Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 04:52     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:Why are you still buying each other gifts then?


+1
If he doesn’t need anything, he has everything, he doesn’t want anything… Why is this an issue ?
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2023 00:28     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:
I mean, you’re not wrong about overconsumption. But Yeti coolers are really good. We used one on a 3-day camping trip in the baking heat and there was still ice in it on the way home.


True they are really good.

As much as I’m becoming a minimalist and pruning down all the crap in my life, I admit that part of that process does involve replacing the disposable junk products with fewer, premium things that will last the rest of my life and probably the lives of my kids. E.g. replacing cheap pots and pans with Le Creuset, and so on.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 18:51     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeti wheeled cooler


Grown / mature men have a healthy disdain for our consumption-crazy society. We Americans spend our money on junk made in China (a polluter of the environment, and a geopolitical adversary. Then have so much crap that we need storage units for it. And then our kids are burdened with dumping it all when we’re off to assisted living.

I’d look at a Yeti cooler and think… great, one more THING that I have to find room to store in the garage.

Go with consumables. Buy a $$$ prime rib to cook for dinner. Buy him a nice scotch or bourbon if he drinks.


I mean, you’re not wrong about overconsumption. But Yeti coolers are really good. We used one on a 3-day camping trip in the baking heat and there was still ice in it on the way home.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 18:49     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
If he’s a car guy there must be a billion things he wants! My DH keeps a running list using the Giftster app for car/off road stuff, because I’d have no idea what to get.

Another alternative is tickets to the Overland Expo, but it’s not until next fall: https://www.overlandexpo.com/east/
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 12:28     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeti wheeled cooler


Grown / mature men have a healthy disdain for our consumption-crazy society. We Americans spend our money on junk made in China (a polluter of the environment, and a geopolitical adversary. Then have so much crap that we need storage units for it. And then our kids are burdened with dumping it all when we’re off to assisted living.

I’d look at a Yeti cooler and think… great, one more THING that I have to find room to store in the garage.

Go with consumables. Buy a $$$ prime rib to cook for dinner. Buy him a nice scotch or bourbon if he drinks.


Lol, ok. Nice attempt at virtue signaling.


LOL ok that’s true. Bad wordsmithing in my part. My point is go with consumables like food or wine or “an experience” if that’s his thing. Something designed to be consumed and it’s gone and doesn’t end up getting tossed in the charity shop drop box a year later.

Instead of consumption-driven society I should have said “junk driven”. The stuff we buy from China (as they pollute the air), then we give to each other (instead of donating that money to a food bank or women’s shelter), then it goes to a charity shop. And even THEN people often don’t want it, so it gets bundled up and shipped to Africa… where little African kids get to play with Americans’ broken toys and wear Americans’ faded and torn clothing.

If space aliens landed and asked why we do this every December, we’d say we’re doing it to celebrate God providing us a way to be saved from our sinful nature. 🙂



Ha! I agree with that. Good points. Although the purchasing of experiences and food/consumables creates a lot of waste/pollution, etc. But on a personal level, I find the accumulation of "stuff" really crimps your life. Makes it hard to move, hard to clean, hard to create space in life.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 11:27     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
I'm getting my DH new golf clubs. He's sending me a link so I don't screw it up.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 10:36     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Man here. Does he have a pocket knife? Men like pocket knives. Something American or European made.

Benchmade (American) 940 Osborne = $250 to $350

Böker (German) traditional series duo in Damascus steel = $100

Opinel (French) size Number 8, in olive wood or padouk wood = $35. Inexpensive but iconic and classy.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 10:10     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeti wheeled cooler


Grown / mature men have a healthy disdain for our consumption-crazy society. We Americans spend our money on junk made in China (a polluter of the environment, and a geopolitical adversary. Then have so much crap that we need storage units for it. And then our kids are burdened with dumping it all when we’re off to assisted living.

I’d look at a Yeti cooler and think… great, one more THING that I have to find room to store in the garage.

Go with consumables. Buy a $$$ prime rib to cook for dinner. Buy him a nice scotch or bourbon if he drinks.


Lol, ok. Nice attempt at virtue signaling.


LOL ok that’s true. Bad wordsmithing in my part. My point is go with consumables like food or wine or “an experience” if that’s his thing. Something designed to be consumed and it’s gone and doesn’t end up getting tossed in the charity shop drop box a year later.

Instead of consumption-driven society I should have said “junk driven”. The stuff we buy from China (as they pollute the air), then we give to each other (instead of donating that money to a food bank or women’s shelter), then it goes to a charity shop. And even THEN people often don’t want it, so it gets bundled up and shipped to Africa… where little African kids get to play with Americans’ broken toys and wear Americans’ faded and torn clothing.

If space aliens landed and asked why we do this every December, we’d say we’re doing it to celebrate God providing us a way to be saved from our sinful nature. 🙂

Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 10:06     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
My Dh is like this. I would really like to just forgo gifts.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 10:02     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
My DH loves expensive vintage acoustic guitars and I search online to buy him one every year for the past ten years. Last year I purchased a pre-WWII Martin guitar for 55K. The year before that, I purchased a 35K 1979 Taylor. He plays every evening and also teaches our nine years old son how to play. He appreciates the fact that I spend time researching old vintage guitars.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 09:17     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeti wheeled cooler


Grown / mature men have a healthy disdain for our consumption-crazy society. We Americans spend our money on junk made in China (a polluter of the environment, and a geopolitical adversary. Then have so much crap that we need storage units for it. And then our kids are burdened with dumping it all when we’re off to assisted living.

I’d look at a Yeti cooler and think… great, one more THING that I have to find room to store in the garage.

Go with consumables. Buy a $$$ prime rib to cook for dinner. Buy him a nice scotch or bourbon if he drinks.


Lol, ok. Nice attempt at virtue signaling.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 08:27     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Experiences.

I would purchase two tickets to include myself in the experience and gift.

My mother used to buy my father brand new white tee shirts for Christmas. LoL.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 08:22     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:Rolling Stones tickets sponsored by AARP!


Laugh all you want. Most of these "senior" rock concerts are very good!

They bring young people into the band and give them solo opportunities. Audiences have a great time.
Anonymous
Post 11/28/2023 07:54     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Anonymous wrote:Yeti wheeled cooler


Grown / mature men have a healthy disdain for our consumption-crazy society. We Americans spend our money on junk made in China (a polluter of the environment, and a geopolitical adversary. Then have so much crap that we need storage units for it. And then our kids are burdened with dumping it all when we’re off to assisted living.

I’d look at a Yeti cooler and think… great, one more THING that I have to find room to store in the garage.

Go with consumables. Buy a $$$ prime rib to cook for dinner. Buy him a nice scotch or bourbon if he drinks.
Anonymous
Post 11/27/2023 23:50     Subject: Holiday gifts for DH who has everything
Yeti wheeled cooler