Do presents mean as much when you pick them out yourself?

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Posted by nov04LIbride

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Posted by jantany26

I'm with Shorty, I would rather just get really unexpected gifts but if we buy something for each other, we tell each other.
Is funny, because regardless of how long we have been married, I don't think that he remembers my sizes.
That's why we tell each other, although I know more about him. He has really bad memory.

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LOL we both have notecards with each others sizes on it for that purpose!

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I might have to start doing that then.

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Do presents mean as much when you pick them out yourself?

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To me, no. It's always the thought that counts more than the actual gift. Yes, sometimes I will give DH suggestions and hope he chooses something from what I've hinted at and he does the same but we don't usually say 'I want this for my b-day, anniversary, etc'. And then buy exactly 'that'. It removes all thought from the gift giving process, if you ask me.

Yes, I like to be lazy too and ask DH to tell me exactly what he wants, but then I'll always get him a little something else he wasn't expecting, or something I thought he might like, otherwise I feel like really didn't get him a gift. And he does the same.