OHSue

My mother in law once gave me a fruit cake, my husband got mad when he found out I had saved it and wanted to regift it to her the next year.

kateyb

I have twin sisters who were born when I was 12. When they were 10 they bought me the ugliest necklace I have ever seen. It had huge charms hanging from it. They were so excited about it. They said it looked just like something I would like. Years later someone I knew husband was going to go drag for Halloween. She asked if I knew someplace that would sell some jewelry that would work. I lent her the necklace. I never got it back. Yeah.
My hubby buys me robes - never lingerie. Robes are on the edges of the lingerie dept. I have told my daughters that if they are ever shopping with dad and need to get rid of him for a while to just walk into a lingerie dept and in 5 steps he has disappeared off the face of the earth. Two months ago my oldest daughter did just that. She was amazed.
I usually give him a detailed list of possibilities and where to get them.
We'll be married 40 years in Feb.
I have done a lot of laughing reading these.

Ladyjanedoe

Been there as well. This year my husband 'forgot' Mother's Day and I got a big nothing for our 10 year anniversary. Money is not an issue. I still don't even know what to think about it . The Mother's Day snub was the worst. He never even said "Happy Mother's Day" until I broke down in tears late in the day.

I think he did get me something for Christmas this year because we had a discussion about what I would like , but at this point I confess I'm a bit afraid to be hopeful.

QuiltDraggon

One Christmas DH's parents gave me a blow torch and him a fire extinguisher. We never did figure out what the hell they were thinking but I ended up using the blow torch years later in my silversmithing. Guess they knew what I needed a decade before I did. Or how about the one year they gave me my present and the wrapping was a diaper bag. I was unable to have children and they kept harping about how we needed to have kids.