What are you getting your DH?

[mrsbornkuntry]

Shoot! No post from DW yet. I was hoping she would've seen this thread and posted here. I'll have to check back later.

200$ worth of buckey balls (The magnet balls you play with... i did get it on super sale for 100$ though)... he will for the 12th ish year in a row predictably get me nothing as he does for every other holiday saying that "he just couldn't think of anything" sigh. I"m glad we can afford gifts, but it gets depressing sometimes that i'm not worth the effort EVER including anniversarys, birthdays, etc. and then i get him something and just feel bad because he never does things for me. I got him a computer for our anniversary along with some other things he needed... he got me a card that he wrote in at the last minute how sorry he was that he couldn't find anything for me because it's "too hard" but hope he likes the magnet balls anyway!

My DH has done this to me a couple of times in the 15 years of marriage, but I made it clear to him that I found it hurtful and why and after that he started thinking and actually buying me gifts. If he didn't I wouldn't buy him any anymore either.

 

[mrsbornkuntry]

We have a tight budget this year so I had a hard time shopping for DH. He wanted a PS3, but I couldn't do it so instead I got:

A series of R.A. Salvatore books he wants
The newest Harry Potter Wii game
A fleece coat he's allowed to wear over his Army uniform that is more comfortable than the one they issue


For his stocking we usually have a $20 limit. So far I have:
a new mouse for his laptop
a booklight
itunes gift card (this was $25, but I got it from mypoints so technically it was free)

I'll probably get him some jerky and candy and have the kids make him bookmarks to keep with the reading theme.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

My dh is getting the new P.J. O'Rourke book, Lewis Black's new book, Boardwalk Empire book, NBA2K11 wii game, Revv K-cups, Alice Cooper's Theater of Death blu-ray dvd, and shirts and ties from me. If something else catches my eye he would love, I'll pick it up, too. I find him hard to buy for, especially since he has this bad habit of buying what he wants when he sees it. I already gave him one playful lecture about doing that around Christmas!

I don't know what ds12 is going to get him -- we give him an amount to buy for all the adults (including my dad and smom), and we will all be surprised on Christmas morning!

We bought a blu-ray dvd player for the family, and we plan to go purchase a larger LCD tv -- who knows what we'll actually be talked into before we leave the store!

Maria

 

[mrsklamc]

If your DH has a hard time coming up with things for you, you might consider making an amazon wish list.

 

[Donnainnj]

My husband never did this, except the birthday he forgot entirely , but he wasn't very good at picking out what I would want. Now I just make him a list, (even if you give a lot of choices so he can pick one or two it would help.) At least then I know he put some effort in making the purchase, and I don't feel guilty about spending the money on myself.
Donna

200$ worth of buckey balls (The magnet balls you play with... i did get it on super sale for 100$ though)... he will for the 12th ish year in a row predictably get me nothing as he does for every other holiday saying that "he just couldn't think of anything" sigh. I"m glad we can afford gifts, but it gets depressing sometimes that i'm not worth the effort EVER including anniversarys, birthdays, etc. and then i get him something and just feel bad because he never does things for me. I got him a computer for our anniversary along with some other things he needed... he got me a card that he wrote in at the last minute how sorry he was that he couldn't find anything for me because it's "too hard" but hope he likes the magnet balls anyway!

 

[Colleen27]

As a DH, I can tell you exactly what I'm getting ... A 2TB hard drive for my HTPC. How do I know this? Because I've had to buy my own gifts for the entire time we've been married (13+ years). Unfortunately, I'm a techie and always want a tech gift, but DW is always at a loss on what to buy me. I have no problem buying my big gift for myself, but I drop hints all the time for other gifts, and DW just dosen't seem to catch on. I swear, sometimes it's like she's the man. However, when I'm at a loss, she still wants me to go shopping for her. Sorry, I'm just getting really annoyed by that.

My husband and I have a mutual arrangement - I pick out my own tech gifts because he's tech-challenged, and he picks out his own tool gifts because I have no idea what most of them do. Shopping together for the holidays has become a tradition because we're so predictable - I'll always want some gizmo he doesn't quite understand, and he'll always want something for his basement woodshop or to take on jobs. We each take the kids shopping for a few little gifts that will be surprises under the tree, but we shop for our big gifts to one another together.

 

[annsteere]

Cash for new handlebars for his bike. The bills are wrapped in pictures of men with outrageous handlebar mustaches.

