How Much Do You Spend on Your Significant Other for Christmas?

[disykat]

I think $30 is great for a boyfriend, but I obviously have different spending levels than many here LOL!

I'm honestly curious for those who spend over $200. Do you have seperate bank accounts? If not, do you coordinate ahead and set a budget or do you just bite the bullet afterwards? What if he spends a bunch the same year you spend a bunch? Do you find your savings down or worse, find yourself in debt? We only spend about $500 TOTAL on Christmas so I'm really curious here.

 

[caitycaity]

between $150-200 including stocking stuffers

 

[luvindisneyworld]

It ranges anywhere from 250.00 to 1000.00.We dont have kids though.

 

[skiwee1]

DH and I never put a price limit on it. We usually just tell each other if there is something we want and that is it. This year DH didn't want much but I knew he needed some new silk ties. He takes tall ties so it isn't easy for him to get out and shop for them. So I ordered them online. I got him a few dress shirts and stuff that I know he needs. Other then stocking stuffers that is all he is getting. I didn't want anything at all and I mean that! I do not want or need a thing. He still wanted to get me something so I told him just stocking stuffers. I figure I get everything I want all year so a present at Christmas isn't going to top it. I get to go to WDW with the girls for 30 days a year, no men! I go to Atlantic City a few days every month with no DH. I get to do so much that I really can't want for anything. I am happy buying and watching everyone else open their gifts!

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by disykat
I think $30 is great for a boyfriend, but I obviously have different spending levels than many here LOL!

I'm honestly curious for those who spend over $200. Do you have seperate bank accounts? If not, do you coordinate ahead and set a budget or do you just bite the bullet afterwards? What if he spends a bunch the same year you spend a bunch? Do you find your savings down or worse, find yourself in debt? We only spend about $500 TOTAL on Christmas so I'm really curious here.

When we do buy each other gifts we just put them on the credit card and pay it off at the end of the month. We have the money so no bullet biting here. Now if we both went out and got each other a Mercedes, that can be trouble! LOL!

 

[caitycaity]

. He takes tall ties so it isn't easy for him to get out and shop for them. So I ordered them online.

if you don't mind my asking, where from? dh also needs tall ties and i have problems finding ones he likes.

 

[luvindisneyworld]

Skiwee, that is exactly how i am.I Love spending money on other people and dont want anything in return.I always tell DH that i dont want anything but he still buys(ALOT).I just feel very fortunate to be able to buy for people like we do.

 

[Minnesota!]

I usually go way overboard. His birthday is close to Christmas (yesterday), so I buy TONS of stuff, then divide it between the two. DH's family doesn't every buy him anything, and he LOVES getting presents so I really spoil him. I would say I am spending about $300 on him for Christmas this year. Birthday was about $100.

To answer the second question, I do all my shopping first. I then figure out what I spent and give DH the same amount to spend on me! We get nice bonuses and such at the end of the year, so we are not dipping into savings or credit cards, etc. Kind of nice!

 

[DD2Disney]

Originally posted by disykat


I'm honestly curious for those who spend over $200. Do you have seperate bank accounts? If not, do you coordinate ahead and set a budget or do you just bite the bullet afterwards? What if he spends a bunch the same year you spend a bunch? Do you find your savings down or worse, find yourself in debt? We only spend about $500 TOTAL on Christmas so I'm really curious here.

Disykat

We each have an allowance every month. So that is where my DH presents come from. We try to stay on a pretty strict budget so I could'nt just take out of the checking account. My only problem is I have Christmas and then his Bday on Dec 30! DS presents are just written in to the budget. We spent about $200.00 on DS (I purposely left off DH amount because he is a Dis'er now).

Tricia

 

[skiwee1]

Originally posted by caitycaity
if you don't mind my asking, where from? dh also needs tall ties and i have problems finding ones he likes.

I ordered from Ties.com and the Silktiefactory.com. If you do a search at AJ there are hundreds of tie shops online that sell tall ties. Even the Jerry Garcia ones which DH will love!

 

[addicted_to_WDW]

We spend very little on ourselves because we usually go to WDW in January and would rather spend our money there.

I bought him a couple of small gifts and spent about $50. He'll spend about the same on me.

 

[jipsy]

We don't really do Christmas gifts because we buy each other stuff all year - we just buy for the kids and family.

That's nice, raze. What kind of cruise did you go on?

