Does your significant other do a good job of picking out gifts for you?

he really doesn't have to. We don't buy for each other. We usually do big gifts/things all year long and we get stocking stuff only (about $25 wroth including toothbrushes,undies, etc and he does well on that). He redid our pantry this year (custom pull out drawers so I can see what I have) and he got new garage cabinets

before we went to this way of doing things, no...he wasn't good at buying gifts

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We don't buy presents for holidays for each other any more, and when we do it's usually something that has previously been mentioned to the other.....

He did send me a beautiful hand carved oak rocking chair when our last baby was born, it was the best present I ever got from him and the most unexpected. He was in Iraq at the time. That was one present I got that I never dropped any hints for.......

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yes, too good sometimes. I'm incredibly spoiled, and so is he.

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Dh pick out the best present each year,he especially good with a pretty smelling prefum...along with a nice getaway the weekend coming up to christmas holiday just to relax..and take in the holiday spirit..enjoying each other company.

It's refreshing that those who have responded have responded positively. Kudos to you and to your SOs! My DH sucks at picking out gifts for me or anyone else for that matter. Like many men, he picks out what he likes, with little thought for what the receiver would like or enjoy.

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We do similar to you smurf. This year, he's buying himself a new laptop and paying for me to adopt a horse for a few months while the terapeutic riding program is closed for the winter.

I keep a wishlist at Amazon to help each other out with a few little things to put under the tree on Christmas morning. We do this for the kids so that they can see us receive things...

The first few years that we were married, DH bought me things that were similar to things that his dad bought for his mom. It was almost funny because it was things that I am so uninterested in... poor guy.

I always have known that all of his gifts have been deeply heartfelt even when they were off-target. He is a sweet and kind man and we NOW both feel very spoiled by one another -- maybe not in the beginning though!

well last year our first Christmas together as married partners and just married one month, he surprised me with a platinum tennis bracelet, a necklace and a watch......... whoo hoooooo ........... I hope this Christmas is just as good! lol

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David does a pretty good job, but we don't really spend much on each other for Christmas. This year, we aren't even exchanging since we're going to New York at the end of December--to celebrate my 50th birthday! That trip, which is turning out to be a little expensive, is our Christmas presents and my birthday present!

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We don't give gifts often, but he always chooses well. The most romantic gift was a piece of amethyst he'd had faceted, and had to drive a headpin into (poor guy!), but the others are more based on my preferences. He gave me an iPod for my birthday, meant to be big enough for all of my music, and a gun for our anniversary, very carefully picked out to meet what I like. Not traditional, but it works.

well, yes and no. lol. some of the things I have recieived in the past 25 yrs.... a double bladed ax, a weed whacker, diamond ear rings, a tv, a gold chain with charmes. a diamond ring. the ax and the weed whacker was things I ask for and needed.

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I have to admit I am spoiled by nature by my parents. I never asked for a gift from them but each year they find something that is perfect for me.
My DH on the other hand... lol

He is 50-50.

Sometimes he buys out of convenience- ex:// a wallet with kittens and rhinestones on it from a mall marquis. Not my cup of tea.
Not many of his mall marquis purchases are hits-.. the fake gold heart locket.. the plastic front came off a week after wearing it.

I think they were with good intentions..he just doesnt realize sometimes that things are usually worth what you pay for them and last that long too.

Before I sound too bratty- I have to say I cherish the Swarovski heart ornament he bought me a few years ago.
Not because it cost more, but he knows I love swarovski and the heart is a tender thought.


I would rather get a gift that he thought more of and spent less on than to get an extravagant "convenient" gift with not much thought put into it.

NO NO and NO

AWESOME. My SO spoils me. Every year I tell him not to go crazy, but he always does. I am always trying to think of something original to get him. It's so hard tho, & I feel like I get him the same stuff every year. Any brilliant ideas for a great guy??

We don't really celebrate holidays, bithdays or anniversaries with gifts, usually a special weekend getaway or a big night on the town.

However (and this pains me to say) he is so much the better shopper than I am. In all things.

I just mentioned the other day that I was looking to upgrade my personal media player(think IPOD) and he showed me a couple days later a great deal online for a unit that does even more than I knew I needed.
He knows me pretty well.

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No, not that he doesn't try. I have mentioned before, DH can go into a jewelry store and pick me out the ugliest most expensive piece of !@#$ in there, and he thinks it beautiful. I once asked him for Gilmore Girls box set, and instead I received Cheetah Girls. There was this one time I told him I need a chargeable batteries for my digital camera...he gave me a digital camcorder battery charger.....we don't have a digital camcorder!! I now buy 75% of my Christmas gifts, I buy them on line and ship them to the house with his name on the box, I don't open them and I pretend to act surprised on Christmas day. It takes a little of the fun out of it, but at least I don't get things that will just sit in my closet or jewelry box...I think that would be a waste. DH is basically perfect in every other way, I can deal with this flaw.

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He's hit or miss. Sometimes, he'll ask me what I want and instead of getting that, he'll get me something he considers better, but I don't. For example, I prefer paperback books - and not just because they are less expensive. But if I ask him for one and stress that I really *prefer* the paperback, he'll get the title I want, but it'll be in in hardback. He tries though, so that's what counts.

