What do you get your boyfriend/ husband for Christmas?

lulu_92

I'm making OH a christmas cake and some boozy fudge. He will also get boxers and socks (as he does every year. How his boxers turn into skirts I will never know.... :rotfl:) I don't bother getting him aftershave as his mum gets that.

He'll just get stocking fillers from me unless I get bonus.

I've told him to buy me Monty Python at the O2 DVD

2gorgeousgirls

I've bought two tickets to an event I know he will love. He will be given them on the understanding that he can take whoever he wants as long as it isn't me!

I'll also buy a couple of other small things, eg sweets, book.

He's really hard to buy for and in the past he has had the usual - clothes, aftershave, sweets, books, CDs, watch etc.

This year I'm so glad I've been able to get him something he really won't be expecting and will love.

Alidolly

Bought DH a bass guitar a few years back (plus amp) as he mentioned he'd always wanted to learn to play and spotted a good deal on ebay. Last year it was a turntable for vinyl records which he was thrilled about

This year its a surprise (just in case...:cool:)

fatblackandwhite

Got my OH a couple of PS4 games, a few Blu Rays and Blu Ray box sets, new PS4 controller, PS4 camera, PS4 charging station and a couple of band t shirt/hoodies I know he will like.

bluenose1

Mostly Practical presents, boring I know.

Football socks
Shirts and tie for work
Aftershave
Smellies
New razor
Chocolates.

melanzana

We don't buy each other anything!

So...I spend X on you, and you spend Y on me, all well and good, but do we NEED it?

Nah, it is totally rubbish IMV.

But we have a weekend away in January courtesy of the dosh we saved not buying each other any tatt pressies.

That is always wonderful.

fairy_lights

A couple of books he has mentioned wanting to read, some fancy toiletries, and an ice-cream maker. He needs some new t-shirts as well so will buy him a couple online.
His birthday is only a few days after Christmas which makes it tricky because I have to get two sets of presents close together - I don't want to buy him joint presents because a lot of his family do that, and it doesn't seem fair that he misses out on proper birthday things just because of the time of year he was born.

notanewuser

fairy_lights wrote: »

A couple of books he has mentioned wanting to read, some fancy toiletries, and an ice-cream maker. He needs some new t-shirts as well so will buy him a couple online.
His birthday is only a few days after Christmas which makes it tricky because I have to get two sets of presents close together - I don't want to buy him joint presents because a lot of his family do that, and it doesn't seem fair that he misses out on proper birthday things just because of the time of year he was born.

Part of the reason we don't do xmas presents is to try and readdress that balance! DH has a birthday soon after xmas and found that people (even relatives) would focus on xmas and forget his birthday. We make a big fuss of birthdays and pretty much ignore xmas! It helps that we don't have our xmas celebrations at xmas - this year we'll be doing it in early december. For significant birthdays he gets a second birthday in the summer.

clarryd

He has got me he doesn't need presents, LOL only joking.

I always buy him a pair of trainers, a few pairs jeans and a few sweat jumpers. He also get little things like smellies, chocolate beer glass fancy socks.

Slothy88

I'm struggling with money this year quite a lot, but we're going on a weekend away to London in a few weeks. One of my OH's best friends lives in Brighton, and he only gets to see her maybe twice a year, so I've organised for her to meet us in London for lunch on our last day as a surprise for him. Hopefully he'll think that's a much better gift than anything I could buy in the shops