Approaching Christmas morning with trepidation!

With cause, I think!
I had a long, flat, beautifully wrapped box. A bracelet? Chocolates? Tickets to a show?
A new battery for the laptop.
Can't beat the toilet seat though

The first year I was married my husband bought me a steam iron. The marriage didn't last long.

One year the ex bought me a bottle of sherry, a bottle of port and a bottle of martini. I'm tee-total. He, on the other hand, was an alcoholic.

The toilet seat is still the winner though

Blank video tape and a bottle of blue nun from a garage

Black leotard with leopard skin pattern leggings both size 8, I was size 14 post baby at the time. I could go on.

Your presents look positively exotic compared to mine Menopaws!

A large (ish) very heavy box, beautifully wrapped with ribbons and bows, turned out to be a set of ugly outside lights - the old fashioned sort that looked like ordinary coloured bulbs

Just remembered another. A small jewellery box sized gift, nicely wrapped. It had an elasticated head lamp in it "for when I was out walking late at night". still dont know what he meant by that

First Christmas with my ex I had passed lots of hints out about a handbag I d seen with him in the local market just before Christmas he asked if he could borrow some money I was a bit pipped off thinking of paying for my own handbag but was happy it would be worth it- what did I get I got a bottle of bath gel

We stopped giving each other gifts after my OH gave me a gadget that fixed to the wall to hang the ironing board on and put the iron across the top! I'd spent hours finding a fishing rod he wanted, something which wasn't cheap. Never bought a present for him since lol.

I suppose in all fairness, I should post about the time I got it wrong .

For his birthday, quite some years ago, bought him a pretty expensive DVD player/recorder, the sort where you could watch one channel, record another (yes, they are quite commonplace today, but at the time it was around £300

He unwrapped it and looked somewhat underwhelmed.

Suffice to say I ended up taking it back to our local independent electrical store, and explaining that I had made a mistake, and that it wasn't what he wanted for his birthday.

They asked me if I wanted to exchange it for something else, but as they didn't actually carry a range of tropical fish tanks, we were at a bit of an impasse!

I got a super duper steam iron once - luckily he got the message!

If you are used to being asked to buy your own or get nothing at all I think you are all lucky.

I once got a Kenwood Chefette back in the days, remember those? It is still going strong and so are we

A beautifully wrapped slim rectangular parcel was given to me a few years ago. It was an electronic toothbrush! What was he trying to say?
He won't make that mistake again!??

I think you are being very mean Phoenix

Your DH obviously puts a lot of thought into the presents he chooses for you. Now think - what have you moaned about in the last few weeks? Be prepared!

I dread opening presents from my husband.
One Christmas, he bought a checked blouse which was okay(ish) but I said if he didn't mind, I would change it as the fabric reminded me of the overall I had to wear when I had a Saturday job, many moons ago.
The following year, I couldn't believe my eyes - he'd bought the SAME blouse. Obviously it wasn't a best seller if it was still in stock after a year. I lost it at that point and said 'well, it looked like an overall last year and it still looks like a b****y overall this year'.

Phoenix, even my husband knows that if he gives me a toilet seat, he will end up wearing it.

One memorable Christmas DH gave me a papier-mâché clown! It was absolutely ghastly. Anyone it was sat on the floor in the sitting room during Christmas lunch and when we went back in we found that the dog had chewed its nose off. So I never had the worry about where to put it etc

Thank you all for making me laugh so much I cried. Some men have absolutely no idea !!

I can’t believe ( I do really) the awful presents you have all had! What does it say about some men?
Can’t add to this funny thread, as my pressies are always lovely ( smug mode) but why don’t you start a thread after Christmas Day and say what your DH’s bought ?
For once it just could be a lovely handbag or diamond ear rings.Or not.

Just read some of these out to DH, who did laugh. To be fair this one (2nd) is very good at gift giving. I have in the past had a deep fat frier, and a dinner service as presents, so I appreciate what “ current ” DH buys me!

My DH thought he'd give our DDs a laugh one Christmas morning. He bought me a dustbin!! The joke backfired as the girls were distraught that he could be so mean to me They weren't even mollified when I opened the lid to reveal my proper presents - chocolates,perfume and books. He certainly learned his lesson that year. (Well he must have because he's never tried anything like that again.)

A boyfriend I had been with for around 9 years made a big show of fetching my Christmas card out of the cupboard where he had put it so it didn't get bent. Inside, it read: To missA,
Best wishes,
Kevin.