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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my opinion It really depends on where the money is coming from. My wife doesn't work so if she ever did purchase a gift for me it would be from money that I myself earned and therefore I don't really see the item itself as a gift. Rather, on the few time in our marriage that she has actually purchased a gift for me, the more important aspect of the "gift" was the though or rather lack of thought she put into the "gift." The reason for this is that the because the money is from my earnings the only part of herself she put into the gift was her consideration for what I might need or want. In our case only once did she put any effort into the gift. It was the effort that made the gift special. Not the cost. [b]And frankly the more expensive the gift when spending someone else's earning shows a profound lack of consideration for that other person[/b].[/quote]
Yuck. I don't think your point of view is as universal as you think. [b]Many people would appreciate an expensive gift out of the household earnings,[/b] precisely because they wouldn't just buy themselves so expensive on their own. 
And of course thoughtful gifts are better than ones with no thought, but that's the case regardless of the price tag or source of money.[/quote]

I like how you use the phrase household earning implying that both people have the right to spend those funds but them make the spending of those funds a unilateral decision. As discussed many times in this forum large expenditures of household earnings should typically be discussed.

The OP shouldn't be asking people in this forum how much she should spend. She should be asking her husband because if she spends an amount that he feels is excessive he will most likely not enjoy the tickets.[/quote]

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