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What do YOU really want for Xmas which you probably won't get because everyone you ask thinks it's weird/unnecessary/pointless/whatever?

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Kenworthington · 30/11/2016 14:42

I would really really like a telescope. For looking at the moon. I love the moon. It blows my mind. I'd Prob like other moons and planets and stuff if I could see them. Dh thinks this is ridiculous.

I also want a karaoke machine. I think he fears for his eardrums. God knows why. I have the voice of an angel. Obvs

I would also like a new motorbike helmet that looks like a glitter ball. I think it's perfectly reasonable to get a new helmet in boring colour then have it customised. Again he thinks this is ridiculous. I say- I will be safe and also visible (whilst having a disco ball head. And what's not to like about that??)

What would you really like but won't get?

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Kenworthington · 30/11/2016 14:44

I'd like to add that as I am chief present chooser and buyer for every single person in the family and take care to buy the kids and all that exactly what they want even if I think it's a waste of money, I should almost certainly definitively get one of my awesome gift ideas for myself?? But I wobt. Because he will leave it til 4pm on Xmas eve. Huff

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wishparry · 30/11/2016 14:49

I'd like an ipl permanent hair removal system.but oh thinks it's too pricey for something that may not work.

smEGGnogg · 30/11/2016 14:49

I always ask for books but never get them. He is a crap present buyer (fact) I mean really really bad. He buys me what he is interested in. It's not malicious, he just panic buys. He also hates my obsession with books. I keep them, you see, never get rid. We have shelves and cupboards and any other void space filled with books. I know he's telling me I need to clear them out before I can have more but he just doesn't understand that I need them. One day he'll say "It's me or the books Smegg" and I will gladly pack his bags Grin

I don't really get his or your helmet thing. He buys helmets and has them customised like you OP. I roll my eyes whenever his get gooey over them! (must say though, a disco ball head would be amazing!)

MythicalChicken · 30/11/2016 14:50

They are awesome presents! I think you should buy them for yourself.

I have a whole Wish List on Net a Porter that I add to daily, in the vain hope that my DH will stumble upon it and in and act of uncharacteristic spontaneity and generosity, buy it all for me.

The reality is that I will get a box of Jewels chocolates, which is what he buys me every year Sad.

Ptolemy123 · 30/11/2016 15:02

Smegg, are you me? I would like lots of books but I'd have to buy them myself as he thinks there's already too many.
I'd also really like a good camera but he thinks I should have a massively gaudy piece of jewellery.

MelchettsTinslyMoustache · 30/11/2016 15:16

I gave up a few years ago and just buy for myself now- DS asked last week if it made me sad not to have a surprise and I had to temper my reply Grin
The truth is that DH is a crap present buyer, coupled with the fact I am a somewhat fussy recipient. So he will faff and fart about before inevitably phoning me to ask me for specifics (from proper shops due to his staunch belief that foreign fraudsters are lurking in the internet to empty his account should he venture anywhere near a keyboard) So now I order everything and he gets the pleasure and surprise of opening the packages to see what he has bought me Hmm
On the plus side, this year I have Cards against Humanitywhich he thinks is crass a new North Face gilet, a couple of GymShark bits and pieces and some chilli pepper lights for my kitchen shelves. Once you get over the "no surprise" element things become so much more enjoyable!
I therefore think it is entirely appropriate that you buy a telescope (that I would also love) and your glittery helmet

smEGGnogg · 30/11/2016 15:19

We could be one and the same person Ptolemy, misunderstood breed we are.

Clickclickclick · 30/11/2016 15:25

I want a tripod for my camera, some Rodial dragons blood night cream and a polarising filter. Oh, and a 35mm lens. Would also appreciate some hourglass stick foundation. And a Jo Malone lime basil and mandarin candle. And a grey card.

All incredibly boring gifts that no one will get me.

LondonHuffyPuffy · 30/11/2016 16:08

I want a grey cashmere cardigan to replace the one that 'D'H killed in the washing machine.

I will probably get jewellery, panic bought at 4.00 on Xmas Eve. Luckily panic buying seems to focus his mind and I usually get something good.

IHeartKingThistle · 30/11/2016 16:19

Now I want a glitter ball helmet and I don't even have a bike! I just want to walk around in it!

