What to buy a 38 year old male who buys what he wants when he wants?

[thenewme]

Impossible to buy for.

Vouchers?
An 'experience' day
Make him something

do you have to? DH and don't give each presents for that reason. But we will go out for a meal or so.

Oh yes. It is my BIL and he is always very generous with presents for us. I couldn't not buy him something. He just doesn't come up with many ideas.

I make DH stop buying things in October and stick it all on his Amazon wishlist so that I have a chance.

It's no good me trying to buy him a suprise as it will lurk, unused.

get him nothing, he sounds spoiled

The Times the day he was born? a handknitted navy scarf? Nigella Lawson's #Rocky road biscuit (recipe in last weeks you).

He isn't spoilt. Why do you say that, ssd.

The paper idea might work, thanks, TNMGN.

its just that I thought imagine posting a thread saying

"what can I buy my 8 year old who gets what he wants when he wants it"

just sounds spoilt to me

Doesn't sound spoilt at all. My DH is like that, things that he really wants are things we can't afford anyway. He is a nightmare to buy for.

DH is the same so he has lots of things such as a mug with photos of DD on, etc, etc. He is fully aware that he's a PITA to buy for and loves his little thoughtful gifts.

[www.iwantoneofthose.com has loads of gadgets and silly things for people who are hard to buy for.

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YES!

Can you give us an idea of budget?

what about one of those microlight torches to keep in the car?

or does he like holidays? what about 2009's best B&B's or campsites, or weekend breaks depending on what he likes?

or wine, Oz Clarke has a new 2009 guide to the best wine just out

Present got thank you.

ssd - he is a single man who works and therefore has his own money. If he wants something and can afford it, he buys it. That does not make him spoilt.

Of course a 38 year old is completely different from a child.

to me its different if he is single

I thought he was your dh, I am presuming a married man with kids, and the thought of a married man with kids buying what he wants when he wants just seems a bit selfish to me (as if he is putting himself first all the time instead of considering the family budget)

therfore I apologise as I jumped to the wrong conclusion and I was in the wrong

good luck with your present buying

ssd- some people can actually afford to buy what they want when they want it- maybe he doesn't have particularly expensive tastes, or want things very often?

A fire extinguisher?

Dh keeps saying we should get one...

Oh, just seen you got it. What did you get?

yes, I imagine they can

but as I have already explained, I was imagining, wrongly, that the man in question was married with kids and still choose to buy what he wanted when he wanted and I know in rl some men who still spend like they are single with no responsibility and its the wife and kids who make the cut backs

thats what I meant by "spoilt"

but, again, I was wrong and I have apologised

Did anyone actually come up with a suggestion, because I need the same thing for DH (who probably is spoiled by ssd's estimation, but as he works 60+ hours a week to provide for me and DS I think he's entitled to buy what few things he wants as and when he wants them)....

My bil could be described like the above (minus the 'spoilt').

I usually ask my sis what he wants. This year she says he needs a paper shredder!

Otherwise, he would get a book (last was pop-up kama sutra), cheese, wine or cashmere socks (if I can find any for £10-15).

Whar did you get?