10 Gifts not to buy your wife

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DON’T buy her a frying pan if what she wants is a chainsaw. And cookbooks are definitely not a good idea unless she has been hinting for one. (She will probably cook all the meals she know you hate, for quite a long time.)

DON’T buy her a soppy music CD when she wants rock. (That was the year I hinted for Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell II and got Clayderman’s Piano by Candlelight Aaaarrgh!)

Sets of glasses when you still have six dozen or so left from your wedding presents is also a bad idea.
 
One Christmas my husband got me a electric razer, I thought from the shape of the box it was some perfume I had been hinting for and was so would and excited, oh, when I opened that box, it was so hard not to cry 😃 He meant well and didn’t do it to get me upset, he thought it would save me time, but, it didn’t, and that is another story, but, at my birthday, he got me a beautiful peral ring, so, it really, really made up for it 😃
 
Yesterday my husband and I did something we have never, in 26+ years of marriage, done. We went to a local jeweler’s and bought each other gifts that we really wanted. I bought him a wedding band to replace the one he lost years ago, and he bought me a pearl ring (my birthstone). We’ll wrap them and put them under the tree.

I must admit, this is MUCH better than slippers (see my post above), even though it takes the surprise out of it.

'thann
 
My husband and I don’t always buy gifts for each other. I found sometimes it’s just easier to let it go that have to hear about how big a chore it is for him to shop for me.

We did, however, decide to buy gifts for each other a few years ago. Now, keep in mind I’m a very practical person and don’t mind him buying me a new set of pots and pans if that’s what I’d like to have.

I had mentioned that I’d like to have a crock pot. Come Christmas morning there’s a package under the tree that measures approx. 4" x 6" or so - obviously not a crock pot. But then I start to get excited because I’m thinking maybe a piece of larger jewerly or whatever. Wow! He actually put some thought into my gift this year and bought something for ME! Wrong! I opened it to find an electronic stud finder! He didn’t think that a crock pot was very personal since it was something I’d be using for our family. . . :eek: Thankfully, my mom listened to my suggestions for Christmas and got me the crock pot.

In his defense, last year he bought me a Martina McBride CD all by himself. (He knows how much I really like her). I didn’t even have to ‘suggest’ it!
 
apparently every guy on our gift list wants a driml (spelling?) which is some kind of power tool with a bunch of attachments
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puzzleannie, its a Dremel. But that was a good try!
I am sooooo glad to see that I am not the only woman on here who likes tools. I get looked at very strangley by the women at the office when I say I got a 1-1/2 HP plunge router with dual bases and collets. But DH forgot (or didn’t know) to get any bits so I had to get those later. I have learned not to really ask him for tools though, because he usually gets the wrong thing.
 
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TAS2000:
puzzleannie, its a Dremel. But that was a good try!
I am sooooo glad to see that I am not the only woman on here who likes tools. I get looked at very strangley by the women at the office when I say I got a 1-1/2 HP plunge router with dual bases and collets. But DH forgot (or didn’t know) to get any bits so I had to get those later. I have learned not to really ask him for tools though, because he usually gets the wrong thing.
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If I want tools, I tell my parents to get them as a present for my husband. My husband is not very good at selecting tools but my dad is. My husband gets a nice present and I get the benefit of using them. 🙂 Of course, I will never forget our first Christmas as a married couple. My dad took it upon himself to take my husband shopping and ‘teach’ him how to shop for me. It was really quite cute. My husband got me a comforter set but my dad said that was not good enough. “Any present you buy your wife must be something just for her, not the house, or something she has to share.” I thought this was pretty good advice from a guy who always sought advice from his daughters. 😃
 
We don’t exchange gifts either. We buy the things we need, maybe when we have more money someday we will exchange gifts, but for now Christmas is for the kids.
 
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thann:
I need to add to the list:

slippers
slippers
slippers
speed loader for my revolver
slippers
slippers

Seriously, my husband has given me slippers for Christmas for years, and I beg him year after year to NOT give me slippers. I wear socks instead – I HATE slippers! Last year he took my teen-age son Christmas shopping for me, and I told my son NO SLIPPERS. When they arrived home my son took me aside and said quietly, “Mama, act happy when you open the slippers.”

And the speed loader? That’s another story entirely…

'thann
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You are a better wife then me. I would throw a royal tantrum after so many years. Not because my hubby was clueless about buying gifts but because he was so thoughtless as not to listen to me. I am afraid that I would ask him for the recipt, drag him to the store with me, return the socks and get my own gift while he watches, all the while blessing him out for not listening to me.

:hmmm: I wonder if this is why my hubby takes me along to do his shopping for me?
 