 

[auralia]

at least 50% of the time i go further than that i tell him EXACTLY what he could do... still nadia... i even sent actual links to web pages a couple of times he feels that if i tell him what to get me i might as well go buy it myself. which is true to a degree but come on a ounce of effort PLEASE!

My husband never did this, except the birthday he forgot entirely , but he wasn't very good at picking out what I would want. Now I just make him a list, (even if you give a lot of choices so he can pick one or two it would help.) At least then I know he put some effort in making the purchase, and I don't feel guilty about spending the money on myself.
Donna

 

[finz2left]

200$ worth of buckey balls (The magnet balls you play with... i did get it on super sale for 100$ though)... he will for the 12th ish year in a row predictably get me nothing as he does for every other holiday saying that "he just couldn't think of anything" sigh. I"m glad we can afford gifts, but it gets depressing sometimes that i'm not worth the effort EVER including anniversarys, birthdays, etc. and then i get him something and just feel bad because he never does things for me. I got him a computer for our anniversary along with some other things he needed... he got me a card that he wrote in at the last minute how sorry he was that he couldn't find anything for me because it's "too hard" but hope he likes the magnet balls anyway!

UH NO!~!!!!!~!~~!~ TELL HIM YOU COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING!

Sorry, he's not my DH, but that infuriates me. He needs to know HOW it feels!

 

[bored]

I'm a DH and I'm not getting anything this year. The wife and I decided to not buy each other anything and we've did 10 Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes and are going to do as many angel tree angels as we can with what we budgeted for gifts. DD isn't getting as much as usual either because she doesn't play with most of it anyway.

Neither of us particularly needs anything so why not help others.

 

[ilovepete]

I got my DH the Indy Car Experience at Walt Disney World. We normally don't get each other gifts, but I was able to buy this for $27 (normally $424), so I couldn't pass it up! It is something he's wanted to do for a long time.

 

[jacksmom]

I got my DH the Indy Car Experience at Walt Disney World. We normally don't get each other gifts, but I was able to buy this for $27 (normally $424), so I couldn't pass it up! It is something he's wanted to do for a long time.

Wow! that sounds great! How did you get such a great price?

 

[ilovepete]

Wow! that sounds great! How did you get such a great price?

It was on Groupon for $199 and I had $172 in free groupon dollars.

 

[richmond282]

new laptop (His Birthday is in January so technically it's a Christmas/B-day gift)
wireless printer (Don't really need this, but it came free with the laptop on BF)
2 dress shirts (He picked them out and I went back and bought them)
Lost Season 6
Camo Snuggie (more of a gag gift)
portable digital TV (I don't know how well this will work, but it was super cheap)

 

[luckey-lasvegas]

Walking shoes. He walks a mile every morning, but he is to ummm frugal to buy himself decent shoes.

 

[jacksmom]

It was on Groupon for $199 and I had $172 in free groupon dollars.

Awesome deal! How did you get Groupon dollars??

 

[aaarcher86]

My DH will be getting a set of Harry Potter books in some kind of trunk thing that I assume he will appreciate since he enjoyed the books. Some clothes. I hoping a Cowboys Jersey and a Jack Skellington Snuggie (joke) if I can swing it.

 

[2DisPrincesses]

My DH is getting one of those large tool chest things (not sure what their called). He's also getting a bunch of new tools to fill it up!

I'll probabaly give in and get a Blu-Ray player too since we have lots of blu-ray disks but no player.

 

[Donnainnj]

Ouch, you are a better woman then I am.
Donna

at least 50% of the time i go further than that i tell him EXACTLY what he could do... still nadia... i even sent actual links to web pages a couple of times he feels that if i tell him what to get me i might as well go buy it myself. which is true to a degree but come on a ounce of effort PLEASE!

 

[Minnie]

200$ worth of buckey balls (The magnet balls you play with... i did get it on super sale for 100$ though)... he will for the 12th ish year in a row predictably get me nothing as he does for every other holiday saying that "he just couldn't think of anything" sigh. I"m glad we can afford gifts, but it gets depressing sometimes that i'm not worth the effort EVER including anniversarys, birthdays, etc. and then i get him something and just feel bad because he never does things for me. I got him a computer for our anniversary along with some other things he needed... he got me a card that he wrote in at the last minute how sorry he was that he couldn't find anything for me because it's "too hard" but hope he likes the magnet balls anyway!

Wow no freaking way would he be getting anything - period... You "just couldn't think of anything" this year