DH is gonna kill me

My DH is going to kill me when Christmas rolls along. We agreed to no gifts this year. Instead we're going to spend the night in the city and go see a Knicks game. Well, I couldn't hold up my end of the bargain and bought him a ton of clothes today! I just couldn't help myself! Did anyone else go overboard?

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I am the Queen of going overboard when it comes to spending money on presents for my DH.

We bought momentos while on our HM. I think that in a moment of weakness I told him that they were xmas present for us. Do I remember this? Of course not. I bought him presents. (Clothing, speakers for his computer and some first xmas stuff.)

He mentioned our plan to someone at work and all the women (and men too) said to him 'Oh, no. You still have to give her presents. She forgot and she's going to expect something.'

How right they were! When he mentioned the conversation to me, I had forgotten our agreement.

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I feel kind of bad because I'm pretty sure DH won't think to buy me anything and then he's going to feel like a jerk on Christmas. I think I may have my sister hint to him that maybe he should buy me a little something. I personally don't care if he doesn't get me anything, but I know he'll feel bad after everything I got for him.

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Or maybe you could innocently leave a wrapped present out near your tree or something, and then just tell him you couldn't help yourself.

I don't really feel bad about the clothing I got him. He won't buy it for himself. And eventhough I am paying for it, it still comes out of our money. Whenever one of us buys something, we always look at it as we're both really paying for it since we're married. It doesn't matter whose salary technically paid for it.

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Right now I have 11 boxes hidden around our house. If he sees them, he'll be pissed. Maybe I'll put 2 or 3 of them under the tree to tip him off like you suggested. DH loves clothes but hasn't bought himself any recently, so I just wanted to make him happy and buy him something he won't buy himself right now.

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Don't give them to him for xmas, just tell him you bought some stuff. That way he won't feel bad if he didn't get you anything.

In fact you can give it to him the day after xmas and say you couldn't resist the sales.

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Maybe I'll only give him a few of them for Christmas. He loves wearing new stuff and he'lll usually wear something I bought him for Christmas day at his parents.

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Posted by thiadora


I don't really feel bad about the clothing I got him. He won't buy it for himself. And eventhough I am paying for it, it still comes out of our money. Whenever one of us buys something, we always look at it as we're both really paying for it since we're married. It doesn't matter whose salary technically paid for it.

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That's how I feel about the clothes. I'm just getting my butt to the store b/ c I am tired of hearing him say, ' I need new black Jeans' & not doing anything about it!

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I hate when my DH does that to me, and I fall for it all the time. He is so cheap, that every holiday, valentines, easter, anniversary, ect.. he says no gifts okay, and I am fine with that, then he goes and gets me something, and leaves me sitting there feeling like cruela deville, he always says if we spend 100 each, that is 200 spent, he would rather just take the 200 and buy me something nice. he will leave presents under tree marked from santa and deny it was him.

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Posted by Janice
he will leave presents under tree marked from santa and deny it was him.

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OMG . that line is just sooo funny. But hey, Santa DOES exist, it could happen

In our case, we made the VERY same 'pact' NO GIFTS, we are still reeling off the expense of our wedding, have some debt to pay off and really want to save for a house. Not to mention we both have December b'days, so it could get really expensive

Well one by one, I started finding things I KNEW DH would love, and I just started shopping for him like crazy. He caught wind that I was buying him gifts, and did the same

I think that the 'pact' was the worst thing we ever did - b/c we wound up spending MORE

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Posted by nferrandi

My DH is going to kill me when Christmas rolls along. We agreed to no gifts this year. Instead we're going to spend the night in the city and go see a Knicks game. Well, I couldn't hold up my end of the bargain and bought him a ton of clothes today! I just couldn't help myself! Did anyone else go overboard?

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Are you going to the game on the 28th?? We are, with friends coming in from....Minneapolis! Should be fun - and my first pro basketball game.

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Posted by nferrandi

I feel kind of bad because I'm pretty sure DH won't think to buy me anything and then he's going to feel like a jerk on Christmas. I think I may have my sister hint to him that maybe he should buy me a little something. I personally don't care if he doesn't get me anything, but I know he'll feel bad after everything I got for him.

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yeah have her drop a few hints. luckily DH, cant manage to surprise me w anything (he doesnt know that though) so i know he went overboard on gifts this yr. im glad he cant hide stuff bc i would have felt terrible if i didnt do the same for him.

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Posted by nferrandi

My DH is going to kill me when Christmas rolls along. We agreed to no gifts this year. Instead we're going to spend the night in the city and go see a Knicks game. Well, I couldn't hold up my end of the bargain and bought him a ton of clothes today! I just couldn't help myself! Did anyone else go overboard?

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Are you going to the game on the 28th?? We are, with friends coming in from....Minneapolis! Should be fun - and my first pro basketball game.

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No we're going to a game Jan. 9. We used to go all the time, but we haven't gone in a while because we've been broke!