I have asked for the Hornby Santa Express. I won't get it Sad

MelchettsTinslyMoustache · 30/11/2016 16:21

Ooh, I've just remembered that my heart yearns for a notepad with the words "Chopin list" at the top and decorated with musical notes
I'm not remotely musical and shop online so I get why it wouldn't be a natural choice. I have however mentioned it on numerous occasions and have yet to be furnished with one

ItsALLAboutMeMeMeME · 30/11/2016 16:30

I could have written this thread and several of the posts. A telescope has been on my wishlist for years, I'd also like a potting table for the backyard and an arch/arbour frame to grow roses up. Won't get those either. Books and CDs are dismissed as not 'proper presents', I can just get Ebooks or downloads, ditto jigsaws or anything I like doing. And, if I ask for a new wallet or bag or my favourite perfume I'm told I can (and generally do) get them myself, ditto cute pajamas or new clothes. Jewelry I don't really wear much, I have all the gadgets iPad, laptop, smartphone etc I need. So, he'll bitch he doesn't know what to get me and I'll point again to all the stuff I've mentioned that I actually WANT and he'll run out Christmas Eve and buy me something I don't.

ItchyFoot · 30/11/2016 16:37

Literally the only thing I've asked for this year is a vase. Dsis asked dp what I wanted and that's what I said. They then both decided that a vase is a crap present because I could just buy one myself! But that's true of everything! Or it would be if we weren't so skint this year that they know I actually can't afford to buy myself one.
Luckily I ranted to my mum and she thinks they're both daft and is getting me one Xmas Grin

SteppingOnToes · 30/11/2016 16:48

I wanted an axe - I ended up buying my own

yellowDahlia · 30/11/2016 16:57

I'd love some staging for my new greenhouse, but as DH sweat blood over it a few weeks ago and has yet to actually finish bolting the thing down I don't think this suggestion will fly Grin Thankfully my DPs are willing to buy some for me us.

DH is not great at presents either, which I find baffling as I have loads of interests I could easily spend a fortune on buying things for myself - photography, yoga, gardening, cooking/baking, but he won't take specific suggestions and if I leave him to it he'll just buy some random novelty cake tins and an expensive book on Japanese bonsai or something equally pricey and impractical . I have yet to use the aerial yoga hammock I received for my birthday last year.

AChickenCalledKorma · 30/11/2016 16:59

I really want one of those roll-up mats for doing jigsaws on. DH just looks at me like I'm off my head and it's the naffest thing in the world. Which it probably is ...... but I like doing jigsaws, especially at Christmas, and there's never anywhere to put them. Maybe I'll ask my MIL. She wants ideas and might actually take me seriously.

When I was 10 I went through a geology phase. I really wanted a proper geologist's hammer. But my parents bought me a silly little lightweight hammer that was no use for everything.

About 15 years later, one of the first proper Christmas presents DH bought me was a real geologist's hammer. My parents looked totally baffled when I unwrapped it (but we "knew"). I really must remember that romantic-but-embarrassing moment next time I am tempted to curse his present-buying abilities Grin.

AChickenCalledKorma · 30/11/2016 17:00

An aerial yoga hammock sounds terrifying!

originalmavis · 30/11/2016 17:00

Tool kit. Every year I say I want one and every year people think I'm joking.

HeCantBeSerious · 30/11/2016 17:01

I'd quite like Xmas to fuck off.

And a skip.

Lancelottie · 30/11/2016 17:10

I'd like a potted Japanese maple, fluffy boots and some paintbrushes.

DH will probably buy something techy in the hope that I'll get with the new century at some point.

SapphireStrange · 30/11/2016 17:13

Dh thinks this is ridiculous.

That's sad. He REALLY can't appreciate a) that it's exciting and awe-inspiring to look at the sky, b) that YOU would like to be able to do this?

I don't do Christmas presents but I'd be very happy to receive (and this is tragic) one of those Penguin Classic mugs. Maybe an Agatha Christie one.

ImYourMama · 30/11/2016 17:16

I want Chase Mulberry and Sloe Gin, DH thinks this is ludicrous (£30 for 70cl) and said he'll buy me Gordon's instead Hmm

PeppaForChristmas · 30/11/2016 17:20

I've seen a Super Mario Bros chess set on Amazon I really want. It's a bit silly and I don't actually have anybody to play it with but I keep coming back to it. I would have loved it so much when I was a kid.

MelbourneClown03 · 30/11/2016 17:29

OP I got DP a telescope last year. Totally not a strange present Hmm

I really, really want iTunes vouchers for Christmas. Have told DP to ask enquiringly relatives this but DP says it 's boring and like giving me money.
My man used to buy me requested albums each Christmas, I don't see the difference.

insan1tyscartching · 30/11/2016 20:05

I tend to order my own presents because dh is useless. He doesn't buy me books because he doesn't understand my love of books and admittedly I have hundreds already even though I give him links to the exact books I want. On occasion he has bought me the odd book as a surprise but he buys books like "favourite gogglebox quotes" Hmm which to me are books for people who don't read books and are published especially for the Christmas market.
I choose and buy all gifts here and find it quite hurtful that in spite of being married nearly thirty years he cannot think of one gift I might like.