would she think 'how lovely.i get a picnic with my dh'

It wouldn't even cross my mind if someone got dh a present and my present was something like supper or theatre tickets for both of us.

It all sounds lovely. Smile

Mittensonkittens · 02/12/2013 15:18

That's true...she probably would take my dad though. She could go with me maybe. But is that worse? Then she's sharing her present that I've given her with me!

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Mittensonkittens · 02/12/2013 15:20

I ended up doing similar last year, my dad had a gift and my mom had a murder mystery on a steam train...actually I was really hoping she would take me that time but she went with my dad.
However murder mysteries arent my dad's thing at all so it was very much for her whereas the picnic thing they would both probably like.

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