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anyone else got a discouraging dh ?

jane130 · 2008-09-06 12:39:38

I'm desperatly trying to come up with great, creative and cheap ideas for christmas gifts ( as we all are) . Esspecially since he managed to get himself sacked last week But everythign i come up with he's putting down , I ention jurnal jars and his responce was " nobody would want that" i mentioned making pot porri for my…

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luxor4t Posts: 11,125 Forumite

7 September 2008 at 6:53PM

It took my OH a couple of years to grasp this concept, but he is used to it now. (He is also used to the idea that if a £20 item cost £5 in a sale you do not have to spend another £15 on top!)

I think his attitude stems from MiL -give her something homemade and she turns her nose up , says thankyou and puts it away never to be seen again.

I can cook and sew, make flowers grow.
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