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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For the last decade, I've repeatedly told my husband (as in  3 times a year--Mother's day, birthday, Christmas) that I absolutely loathe getting things I don't really want. It ends up in the landfill in the long run, which is  bad for the environment.  Before that, it adds to the clutter around the house (which HE complains about), AND it's my money he's wasting too, which is completely stressing me out because we're just coming off two years of me being unemployed and have used all our savings--which makes me reluctant to donate ALL of it, but I don't have time return it, sell it all on craigslist or ebay (working, here! AND running the house! and paying the bills! and doing most of the shopping, cooking and laundry! and taking care of our kid!). So I have said (again, 3 times a year) please buy something you know I like or just stick with my Amazon wishlist. Also, I hate mums and daisies--but you buy them every Mother's Day. Finally, I'm not enjoying sex because you refuse to . . . (not going into details, but it's NOT something unheard of or unusual--and I have also brought this up multiple times).  As you can imagine, right now we're NOT sleeping together.   And I'm spending my Christmas sulking.  Yes, I asked for a trash can, but it was a special one that I wanted to replace our dirty white plastic one.  I did NOT ask for a $150 stick vaccuum cleaner or a frying pan.  We HAVE a vacuum cleaner and a frying pan.  Did I mention that he buys things HE wants and then says he was being thoughtful about me because we "needed" them?  [/quote]

Do what we do: buy ourselves what we want and then wrap it up. I wrap presents that I bought for myself but label them as if my wife bought them. She does the same. It's a running joke on Christmas morning as we wait in anticipation to see what we bought each other. We say things like, "How did you know I'd LOVE this?" "Oh I just had a special feeling." :). It's fun and everyone gets what they want.[/quote]

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