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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of my gifts from my SH over the years have been:

Various exercise equipment (yes, because he wants me to lose weight)

A Dyson vacuum cleaner (to make my Coors more pleasant)

A Samsung tablet that he got free witha TV purchase

A handgun (that he wanted for himself)[/quote]

That is so effed up! And I can totally relate. 
Gems over the years from my DH:
A wall winerack from Fingerhut with painted green metal leaves and red plastic grapes
A Deepak Chopra video game on meditation (I'm a yoga fan)...given after he forgot Mother's Day 
A tin of cheap lotion samples from CVS for Christmas purchased on Christmas Eve

He, on the otherhand, has received great gifts...movie gift certificates (big movie fan), prearranged and prepaid guys' nights out at bars and the like, a 50 inch tv, day trips to places he's always wanted to visit.
The thing is, I'm super easy to shop for and am quite satisfied if I only ever receive flowers, scented candles and/or nice bath and body products, plants for my garden, a nice bottle of wine,  a gift card for a spa massage, or an occasional piece of jewelry. No need to reinvent the wheel, these are things I really like.

He knows this, but  says he hates the predictability of such gifts. He finds it boring.

So I get the impractical patchwork purse from the Macy's clearance section.
Socks with preteen girly designs like lipstick tubes and polka dots. I'm in my late 30s.
Pajamas with kittens on them that were way too small.

Sigh. He's a great husband and father so this is more of a pet peeve than anything. But both our anniversary and my birthday are coming up and I pray he doesn't try to get "creative."[/quote]

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