I had to buy my own xmas pressy!!

Thats a bit rude! Even if he couldnt think of anything at all to get you he could of atleast gone and got the gift card himself! lol mere males we shouldnt expect too much from them obviously

I understand, I got a camera for Christmas. Well, I really got it a month ago but that is my Christmas present (I was with him when he bought it).

Yet he has presents under the tree... Oh well maybe he will surprise me and wrap something up and I don't mean the empty camera box!

LOL, I'd be annoyed if I had to buy my own giftcard! Not like he needs to get the size or colour right. I did buy DH's present for me this year, but it's a ring that had to go with other ones, so that's OK!

i have been with DH for 3 years now and in that time i have had no xmas present, no valentines, no birthday, no anniversary , not even flowers etc... apparently he has me something this year. i am so excitied, it will be crap but its still cool. he never understood that i wanted him to want to buy me something. lol. poor boys, we are such a confusing species. but maybe you will get a suprise under the tree, even something little and cute

I have been secretly getting presents for DH and he has just seen them under the tree...he asked me last night what i would like and I gave him a list of things so he could make the decision ( I am difficult to buy for) he then came home and made me look at it to make sure i liked it....lol it is now wrapped up and under the tree.
Also i found out today he has looked in every music store in CHCH and he cannot find the album i want .(it was not on the list...good boy) We cut up our credit cards so cannot buy online.
Anyone out there seen Nightwish - Dark passion play?

Ive just got back from buying my pressie from DH (I needed a new handbag, and he went looking for one, but wasnt sure I would like anything he picked)

So I get it home and say "You best go wrap my pressie then"

he opens the bag and looks like this

"Thats the one I was going to buy you, but I wasnt sure you would like the buttons"

Man! He should have just got me the gift and I wouldnt have had to deal with Christmas shoppers

DH and I never do Christmas presents, I still wish a little that he'd get me something as a surprise, but unless I told him to he wouldn't think of it. We tend to buy what we want, when we want it - ah the joys of being childless (oh crap! that's gonna end soon, lol).

His birthday presents usually leave something to be desired, he puts a lot of thought into them but always manages to miss the mark totally except for this year when he bought me a handbag I'd wanted for ages and was saving for from the Trade Aid shop, then filled it with "world survival gear" (bandaids, alcohol wipes, a little torch, pens, a notepad, a flick lighter and best of all a Leatherman multi-tool which just rocks my world, you wouldn't believe how useful it is for the girliest things). He's going to have a really hard one to beat next year now, lol!

Ella - if he had dared to hand me his card to buy my own gift card, it wouldn't have been for just $50, I would have emptied his account

lol, you ladies have made me giggle with all your stories of hopeless (and not so hopeless) partners.
just thought i'd update......it's now after lunch, present opening time is over and still no sign of the gift card, with or without message. dammit, i told you he'd probably lose it, i should have just kept it lmao.

lol i'm glad i could make someone laugh with how hopeless my man is, it makes me laugh too.....it's either that or just constantly be annoyed with him.

i agree, the boxing day sales are great. my family did xmas a couple of days late one year and it was so much cheaper.

My DH came through on Christmas! I had said to him that I wanted a card full of cash for Christmas to do some shopping and that is what I got.!!!