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An annoying/thoughtless gift you've received from a significant other

Old 11-23-2009, 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Mplsgirl
Funny post! If I want something I get it and tell him it's from him. He does the same. Same account, anyway! We gave up putting that stress on each other 20 years ago. We rarely get presents for each other at Christmas, birthdays, etc. Too many kids, etc. We like to get things during the year, not when you're "supposed" to. Works for us!!
this is how we do it, and guess what? We get exactly what we wanted in the right size and color...sometimes GREEN! :wink:
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Old 11-23-2009, 09:54 AM
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My EX-MIL used to regift to me what I had given her the previous year. Right before my divorce I starting giving it back back her "re-gifts". I don't think she ever caught on!
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltncrazy
Originally Posted by Mplsgirl
Funny post! If I want something I get it and tell him it's from him. He does the same. Same account, anyway! We gave up putting that stress on each other 20 years ago. We rarely get presents for each other at Christmas, birthdays, etc. Too many kids, etc. We like to get things during the year, not when you're "supposed" to. Works for us!!
this is how we do it, and guess what? We get exactly what we wanted in the right size and color...sometimes GREEN! :wink:
Works great, huh? One year (when we had some money)I wanted a doll house ($300). DH said "Okay, but maybe you would want something a little bit more practical?" I said, "Well, maybe you're right. Let's go outside and sit in your $50,000 hotrod and talk about it." Guess what I got.
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:40 AM
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A case of oil, a flashlight, nightgowns big enough for three of me, and a baby stroller (no baby yet) all in the same year!!
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Old 11-23-2009, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by kwhite
A case of oil, a flashlight, nightgowns big enough for three of me, and a baby stroller (no baby yet) all in the same year!!
You're kidding!!!??? Are you still married? To him? Teehee
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Old 11-23-2009, 11:04 AM
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Yes 25 years now. I look into his heart and try to ignore what he says or does. Like when we were building a home and it came time to pick finishes for the kitchen. I asked him when he wanted to do that and he said "you do it hun since the kitchen is your place". My GF ducked and slithered out of the room. I just laughed cause I knew what he meant.
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Old 11-23-2009, 11:22 AM
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My Mother in-law once gave me two bubble head poodle dogs with bright red lips and the following year she gave me a plate that had dogs and cats holding hands forming a circle around the plate. I "accidentally" dropped it.
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Old 11-23-2009, 11:38 AM
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I don't know if my MIL fits here but she gave me a grave site for a wedding gift.
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Old 11-23-2009, 11:47 AM
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I don't know if my MIL fits here but she gave me a grave site for a wedding gift.
Sounds like there's a message there. How did you handle it then and how do you get along with your MIL now?
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A dishwasher.. we needed a newer one but it was the birth of my second baby.. first baby? I got two dozen roses and a diamond necklace.. second baby? I got one rose and came home to a combo birthday/new baby gift of a .. dishwasher. After that year he NEVER gave me appliances again. Smart man. Granted I used the new one but we were going to get it anyways.. to toss it in like that.. bad bad plan.
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