happy 30th birthday.....here have a.....

sacha28

oo just remembered.....the same bloke that bought me the slender tone for my birthday also bought his niece 'instant tyre inflater in a can' for her 18th birthday. Looking back, I don't think presents were his forte :rotfl:

poppycracker

my grandmother was the queen of the odd birthday/Christmas presents . For my 18th (I'm her oldest grandchild) I got a Wallace and Gromit video and a Rosie and Jim doll. Still not sure if that was supposed to go to one of my cousins......
my dad got a bin closer and a neon yellow string vest from her for Christmas one year.
We never took it personally, it was how she was. We still loved her dearly

Arewethereyet

Could be worse, my friend's husband once brought her a cow for her birthday. Seriously.


She's a model and loves nothing more than shopping for expensive beauty items and designer clothes. In his wisdom he thought she would prefer a cow to a new handbag!


It was her own fault for marrying a farmer!

TBeckett100

wish I'd seen this before I bought my wife's 40th present. A £1,100 Mulberry Handbag (she keeps looking at them online). It's her birthday soon.

the drawback to buying good presents is you have to match or better them the following year

Xmas 2012 I bought her an Apple MacBook and diamond ring, 2013 I surprised her with a trip to Canada and this year we are off to New York the day after Boxing Day. We've only just come back from West Coast so she won't expect it (not after the handbag either!)

Some men can deliver!

TBeckett100

Forgot to mention also taking her to Edinbugh this weekend for her birthday, but she knows about that. The bag is a little something to open

dawyldthing

My dad once bought me an electronic tooth brush one year. Another a water filter. I've had so e other random stuff over the years. The thought was there, but it wasn't very personal

*max*

TBeckett100 wrote: »

wish I'd seen this before I bought my wife's 40th present. A £1,100 Mulberry Handbag (she keeps looking at them online). It's her birthday soon.

the drawback to buying good presents is you have to match or better them the following year

Xmas 2012 I bought her an Apple MacBook and diamond ring, 2013 I surprised her with a trip to Canada and this year we are off to New York the day after Boxing Day. We've only just come back from West Coast so she won't expect it (not after the handbag either!)

Some men can deliver!

TBeckett100 wrote: »

Forgot to mention also taking her to Edinbugh this weekend for her birthday, but she knows about that. The bag is a little something to open

Just show off, why don't you...:p

VeronicaMars

TBeckett100 wrote: »

wish I'd seen this before I bought my wife's 40th present. A £1,100 Mulberry Handbag (she keeps looking at them online). It's her birthday soon.

the drawback to buying good presents is you have to match or better them the following year

Xmas 2012 I bought her an Apple MacBook and diamond ring, 2013 I surprised her with a trip to Canada and this year we are off to New York the day after Boxing Day. We've only just come back from West Coast so she won't expect it (not after the handbag either!)

Some men can deliver!

SPAM. How do we get this person blocked?!?! We don't need to be seeing this... :rotfl:

Mr Mars and I bought each other sleeping bags for X-Mas. Matching sleeping bags. Matching. Who says romance is dead? Eh? Who?!?!

mandragora_2

Imagine my delight when, on our first Christmas together I opened my present from my new fiance to find he'd chosen to give me an umbrella. In the 30 years since then, he's made one or two hideous errors, but mostly we keep to the
'What do you want for Christmas?'
'I'd like x, please'
'Ok'
system and it seems to work.

jess1974

I received a slow cooker from my sister for xmas one year....i was really !!!!ed off....to add insult to injury i'd already got one x