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My ex-wife used to spend thousands of dollars on me for Christmas. Of course, I was not tremendously thrilled to get boxes of bathroom cabinets, hardwood flooring, or an entry door that I would be expected to spend my Christmas break installing.
This year I will probably spend around $3000+ on "gifts" for my girlfriend, although some of them will be for both of us. The big gift is tickets to see her favorite soccer team play, but while we're over there across the pond we should probably stay a week or so. I am also getting her a framed print from an artist she loves, knowing that it will be hung in my dining room. The only things just for her are small and less than $50.
Winter break is one of the only times we get to travel together, as I am free all summer but that is the busy season for her work, and my spring break is already booked for a professional conference.
I may get her an xbox 360 since she always says how she likes video games and call of duty, and then maybe a galaxy s4 and bring her on my cell phone plan. Combined those are around 450 and then the cell phone is like 70 a month. I just spent $500 on her bday in November and I'm taking her on vacation this month (and took her on vacay to see her fam over thanksgiving)
Really I could spend $75 on an outfit for her and she'd be happy but she does a lot for me and I make a lot of money and she doesn't so I'm fine with it. I just spent around $6000 on truck accessories so I need not be stingy lol.
Most years we spend around $100 on each other. We don't need anything, so it's just little things that remind us of each other. This year we have booked a trip to Peru for over Christmas, so gifts will be tiny things for the plane (a book, a game, a neck pillow...probably no more than $30).
We've been married 5.5 years, so it's all joint money and it seems odd to spend more than that without consulting the other and making sure it's okay first.
Such a great question, I don't know what to do. I too am at an awkward stage... met him in July, started dating the second week of October. What on earth do I do? How do I even know if we are to exchange gifts? I suppose I can buy something to have it handy but not do anything with it unless he brings it up? What would you give to a middle aged man in this instance? I don't know him that well obviously. He does really like fire, I know that much.
As long time married people, we have moved past the gift giving thing at Christmastime in favor of giving material things and time to others.
Our tradition for about 10 years now is to write each other a love letter.
I save them, side by side, in a scrapbook album that I cherish.
And every year on/near our anniversary I take the album out and we reread what we've written over the years.
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