My husband has topped off the rubbish present list need to vent sorry

[x_ali_x]

LOL

 

[mommyB]

shows it was appreciated LOL

 

[bilsat]

Sorry to hear about your sad Christmas, hope he made up for it later.

Christmas is the worst time in our house, I was the only child and my parents were very frugal with presents and little love, my wife came from a large family, poor but lots of family love.

This has caused several miserable Christmas's as we have got older, we used to meet at the Mother -in-laws house and the wife's whole family used to come with children and a great Christmas was had, but now our children have flown the nest, one up north the other down south, as such they only visit once in a while so Christmas day we are on our own and my wife is so miserable.

Boxing day will be my wife's day as both "children" are coming and her attitude will totally change and I will disappear into the background, (which I don't mind) and all her attention will be on the children with their wives and girlfriends, but then they go home and the wife will fall back to being very sad.I am always glad when it's over.

I do believe Christmas has lost it's reason and it's only now a highly commercialised event to get you to part with your money, even when you don't have any!

Last year we had a great time cooking for the poor and lonely people in the area at our local Community Centre but this year we had to shut the Centre down due to funding so this year there is nothing for them........

 

[Auburn]

Wishing you a lovely day today, Bilsat. I agree the day seems to have lost its meaning, but you're on my wavelength, I think you've still got the meaning.
Have a nice day x

 

[fillymum]

Our cat puked up a hairball under the christmas tree- I'm claiming it as a present !!

LOL !!!! Spray it with sparkly stuff and hang it on the tree. Generous cat.

I do believe Christmas has lost it's reason and it's only now a highly commercialised event to get you to part with your money, even when you don't have any!

Last year we had a great time cooking for the poor and lonely people in the area at our local Community Centre but this year we had to shut the Centre down due to funding so this year there is nothing for them........

You are so right Bilsat.

It is lovely to buy nice things for those you love if you are in a position to do so and no one should be made to feel it is an unnecessary or extravagant. We are all in different situations both financially and physically and giving is a personal thing...............

However the point you make about the real meaning of Christmas having , in the main, gone is so right. I love that you spent last year cooking for the needy but so sad that lack of funding made it impossible this year.

Perhaps it would give your wife something to focus on for Christmas next year if the two of you organised some sort of year long fund raiser within your community to raise the money to be able to prepare some sort of Christmas celebration for the poor people who missed out this year.

 

[kerry b]

Like my lovely man he has no price and is the only gift you need. He sounds such a nice caring guy.

I gave my husband a pack of penguin biscuits today and he gave me the smallest box of Ferrer Rochas chocolates you can get, The fact that I am trying to get back on track with SW doesn't even come into the equation. We are broke and pressies did not figure this year. I was so delighted to get my choccies.

It is all a matter of perspective.

I agree some men are pretty useless at seeing or understanding what makes a good pressie and I really feel for those of you who expected more or different but for me I am so happy with my 4 chocolates.

He has his moments Sue. I moan about him constantly but yesterday reminded me (again) of why I married him. He pretty much gave up the majority of his xmas for my family and that is worth more than anything money can buy.

Hope you enjoyed your choccies, your OH had shown that it is easy to give a special thoughtful gift without spending too much money.

 

[RhosilligirlLucy]

My husband asked me what I wanted one year, so I gave him a list including suggestions such as a silver watch, and satin PJ's. I opened my presents to find......a gold necklace and a silk nightie, lol. His answer was that if he had got me what I wanted then I wouldn't have had a surprise, so instead he got me the exact opposite of what i asked for! Men!!

 

[JezVonSavage]

I can't complain about my hubby to be, he is exceptionally good with gifts and an all round great person.

But my ex-boyfriend! Oh WOW!! I once got a bag of Maltesers and a plant for Xmas, but I was more disappointed that he couldn't even pretend he had made an effort. He presented them to me in an Asda bag and grunted, before going back to bed. So whilst I agree with many posts saying it's the thought that counts, I know exactly how you feel because clearly there was no thought!!

