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Men and Christmas shopping ;-)

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AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 26 Dec 2019 18:01

We give each a list and I make sure I put explicit instructions. My OH is pretty good at present buying and this year off list bought a lovely sweater in M&S and a gold chain necklace. He also bought craft bits on line. They were all wrapped and he always buys me a card.

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 26 Dec 2019 12:43

My hubbie was good at any shopping so long as he used MY card for it all

Tawny

Tawny Report 25 Dec 2019 22:21

Mr Owl did well this year. A beautiful Swarovski crystal necklace and earring set that looks like sapphires.

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No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled. Nor will we proceed with force against him except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to no one deny or delay right or justice.

Annx

Annx Report 25 Dec 2019 13:56

I have to say that my hubby is quite good. I give him a list of things I'd like for him to choose from and where to get them, but he also finds me a couple of books he thinks I will like. This year he got me a book that had researched the lives of the women Jack the Ripper murdered and The Invisible Woman which is about the way women are subtly disadvantaged compared with men. He gets and writes his own Christmas cards and the ones for the neighbours. I think him managing in an office of mostly women meant he had to be on the ball with birthday/Xmas cards and gifts. It was good training!

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Staffordshire, Warwickshire

Dermot

Dermot Report 25 Dec 2019 07:06

I sometimes feel embarrassed by the kindness & generosity of some neighbours at this time of year who rarely darken my doorway at any other time.

Baa humbug!

SheilaSomerset

SheilaSomerset Report 24 Dec 2019 22:11

We just buy each other one smallish gift, I usually specify a few things I want. This always includes books and he picks one from the list. Simples!

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Gloucestershire, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, London, Lithuania, Russia

LaGooner

LaGooner Report 24 Dec 2019 20:44

Mine detests shopping in any form anytime of the year :-D :-D :-D

Rambling

Rambling Report 24 Dec 2019 20:40

In town very briefly on Monday I noted that the majority of 'actual' shoppers were men: sons, boyfriends or husbands looking fretful and/or desperate, many asking for help from mums/wives on their phones "What can I get....?".

Apropos of that and a comment on FB about husbands not expecting Christmas ( in terms of present buying) even though it comes the same day every year,how does it work in your house?

If you're a wife...how does your husband rate as a shopper for gifts?
and if you're a man....is it done at the last minute and why is that?

You can answer after Christmas also ;-)

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