Really, he's not too bad. He has pretty good taste.
But most of the time I do tell him exactly what I want/prefer.

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DH and all 3 of my boys do very well. I give them a list with a lot to pick from and they choose what they want me to have. I always ask for pajamas and they get to pick the style and color. DH did stuff my stocking with a female golf book last year even though I dont play. He said he was hoping I would like the book so much that I would give the game a try lol

this is my husband to a "T".

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I can't complain. DH usually does good at jewelry. I point out somethings that I like as it gets closer to Christmas. He doesn't buy me clothes because he's not sure of my size, heck....neither am I, so he gets me some gift cards and boy do I stretch them out. I shop clearance so I get more bang for my buck. The one year, before we were married, he got me a purse....NEVER AGAIN. It was too small for my liking, but I did use it if we went someplace a little fancy, now he leaves the purse buying up to me. Best present was a new crockpot; I love that thing! Basically I can't complain.

After so many years of "certain" gifts I started making myself a list right along with the kids. LOL Now, he has several things I would be thrilled with, he just has to chose.

Now birthdays is a whole other thing. Every birthday he buys me a white birthday cake. Now, that would be nice but I don't like cake. If I do eat a piece of cake it's always chocolate. His favorite is white. It's kinda a runing joke now. For his birthday I buy him a chocolate cake. LOL

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DH is absolutely wonderful about getting me very thoughtful gifts

We've been married almost 30 years and every single Christmas, he comes up with one "thoughtful" gift.

My favorite was a couple of years ago: he wrote me a beautiful love poem, had it printed up and put into a gorgeous black frame that matches our bedroom furniture perfectly. That gift really made me cry and has brought me so many moments of feeling truly loved.

Another favorite was a gold case for my contacts that he had engraved "Beautiful Blue Eyes" as well as a gold case for my aspirin that he had engraved "Not tonight, I have a headache"! Unfortunately, I really do have a headache -- all the time

I ALWAYS remind my husband the best gifts he has ever given me are the ones he makes. One mother's day, he made a "moments video" of my son's pictures when he was a baby and set it to the song that reminds me of our family the most "let them be little". I cried happy tears...it was the most meaningful gift he ever gave.

Last year for Christmas he got mad at me because he wanted to spend money on me then half the gifts he gave me were unusable...for instance, we just found out I was a month pregnant and he got me a foot massager well, it says right on there "not for pregnant women" plus I had back surgery two years prior and my feet would be hypersensitive to the tingle. He also purchased silverware that doesn't match anything we own (still in the packaging) and an aveeno body wash/lotion gift set that was for stress...needless to say this year I spelled it out for him however, I believe he forgot already!!

I love him though!!

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"Hey I'd like such and such for Christmas" "Ok" and I go buy it, one year a digital camera, my first one and I still use it al the time, another year a all in one printer, I use it everyday I'd like a Wii but unfortunatly no Christmas this year maybe next year...

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Jewelry, usually good there -

or if I can give him specific things to buy, like 'here is the target ad with a big picture of that book from my christmas list, it's in aisle 10'

clothing-nOOOOOOOO he cannot pick out clothing for me, to save his life...he once gave me a hideous green and black striped pantsuit. I asked him to please never buy me clothes, never, ever again

I am working on getting my ILs to do the same thing (to never, ever, ever buy me clothes again as long as they live)!
They are horrible at picking out clothing. Other stuff, sometimes ok. He must get the bad clothing choice gene from his family lol

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LOL we will just say it is the thought that counts.

My DH is very very good at this.

Not only does he put thought into it he has great taste.

I have greyhounds and I love diamonds and sapphires. One year he took a picture of my dog to a jewler and had my dogs profile made into gold links and in between the links was a diamond or sapphire. So the bracelet was dogs head, stone, dogs head etc. With that he had me a matching necklace made with just a single profile. This bracelet is very special to me now because since the bracelet was made I had to have that dog put down.

Every year I get a new piece of jewlery and other things. He will not buy me an appliance even if I ask for it. He says we can buy them year round they are not a special gift. Christmas is for "special things you wouldn't get during the year things"

I have gotten spa gift certificates and things like that as well.

He really doesn't buy me clothes. But has bought me a couple of cashmere sweaters which he did a great job on. Not too dressy so I could wear them anytime. He has bought me coats, scarves and gloves things like that and they are always something I wear.

The one thing he buys me every single year is a teddy bear of some sort. Last year was a Vermont Teddy Bear and years before I have gotten Gunds and such. We have been together many years and I am getting over run by bears. I have tried to tell him that I am running out of room for bears but every year I get a bear. I get them for Valentines day and my birthday too. I have so many bears that they are now starting to sit on the couch because I have no other place to put them heaven forbid I put a couple away and he knows. Its like he takes inventory of them. These are not cheap bears either. I wish he would spend the money that he spends on these bears on gifts for others instead of me.

OMG, you mean a husband is suppose to buy his wife presents?!?!

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