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thann:
I need to add to the list:

slippers
slippers
slippers
speed loader for my revolver
slippers
slippers

Seriously, my husband has given me slippers for Christmas for years, and I beg him year after year to NOT give me slippers. I wear socks instead – I HATE slippers! Last year he took my teen-age son Christmas shopping for me, and I told my son NO SLIPPERS. When they arrived home my son took me aside and said quietly, “Mama, act happy when you open the slippers.”

And the speed loader? That’s another story entirely…

'thann
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I told my husband about your story last night and he said it sounded like a story line from The Simpsons :rotfl:

His worst gift was a set of air pump needles and tape, although it was practical (and his brother gave it to him, not me!!)

While we were dating (for 4+ years), he would always get me a trinket box, and one year when he was visiting me, either my mom or I mentioned how funny it is that he always buys me a box. He looked shocked that I noticed 🙂 Later he told me that his mom told him “you can never have too many boxes” and suggested that as his gift to me. He hasn’t given me a trinket box since 😃
 
DH bought me tupperware one year. He raved for two days about what a great present he had bought me, and would take people into the bedroom to see the phenomenal gift… when I opened it I nearly choked!!! I couldn’t believe that was his gift.

I think he’s learned his lesson since then.
 
I think this year DH might buy me fabric for making cloth diapers for our little one coming in less than 3 months now. I chose the fabric, and it is at a great price. I have even talked him into helping me to make the diapers and whatever other accessories we choose to make, since it will be over 100 yards of cotton fleece and french terry! I told him that if we buy it all, we save more money, and I can use the extra to make things to sell to recoup the original investment. I don’t think he would have thought to go out and get me anything since he is working so hard to build up flex time for our vacation, but that is fine with me. I would rather have the time with him than have him out shopping for something for me! I know I am opening the door to years of crazy domestic gifts, but I really don’t care because I know he loves me, and that is what is most important, right? Besides, for his gift, I am going to make him some clothes, but he will be helping me to cut them out!
 
The older I get and the longer I am married…I just buy my own Christmas Present and tell my husband what I bought. 👍
 
I tend to like the more practical gifts, although I usually get something personal like a Dept 56 house and pajamas along with my practical gifts. Last year I was pretty excited to get a toaster oven. 🙂
 
I am NOT the world’s greatest gift buyer. I do try very hard every year to but something nice for the Mrs but it doesn’t always work out too well. Mostly this is because she is never explicit about what she wants but rather she hints.

Last year while cooking shortly before Christmas she was complaining that she needed a new bread pan. So I decided I would play a joke on her. I bought her the bread pan and had it all wrapped under the tree. I made her wait to open it until it was the very last present under the tree.

When she opened the gift she was…well…speechless.

Fortunately for me I had hidden in the boughs of the tree a gift certificate for an entire day at a local spa.
 
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thann:
I need to add to the list:

slippers
slippers
slippers
speed loader for my revolver
slippers
slippers

Seriously, my husband has given me slippers for Christmas for years, and I beg him year after year to NOT give me slippers. I wear socks instead – I HATE slippers! Last year he took my teen-age son Christmas shopping for me, and I told my son NO SLIPPERS. When they arrived home my son took me aside and said quietly, “Mama, act happy when you open the slippers.”

And the speed loader? That’s another story entirely…

'thann
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I, for one, would love a speed loader for Christmas.
 
For all the hubbies that have difficulty buying their wives presents…why not simply explain to your wives that hints do not work and ask her for a list of maybe ten items within a certain price range. I think that wife’s could do the same thing but actually write the list down, hand it to him and tell him not to get you anything not on the list. WOuldn’t that make everything easier?
 
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TAS2000:
puzzleannie, its a Dremel. But that was a good try!
I am sooooo glad to see that I am not the only woman on here who likes tools. I get looked at very strangley by the women at the office when I say I got a 1-1/2 HP plunge router with dual bases and collets. But DH forgot (or didn’t know) to get any bits so I had to get those later. I have learned not to really ask him for tools though, because he usually gets the wrong thing.
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Mmmmmm. The joys of Christmas. Last year, I got a nice torque wrench and a 150 piece socket set. That was sweet! A Dremel would be hot!

Eamon
 
a play:

chrismysters wife: “What do you want for Christmas”
chris: “nothing, have everything i want”
chris to his wife “what do YOU want”
wife: “nothing, i have everything i want”
and then the panic starts…
 
My mom has a pretty good relationship with my fiance. She usually tells me what I want for Christmas (because I can never decide on my own, and she always thinks of something perfect), tells him what I want for Christmas, and everyone is happy:).
 
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