What are you buying the other half for Christmas?

thegreysquirrel · 4 Dec 2019 at 11:52

randomshenans said:
Many other men.

In uniform.

FishFluff · 4 Dec 2019 at 12:44

We decided not to bother with presents as we generally buy the things we want for ourselves throughout the year. We booked a holiday in January instead for some Winter sun.

Greebo · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:14

A stupidly overpriced but never the less sublime Surface Studio 2 28" Intel® Core™ i7 GTX 1070 All-in-One PC. I gave it to her in the summer early so come xmas she will be getting nothing from me.

Greebo · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:16

AHarvey said:
Oh I know, but, it's a gift for her and it's free. takes 30 mins max and it'll keep in you her good books each day because you've said something nice each morning without having to actually bother all years

30 minutes to write 366 things? Thats 4.91 seconds per thing. I would need waaaaay longer than that. If I started now I might be finsihed by xmas

CaptainRAVE · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:17

Greebo said:
A stupidly overpriced but never the less sublime Surface Studio 2 28" Intel® Core™ i7 GTX 1070 All-in-One PC. I gave it to her in the summer early so come xmas she will be getting nothing from me.

Let’s be honest, you bought that for yourself

Vince · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:24

I'm not bothering with presents this year, her present will be a holiday (I'm thinking Cape Verde atm) for mid Jan.

Seearbe · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:37

AHarvey said:
Get a jar, write down 366 things you love about her, memories etc.

Fold them, put in jar. She takes one a day.

She'll love you all year long

Can you share the list, preferably in printable format please?

Andybtsn · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:38

Seearbe said:
Can you share the list, preferably in printable format please?

Noakesy85 · 4 Dec 2019 at 13:56

i have absolutely no idea what to get my wife this year

I bought her a new Tea Pot as a small gift from our daughter (its one of those loose tea infusion types) she saw one at a cafe she liked and i managed to track down the exact same brand.

Greebo · 4 Dec 2019 at 15:04

CaptainRAVE said:
Let’s be honest, you bought that for yourself

Lol nope, dont need it (see my sig) but when setting it up for her I must admit that 28" hi res touchscreen is pretty damn impressive and I was (slightly) jealous.

Since I set it up, I havent used it at all. She loves it to pieces though especially when she is doing her creative stuff

^TANK^ · 5 Dec 2019 at 03:26

What me and my girlfriend have done for the past seventeen years is to buy our own presents and then hand them over to one another, to wrap up and stick under the Christmas tree. You couldn't possibly imagine the anticipation before we open gifts from one another Christmas morning.

It's also her Birthday Boxing day.

randomshenans · 6 Dec 2019 at 09:09

Acrotomophilia said:
What me and my girlfriend have done for the past seventeen years is to buy our own presents and then hand them over to one another, to wrap up and stick under the Christmas tree. You couldn't possibly imagine the anticipation before we open gifts from one another Christmas morning.

Well that seems sad. Where is the fun and fear in thinking you've wasted your time and money in buying something you think she might like?

jas72 · 22 Dec 2019 at 19:15

ivrytwr3 said:
A £300 phone, Hunters wellies and a £120 Elemis gift set are stocking fillers? Wow your other half must be a lucky lady!

lol Wellies

413x · 22 Dec 2019 at 20:11

Nothing this year

413x · 22 Dec 2019 at 20:13

Vince said:
I'm not bothering with presents this year, her present will be a holiday (I'm thinking Cape Verde atm) for mid Jan.

Great choice! Cape Verde is so hot in winter

[FnG]magnolia · 22 Dec 2019 at 20:55

A sun lounger.

R-evans · 22 Dec 2019 at 20:56

We haven't bought each other presents for about 7 years (been together 12) we usually have a short European break in winter instead. Haven't planned anything this year yet due to illness in the family, though.

Nitefly · 22 Dec 2019 at 21:02

Hard saving so nothing this year but that’s mutually agreed.

ivrytwr3 · 23 Dec 2019 at 08:38

jas72 said:
lol Wellies

lul wut?

adam cool dude · 23 Dec 2019 at 10:23

R-evans said:
We haven't bought each other presents for about 7 years (been together 12) we usually have a short European break in winter instead. Haven't planned anything this year yet due to illness in the family, though.

We are the same. Mostly spoil the kids but they get so much through the year they don't really want for anything at Christmas. Daughter got a brand new phone and desktop PC for her birthday this year and has pretty much everything else.

I bought my missus a Fire HD 8 mainly just because our old Nexus 7 packed up and we have a 3 month old so will be handy for her whilst she is feeding and can relax a little.