Is your OH any good at gift shopping?

[Jody R]

Mine tries hard to get things I will like but he does get it wrong. And even when I show him the exact thing he has been known to get the wrong one because he thinks his is better.

I sound really ungrateful but he does make a lot of mistakes.

Digital radio - it took me a year to chose one I really liked and showed him the exact one I wanted when I decided, based partly on the way it looked like an old-fashioned radio. He bought a different one that looks really modern and doesn't go with the look I wanted.

Gold watch and necklace that I can't wear because I feel like Mr T.

An I-pod I told him I didn't want and wouldn't use (I'm half deaf and in sole charge of a baby, earphones and me are not compatable). ETA - I told him BEFORE he bought it.

Three hamsters in a big glass tank, just because Next Door had some and I said they were cute. Didn't mean I wanted a giant glass coffin filled with rodents in my living room for the next three years.

So is it just my DH or does anyone else get presents like this too?

 

[Rhi_Rhi1]

no my OH is actually an amazing pressie buyer .. sorry just train him up x

 

[beccad]

No he's hopeless

 

[Lillipop]

Aww my OH isn't too bad when He buys stuff for me or the kids but for anyone else he is hopeless
x

 

[sophxx]

my oh is fab he just buys everything he thinks ill like x

 

[Amy-Lea]

When I never told Darren what I wanted for one of my birthdays he never got me anything he said he didn't want to get me something I didn't like.

However now I email him a list and he prints it out. Me & my mum where getting our eyebrows done in Debenhams and heard these woman cooing and looked over and they where saying how cute Darren was. He has printed out a little map thing of where each shop was and which item to get from where I walked over and he was tryna hide his shopping bags. I was like urm, you do know it was me who told you what to get, I know whats in each bag haha

 

[Lucina]

Mine is useless so I have to drop heavy and specific hints as to what I want. Im a fussy bugger though so most people find it hard to get me something.

 

[samsugar7]

My OH doesnt even bother now! (we have only been together 3 and a half years)

Insted of giving me cash - as he wont listen to ideas, he gives his mum £50 to buy me things. And she knows me less than he does.

Last year i got the most hiddeous jewllery in gold that i have never worn lol

 

[hopeandpray]

my ex was awful! he would but things because he thought 'this is something a girl would like' , not taking into consideration that i'm not even girly. this year i'm my own oh and i'm an excellent gift giver

 

[hunniechunks]

I'm really lucky coz my oh is fab at buying pressies - he buys me things that i didn't even know i wanted but can't live without once i have them!! He's also really good at buying things for all his family as well which makes my life easier lol!

x

 

[sherple]

My dh is quite good when we're not poor. He bought me a pair of fantastic shoes a few years ago, that id pointed out to him in September but could never afford.

My ex on the other hand was shite! He bought me a stunt kite one year, spent £200 on it too the muppet!