Anonymous wrote:My friends will immediately know this is me:

For my 40th birthday, DH got me a watch. Not just any watch. A digital watch. With a built-in calculator. Lots of tiny little buttons on it.

Anonymous wrote:Oh he's just a stereotypical man, they are not good gift givers. I'm surprised he didn't get you a toy train set, LOL--seriously they are clueless! "oh, my wife just had a baby so I think I'll stop by Victoria's Secret" ha ha

I recognize you are in a rough spot, OP. Just remember, he's trying, and floundering---be kind to him, this is a big change for him as well.

The important thing is he's trying. Please focus on that. There are many complaints--search the posts--of men who don't try anymore; who don't give anything for birthdays/anniversaries/Valentine's Day. I am sure that some subset of them don't bother giving gifts because when they did, it wasn't the right gift so they just got berated for it.

I learned this one early, because with a former boyfriend I did that and wow, the gifts stop coming.

Remember when he stops trying, then you've got an issue. Not before.

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Anonymous wrote:My friends will immediately know this is me:

For my 40th birthday, DH got me a watch. Not just any watch. A digital watch. With a built-in calculator. Lots of tiny little buttons on it.

OMG, that's bad. Was it a Casio? My DH needs everything explicitly laid out for him when it comes to gifts. When our first DC was born, he got me nothing on my first Mother's Day. When DC 2 was born I basically cut out ads for what I wanted and left them not-so-subtly on his nightstand. Got exactly what i wanted.

These clueless ones need a nudge. Granted, Victoria Secret sexy stuff while you are still having lochia and feeling belly frumpy is pretty funny. Thongs while you're still wearing those overnight pads. Man, that would get me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friends will immediately know this is me:

For my 40th birthday, DH got me a watch. Not just any watch. A digital watch. With a built-in calculator. Lots of tiny little buttons on it.

OMG, that's bad. Was it a Casio? My DH needs everything explicitly laid out for him when it comes to gifts. When our first DC was born, he got me nothing on my first Mother's Day. When DC 2 was born I basically cut out ads for what I wanted and left them not-so-subtly on his nightstand. Got exactly what i wanted.

These clueless ones need a nudge. Granted, Victoria Secret sexy stuff while you are still having lochia and feeling belly frumpy is pretty funny. Thongs while you're still wearing those overnight pads. Man, that would get me.

I'll go one better: I buy my own diamond earrings and cashmere sweaters and just pay for them out of his checking account.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friends will immediately know this is me:

For my 40th birthday, DH got me a watch. Not just any watch. A digital watch. With a built-in calculator. Lots of tiny little buttons on it.

OMG, that's bad. Was it a Casio? My DH needs everything explicitly laid out for him when it comes to gifts. When our first DC was born, he got me nothing on my first Mother's Day. When DC 2 was born I basically cut out ads for what I wanted and left them not-so-subtly on his nightstand. Got exactly what i wanted.

These clueless ones need a nudge. Granted, Victoria Secret sexy stuff while you are still having lochia and feeling belly frumpy is pretty funny. Thongs while you're still wearing those overnight pads. Man, that would get me.

I'll go one better: I buy my own diamond earrings and cashmere sweaters and just pay for them out of his checking account.

So when he buys that Rolex out of your account then you have nothing to complain about.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My friends will immediately know this is me:

For my 40th birthday, DH got me a watch. Not just any watch. A digital watch. With a built-in calculator. Lots of tiny little buttons on it.

OMG, that's bad. Was it a Casio? My DH needs everything explicitly laid out for him when it comes to gifts. When our first DC was born, he got me nothing on my first Mother's Day. When DC 2 was born I basically cut out ads for what I wanted and left them not-so-subtly on his nightstand. Got exactly what i wanted.

These clueless ones need a nudge. Granted, Victoria Secret sexy stuff while you are still having lochia and feeling belly frumpy is pretty funny. Thongs while you're still wearing those overnight pads. Man, that would get me.

Anonymous wrote:We were still dating and my now husband was telling me about these horrid sounding earring he bought a girlfriend and then they broke up before he could give them to her. They were made out of Mt. St. Helens' ash.

They were in fact very ugly and especially so when I got them for Christmas our first holiday together.

Anonymous wrote:My friends DH got her a case of motor oil and 3 oil filters for Christmas when they were first married. She was a good sport about it but he's been banned from holiday shopping ever since!!