 

[ByTheSea]

It really does vary from year to year - no set limit. Our funds are joint but we use separate credit card accounts (and pay in full each month) - DH generally pays the bills except on the one credit card I use as it's primarily for work expenses... and I never look at the account he uses.

We both tend to like to give something we think the other person will enjoy, and we both tend to give too much. Lot's of little things and one or two larger gifts, maybe more mid-priced gifts some years and no big gift.... I would guess we spend between $300-500 on average. If we have big expenses coming up for remodeling or vacation we'll cut back a bit.. if there is something the other person really wants or would love we may go over...

 

[siouxsieQ]

Originally posted by disykat
I think $30 is great for a boyfriend, but I obviously have different spending levels than many here LOL!

I'm honestly curious for those who spend over $200. Do you have seperate bank accounts? If not, do you coordinate ahead and set a budget or do you just bite the bullet afterwards? What if he spends a bunch the same year you spend a bunch? Do you find your savings down or worse, find yourself in debt? We only spend about $500 TOTAL on Christmas so I'm really curious here.

It's called a budget. My husband gets paid every two weeks. If you are on a budget then you get at least two extra checks a year (from three fridays in a month). We take one of those paychecks figure out who we need to buy for and how much we are going to spend on them. Then we divide the rest up amongst ourselves.

This year we spent $500 (a piece) on each other. We only use cash, so no credit card debt. Our savings doesn't go down b/c it is planned (in the budget).

 

[Nutsy]

Usually depends on what he wants. But not more than $100 usually.

 

[disykat]

Originally posted by siouxsieQ
It's called a budget.

Thanks for the sarcasm, I really appreciate it. I asked if you set a budget - that was my question. DH and I have plenty of money, and I certainly know what a budget is. I was just surprised that people would spend that amount of money from a joint account unless it had been previously agreed upon. I handle our finances and if dh wanted to "surprise" me, he'd have to work pretty hard to do it without me missing the money.

 

[Alice28]

Around $150...I think I have spend less this year as I this is the first year I am not working (staying home with the kiddoes), so I kept it at around $100 or so. I find it kind of funny to spend money on each other cause we plan our budget every month, we KNOW what's in the checking account, so it's hard to keep anything a surprise. My DH took about $50 a couple weeks ago and went shopping, and he was at the World last weekend as a break from his business trip and he said he picked up some goodies for me there. I can't wait! I don't care if it's a pair of socks, IT'S FROM DISNEY WORLD!

 

[diznee25]

I'm honestly curious for those who spend over $200. Do you have seperate bank accounts? If not, do you coordinate ahead and set a budget or do you just bite the bullet afterwards? What if he spends a bunch the same year you spend a bunch? Do you find your savings down or worse, find yourself in debt? We only spend about $500 TOTAL on Christmas so I'm really curious here.

I could tell you it's because we budget, but more than not it's because we both have excellent paying jobs. It's just the two of us, (I'm 24 and my fiancee' is 28), and our cats.

No bitting the bullet here, we have the money up front. Yes, we do have separate bank accounts, but we split rent and all bills so whatever is leftover from my paycheck is spending money. (We also get 2 extra paychecks per year for the months with 3 Fridays in them. This money isn't marked so it's free to spend how we please.)

We both like to spend the same amount on each other, so one of us doesn't get $50 worth of gifts while the other gets $200 in gifts. We set a spending limit up front so we're both on the same page. (If we don't do that, I'll spend $60 on him, while he sneaks and spends a couple hundred on me! It's happened before.....but that's because he bought my engagement ring for Christmas two years ago!)

Thanks,
Diznee25

 

[DocRafiki]

Originally posted by GailT
I don't have a SO but I will spend at least 500 on me.

Ha! There you go! There is a silver lining to being single during the holidays. I have gotten so stressed in the past over buying presents for SO's. My dogs do pretty well, too.

 

[Tiggerlover91]

Just depends really...as little as $40 (some type of video game), to as much as $100+ (video game plus other knick knacks here and there, bibles, shirts, bandanas...whatever! )

Not remembering who, but someone bought their DH a Harley one year! YOU GO!! Back in 1998, DH bought me a 1999 VW Jetta, so I can't complain here. In 2001, I bought him a 2001 Sprint Triumph so you could say we call it even! Know what else is REALLY cool, both the Jetta and the Triumph are paid for...OURS...no more payments to the bank. Actually, DH and I paid cash for the Triumph. I'm not bragging, just very proud of being able to make a purchase like that. It doesn't happen often for us.