Stocking fillers for partner

[unicornwonders]

Any ideas welcome, he’s not keen on Christmas , his hobby’s are fishing and xbox, he’s early 20s. It’s our first year doing stockings and i’m clueless.

Credit card multi tool
Silly socks
Sweets

Miniature spirits
Can of craft beer
Rolled up T shirt
Joke book
Card game
Bottle opener
Novelty airbud case

DH always gets:
Xmas socks (worn all year around)
Bottle of favourite tipple
Phone charger cables
Random kitchen kit
Posh (or kiddie) chocs
Savoury snacks
Book (second hand)
Stationery

Are you sure Christmas stockings are even the right way to go? He's not keen and you are struggling for ideas.

Mine will get something like;

Latest Country Life
Socks and boxers
A bottle of Quercus scent
A weekend away plan - hotel booking, flight tickets or similar
Theatre tickets
A bar of Land or Montezuma chocolate
A bottle of Stokes brown sauce
Face cream that he won’t use
A new pen
Neoprene gloves

My dh will be getting a T shirt from red bubble.
A chocolate orange.
Tickets to T20 cricket match.
A book- usually sport autobiography.
Marvel socks.
Air fresheners for car (Novelty eg Star Wars).
A weekend for 2 hotel deal leaving him to book dates to go.
Bar of marzipan.
6 Beers with Xmas names (Supermarkets do them).

some idea from this year and previous years:
a rubiks puzzle
a T-shirt
some fun socks
Treat foods he likes (malteaser truffles, tube of mini cheddars, jellybeans etc)
Notebook with fun cover
a game (ok play, just one, selfish, space team have all been hits)
Joe and sephs popcorn
New slippers

what goes in my OHs
chocolate orange
nice shower gel
retro car magazine E.g 80’s what car from eBay
toblerone
socks (probably from www.sockaffairs.com/en-gbp Used to only be car related, they’ve had a name change and expanded now including gaming and music)

toy gadget of some sort, so little remote control fork lift or car or drone, magnetic balls.

keyring

pen, probably TK Maxx or Pencult.

sweets from a quarter of.

last few years I’ve really tried not to buy shit for the sake of it.

If he's not keen on Xmas then ffs don't start doing mega Xmas stuff for him as he won't reciprocate, will never show enough appreciation of your thoughts and efforts, you'll start to resent him, he'll say but you know I don't like Xmas ... and so it goes. Listen to him. Couple of gifts and that'll do nicely.

Agree with this!
Don’t spend precious hours of your life working towards to a perfect stocking if you’re going to be disappointed if he’s not thrilled by it.

Fly lures
A camping mug
An xbox game
Controller skin
Blue tinted gaming glasses
Friers chocolate fishing kit
Chocolate orange

I would NOT do socks and boxers and stuff, if he doesnt enjoy christmas hes certainly not going to enjoy dull uninspired generic gifts he doesnt want - get him thing that actually apply to his tastes and interests.

This.

You're setting yourself up to be back here on Christmas morning posting how you got him stocking, a XBox games and fishing paraphanalia and he either got you nothing, something cheap from the garage or something wildly expensive that you can't afford and isn't to your taste anyway.

Unless you're far more well off than the average 20 YOs there will be loads of better uses for your money than things you don't really want or need, so why not agree to get each other a couple of token consumable presents (nice spirit or other alcohol, food treats or a meal out) and spend your own money on your own things when you want them, or save some for the future. You can show love for each other and enjoy Christmas without a great tat exchange.

How is anything I suggested tat? people throw that word around too much but a few things specifically curated to his interest he is not going to hate.

A stocking is hardly a crazy OTT thing to do either, its pretty much the bare minimum one step above doing sweet fuck all and why should OP forego christmas? misery may love company but it doesnt give it the right to drag anyone down and shit all over the holidays.

If OP comes on to complaining her partner didn't bother thats a legit complaint regardless of if he 'like' xmas, his 'likes' dont give him a free pass to be a selfish arsehole to his partner and OP doesnt have to accept bad behavior and lack of care/trying.

Where did people learn that its ok to be so mannerless and graceless?

Doing a stocking for a grown man who doesn't like Christmas is nuts

If he wanted those things, he'd have them already. If he has them, he doesn't need any more.

If he doesn't have them, he either doesn't want them, or can't afford them. So would be rather daft of the OP to buy them for him, assuming they're living together so have intertwined money, to a degree, even if they don't fully share finances.

And since when has presents equalled Christmas for adults? They're not five years old. if they can't enjoy Christmas without buying a load of stuff for the sake of it, they've got bigger problems than presents.

Examples from previous years stockings for DH include

Rolled up magazine
Mini tub Pringles
Packet of pork scratchings
Percy Pigs
Toblerone or Terry's Chocolate Orange
Packets of Seeds
Socks
Beard balm
Pocket Sudoku book
Bottle of real ale
Highlighter pens
Scratch card
Bottle of hot sauce

Cut the stocking crap
Save the planet

get 1 xbox voucher- enough to buy a game or nothing

If he wants those things couldn't he just buy them?

You can get Stokes in Morrisons.

Why do you think its acceptible to come on a thread asking for harmless suggestions that clearly makes someone else happy and shit all over them.

Go post your angst about the planet elsewhere not the stockings thread.

I e bought DH some beer glass shaped pasta from Lidl

Where did people learn that its ok to be so mannerless and graceless?

Is it good manners to start a fight on every Christmas thread?