Okay, mini rant here and need advice;
My hubby is a great guy, and I know he means well, but the dork cannot buy a gift to save his life!!
Example....after our third gift giving holiday together I figured out that he is not one of those guys who knows what his girl wants, and instead will wait till the last minute, walk through the store, and grab something that looks 'girly'. So to help him with that I told him on my birthday "I need a new make-up box, one with drawers or shelves and you can find it at THIS store." Pretty simple right?
He came back with a tackle box from the hardware store he goes to.![]()
Dead serious.
OKay......so, the following Christmas I said "Honey, all I want is Godiva Chocolate, you can find it in ANY Dillards, or you can go to the mall and buy it right from the store....that's ALL I want...Godiva Chocolate."
Christmas morning, I open up a box of Walgreens brand assorted chocolate...and he yelps out "Honey, I tried, but I couldn't find cadaver (omg!!!) chocolates anywhere!"
Okay....so, I have given up on him being creative.....given up totally. This year, I grabbed a catalogue from a store I love, Saphora (make up junkie here) and I circled things I would like from that store. Seems simple right? I AM SO NERVOUS! I can only imagine what he'll come back with!
Now don't get me wrong, my favorite thing about the holidays is spending time together, and family, etc....I do get into it. I get into it a lot, and I LOVE to buy gifts for friends and family, I like to find stuff that I know they wouldn't ever buy themselves but would really like...it's the fun part for me. My hubby gets all sensetive though, because he knows I will do this and he feels like he has to compete, but then his attempts...well....they suck! Hehehehe....
So....here's the question finally.....How the heck do I handle this? Just smile and thank him and expect a life full of presents that I hide in the back of the closet, or do I try to coach him and see if he ever figures it out? Is it bratty of me to wish that he would put more effort into kowing what types of things I enjoy?
Blah...silly rant I know...but truly, I am nervous every year when it's time to open the box! "Oh! Honey! A screw driver!!!! Thank you!!!!!"![]()
hehehehe.



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that is hysterical. I know exactly how you feel though. I don't know what it is about guys being bad about gifts. Mine is awful. For the first few years we were together he could not get the present thing down at all. If we were shopping and I was buying something and it was remotely close to my birthday or xmas, he would just hand his credit card to the saleperson and say, "here it'll be your ____ present." I mean I couldn't really complain, but I tried to explain I like gifts - like the suprise and the thought that he picked it out and even unwrapping it. Oh well.
Yes, I'm still mad about that one.
You're SURE he doesn't have ADD? 


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