I had to buy my own xmas pressy!!
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Topic: I had to buy my own xmas pressy!!
Posted By: ellabellame
Subject: I had to buy my own xmas pressy!!
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 2:35pm
i was going to the warehouse to do the last of my xmas shopping and my DP gives me his eftpos card and casually goes "oh and can you get a $50 gift card for you from me for christmas".'i'm not sure whether to be annoyed or not, that's just how he is, he just doesn't understand why it's such a big deal lol. ------------- |
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Posted By: mamazozo
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 2:37pm
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  -------------    |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 2:42pm
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lol i know!! i did hand it to him and say "at least write your own friggin' message on it" so at least i have something to look forward to........unless he's lost the card.
argh men!! ------------- |
Posted By: Kellygirl
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 2:48pm
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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!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 3:00pm
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Meh, Men. My DH does that all the time. Last year for my birthday he gave me his eftpos card and told me to go and get myself something nice.
Apparently its my own fault because I said I didnt want anything. Isnt that what all women say?
This year I got myself a camera for christmas from him. Hes bought himself some cycling gear. It would be nice to have a nice thoughtful gift for once  ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: fire_engine
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 3:06pm
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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! ------------- Mum to two wee boys |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 3:27pm
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Only $50 ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 3:50pm
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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 ------------- 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 3:54pm
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wow, 3 years with no presents!!! that's pretty harsh. my DP didn't get me anything for my last birthday and i told him in no uncertain terms that i definitely expected something next year, even if we just went out for dinner together, i think he got the message lol. ------------- |
Posted By: McPloppy
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 4:06pm
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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? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 4:26pm
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well DH and I decided not to buy pressies for each other this year, which was a little disappointing but then neither of us really need anything so it probably would be a waste of money. DH can be a little slack sometimes but then occasionally comes up with something great so it makes up for it ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: lilfatty
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 5:18pm
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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 ------------- Mummy to Issy (3) and Elias (18 months) I did it .. 41 kgs gone! From flab to fab in under a year  http://www.femininefitness.co.nz/category/blog - LFs weight blog
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Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 5:20pm
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My Df would be very proud of himself right now, he has always got me a present for every birthday, christmas and roses every valentines day, even when I think he hasn't got me annything he has. I always love my gifts, I wouldn't care what he got me I just love that after 4 years he still cares....
I reckon a card at least??? ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |
Posted By: TraceyA
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 5:24pm
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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  ------------- TTC #2 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 24 December 2008 at 10:51pm
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Hehe.....after 12 years DH finally has got the gist on wrapping presents...now we are working on putting cards on things!
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 25 December 2008 at 1:43pm
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 25 December 2008 at 7:30pm
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I'm sorry chick but that last post really had me cracking up!! They are so predictable.
We don't do Xmas and haven't bough Xmas gifts for anyone for years. I lie, I spent $15.00 on a secret santa for work and $20.00 for my SS on ohbaby. We do birthdays and make them really special as it's more personal. I'm sure things will be changing in the next year or too but it's saved us thousands so far. Being kiddy free up till now was the only reason we could get away with it. Another tip is to have Xmas 2-3 days after the 25th so family can take advantage of the boxing day sales. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 25 December 2008 at 9:16pm
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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. ------------- |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 26 December 2008 at 1:22pm
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Oh my I feel for you ladies who have never received a present from your Significant Others.
DH ordered a book for me from Amazon back in September that had been sitting in MY draw waiting to be wrapped and yet on the 24th I had to wrap it and stick it under the tree???? and it didn't even get a card or anything stuck to it
I wasn't allowed to buy DH anything in return because he messed up and ended up ordering duplicates of something he got for our eldest boy so cost us a bit more... Whoops! But then after we had been shopping for the last of our gifts he said..."So, what have you gotten me??" "Like WTF?? You said I wasn't allowed to buy you anything and NOW you want something?? GAH MEN!!!! -------------  
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Posted By: Kellygirl
Date Posted: 26 December 2008 at 6:54pm
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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.!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mummyofprinces
Date Posted: 26 December 2008 at 9:06pm
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I am sitting here feeling very guilty for ever saying mean things about my DH. He always gets me presents (he even dashed out on chrissy eve to get a box of chocs cos my stocking didnt look as full as his!). He did get me the bracelet I asked for and also a paddling pool which I did not ask for but had been going on that I had to buy before summer hits and I am the size of a small whale! I am feeling very lucky right now and am going to give a big hug! -------------   
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 28 December 2008 at 3:52pm
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Normally me and Jesse go shopping together for each other this year I decided that I wanted to keep each others presents as surprises I kew he would find it hard so I wrote a little list for him to choose from granted he got me one thing of there but nexst year we will be doing what we normally do. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 28 December 2008 at 9:13pm
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I just saw this thread - are you serious?!
Did you get it in the end? I was kinda hoping for a happy ending here - like a "hahah I tricked you!!" thing, and he actually got you something REALLY awesome instead... hrmph. Men. Can't live with them, can't live with them. ------------- 
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 29 December 2008 at 9:08am
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Me too! -------------  
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MamaPickle wrote:Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 29 December 2008 at 9:30am
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I don't know how I should feel....
We had been shopping together, I got DH some jeans and shorts that he needed.....He helped me choose them. Then we found some T-shirts for me and some shoes. We later got some shoes for DH too. I also slowly added to his, a magnet and key ring. I wrapped them and put them under the tree. Christmas day, my boy went first then me....mmmm nothing under the tree. I hand him his and he turned around and had the check to say "didn't you wrap your present" argh he then refused to open his present for hours! ------------- http://www.alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: ooEvaoo
Date Posted: 29 December 2008 at 1:34pm
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Some men just suck!!....
Mine is about 50/50....sometimes I get pressies, usually not very secretive.....sometimes I get told to buy my own pressies! lolz...and sometimes I get none! lolz.....This year I got wine glasses for valentines day (not very romantic...but something we needed lol) mothers day...don't think I got anything. Birthday got a new phone and MP3 player (cant complain there!....considering DS drowned my MP3 player and DP brought me a new one that same day)..christmas no pressie....but got a new hair dryer/straightener a couple days later. DP is one of those people who just by things when they want them...but I made sure he got what he wanted for christmas...but still no thank you. Honestly he can be an ungrateful prick sometimes!! ------------- 
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Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 01 January 2009 at 12:08pm
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well there was a happy ending to my story.
he found the gift card and also wrote me a lovely letter to go with it, it made me melt. ------------- |