 

[Shirleen]

Is he still alive????

 

[Shirleen]

Just to add, a bit off topic but when Mothers Day fell on my birthday the kids were little, I only got birthday cards! When I got upset that no-one had wished me happy Mothers day he said 'you got birthday cards what more do you want'!!!!
He's not made that mistake again, even if it's the day before/after he gets the kids to send me both!

 

[Cai]

My brother got my mum some Botox vouchers!!!
She didn't look impressed then later asked if I wanted them!! Lol.

Men! Weird ideas of gifts and... mothers! Will say anything to wind up daughters!! Lol

 

[Maximus]

I didn't have any presents from my husband to open:cry:. What he did do for me though was drive to my parents and bring them to visit for an hour, then drove my mum to hospital to pick up my nana so that she could spend a couple of hours at home (she has a chest infection and influenza b so is being kept in hospital indefinitely). He then came home for a few hours before collecting my mum and nana and taking them back to the hospital and sat in the car for 20 mins while mum settled nana back into her room then took her home. To do all that meant we had to delay xmas meal until almost 6pm this evening and even though he also has a chest infection there hasn't been a word of complaint from him. That is the best gift I could have been given, it's not always about what is under the tree.
saying that i wouldnt have been happy with what you got either

Tell him to pack it in immediately! what the hell does he think he's doing going around getting us blokes a good name!

Giving can be by deed or thought. No credit card required!

Sorry to hear about your sad Christmas, hope he made up for it later.

Christmas is the worst time in our house, I was the only child and my parents were very frugal with presents and little love, my wife came from a large family, poor but lots of family love.

This has caused several miserable Christmas's as we have got older, we used to meet at the Mother -in-laws house and the wife's whole family used to come with children and a great Christmas was had, but now our children have flown the nest, one up north the other down south, as such they only visit once in a while so Christmas day we are on our own and my wife is so miserable.

Boxing day will be my wife's day as both "children" are coming and her attitude will totally change and I will disappear into the background, (which I don't mind) and all her attention will be on the children with their wives and girlfriends, but then they go home and the wife will fall back to being very sad.I am always glad when it's over.

I do believe Christmas has lost it's reason and it's only now a highly commercialised event to get you to part with your money, even when you don't have any!

Last year we had a great time cooking for the poor and lonely people in the area at our local Community Centre but this year we had to shut the Centre down due to funding so this year there is nothing for them........

Community, togetherness, family - all integral parts of Christmas. Perhaps as a youngster I may not have felt this way.

My husband asked me what I wanted one year, so I gave him a list including suggestions such as a silver watch, and satin PJ's. I opened my presents to find......a gold necklace and a silk nightie, lol. His answer was that if he had got me what I wanted then I wouldn't have had a surprise, so instead he got me the exact opposite of what i asked for! Men!!

I think that is wickedly cool. I'd have messed that one up. Where on earth could I source a silk watch and silver jimjams anyway


Look like the original poster is busy. Probably will post when returns from Lapland

 

[Shirleen]

Tell him to pack it in immediately! what the hell does he think he's doing going around getting us blokes a good name!

Giving can be by deed or thought. No credit card required!

Community, togetherness, family - all integral parts of Christmas. Perhaps as a youngster I may not have felt this way.

I think that is wickedly cool. I'd have messed that one up. Where on earth could I source a silk watch and silver jimjams anyway

Look like the original poster is busy. Probably will post when returns from Lapland

Not Lapland, I reckon digging a g... Hole 6ftx4ft and six foot deep may take a while!

 

[Maximus]

Not Lapland, I reckon digging a g... Hole 6ftx4ft and six foot deep may take a while!

Oh no!
I know she was a bit harsh on her bloke, but suicide's a bit harsh

 

[fillymum]

Not Lapland, I reckon digging a g... Hole 6ftx4ft and six foot deep may take a while!

LOL !!!!!!!

Oh no!
I know she was a bit harsh on her bloke, but suicide's a bit harsh

Double LOL !!!! You are so sharp baby boy that one of these days you will cut yourself.

I am a bit concerned we haven't heard from the OP but perhaps unlike us she has better things to do with her time over the holiday period.

 

[Brothers Slim]

We're not all that bad...

I got my girlfriend a few things this year but the ones she loved the most where the 'Memories 2011-' book I made for her with an envelope for each month with random memories on an A4 piece of paper (texts, pictures, FB status' etc) and a few other memory items (I save ALL our memories) and the 'mini chest of happiness' as I called it. That has 100 pieces of paper folded up in it with either little poems, pictures of us together and other things so that when she feels a little sad/down she can grab a random piece of paper and hopefully be cheered up...

I also made the efforst to wrap all of her presents up so that they looked like parcels, actual parcels, from the North Pole. They even had proper AirMail labels, Delivery Labels and return labels...

I was nervous giving her them all but she loved them and said they where her favourite presents...

 

[Tiphareth]

We're not all that bad...

I got my girlfriend a few things this year but the ones she loved the most where the 'Memories 2011-' book I made for her with an envelope for each month with random memories on an A4 piece of paper (texts, pictures, FB status' etc) and a few other memory items (I save ALL our memories) and the 'mini chest of happiness' as I called it. That has 100 pieces of paper folded up in it with either little poems, pictures of us together and other things so that when she feels a little sad/down she can grab a random piece of paper and hopefully be cheered up...

I also made the efforst to wrap all of her presents up so that they looked like parcels, actual parcels, from the North Pole. They even had proper AirMail labels, Delivery Labels and return labels...

I was nervous giving her them all but she loved them and said they where her favourite presents...

that is so sweet, I love it when my husband idea things like that for me. he

 

[Chipmunk89]

We're not all that bad...

I got my girlfriend a few things this year but the ones she loved the most where the 'Memories 2011-' book I made for her with an envelope for each month with random memories on an A4 piece of paper (texts, pictures, FB status' etc) and a few other memory items (I save ALL our memories) and the 'mini chest of happiness' as I called it. That has 100 pieces of paper folded up in it with either little poems, pictures of us together and other things so that when she feels a little sad/down she can grab a random piece of paper and hopefully be cheered up...

I also made the efforst to wrap all of her presents up so that they looked like parcels, actual parcels, from the North Pole. They even had proper AirMail labels, Delivery Labels and return labels...

I was nervous giving her them all but she loved them and said they where her favourite presents...

That is ridiculously sweet. Sounds like something I would do for the boyfriend rather than the other way around! I did make a "Memory Book" for him last year. I'd love something like that, but I don't think he is really the creative type.

He does put thought in when he wants to though! This year he bought me a couple of books that I wanted, and as a surprise he got me a bookmark engraved with his own romantic message. It was lovely

 

[bevhunter1986]

Oh gosh I do hope my boyfriend really has bought me some nice Xmas presents, if not I'm going to beat him up!!! We aren't exchanging gifts until just after Easter when he's home from his tour of afghan. Apparently he's got done surprise planned for a week on his return and also for my Bday which is on Monday!! Here's fingers crossed, xxx

Did anyone get any lovely gifts? Xxx

 

[B's lovely lady]

Oh gosh I do hope my boyfriend really has bought me some nice Xmas presents, if not I'm going to beat him up!!! We aren't exchanging gifts until just after Easter when he's home from his tour of afghan. Apparently he's got done surprise planned for a week on his return and also for my Bday which is on Monday!! Here's fingers crossed, xxx

Did anyone get any lovely gifts? Xxx

Sounds like you'll be getting the best gift of all - having him home! But surprises for when he's back and for your birthday sound good too!!! ;-) xx