tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post7711154733088055021..comments2023-09-10T06:13:15.389-04:00Comments on Nine Naughty Novelists: Gift Seasonkellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-74546078333181181822011-05-23T04:48:33.856-04:002011-05-23T04:48:33.856-04:00Oh Erin, my dad is exactly the same! Neither my mo...Oh Erin, my dad is exactly the same! Neither my mom or I can buy him anything for his birthday/Christmas that he will enjoy! With clothes it's even more problematic because he is very critical, but then puits the shirt bin his closet and he only takes it out about half a year- a year later! We have exchanged so many gifts because just like your husband he says that he still has an old watch/shaver/blazer, etc. he doesn't need a new one. We are always stumped. Lately we have given him experience gifts: theatre tickets, wellness weekend with my mom, framily dinners at restaurants. And he enjoys those. Besides that he loves chocolate, so coffee-flavoured chocolate is always a success with him, but we still haven't found a solution to the mystery either. Sorry!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08595369872159009395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-91317666106088741912011-05-18T02:38:19.642-04:002011-05-18T02:38:19.642-04:00I'm actually pretty good a prezies :) I listen...I'm actually pretty good a prezies :) I listen all year long for different things he says he likes this year he wants a special jersey for the Rugby World Cup. My dad I got a new fishing reel and my other dad I got a light of some kind for his off road buggy.<br />How about a boys weekend away or even a weekend away with you, a prezie for the both of you :) Good luckDrmgrl99 - Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13661145148055771088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-52813678206554382522011-05-17T18:23:43.142-04:002011-05-17T18:23:43.142-04:00Gah my husband is like that too, with the shirts. ...Gah my husband is like that too, with the shirts. Only somehow the new ones don't make it into rotation. He forgets about them. As for ideas - I got nuthin'. The restaurant gift card is a good idea. Last year for Father's Day/our Anniversary I paid our property taxes. Pretty special gift, huh!? LOL!kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13865842550376328393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-52334001909097986432011-05-16T16:15:36.696-04:002011-05-16T16:15:36.696-04:00I'm liking the gift card idea, assuming our fa...I'm liking the gift card idea, assuming our favorite neighborhood hardware store would sell me one! I'm trying to get him interested in the woodworking classes offered at the local college--I can see years of gifts there ("Don't you need a new chisel, sweetie?").Meg Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01081153466394828760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-25504742667159280472011-05-16T15:46:26.296-04:002011-05-16T15:46:26.296-04:00You know, I think I'm actually a lot like your...You know, I think I'm actually a lot like your husband. I hate throwing out things that are still useful--especially if they were gifts. Oy! So, at this point in my life, anything that's a disposable commodity--wine, tickets to a show, a day at the spa, a weekend at a B&B, something new for the garden--will win my vote.<br /><br />My son's also very difficult to shop for--but for a different reason. He's very, very picky. My daughter solved this problem by deciding (completely arbitrarily, I believe) that she was going to buy him a snow globe for every occasion that warranted a gift. <br /><br />It's kind of a win-win situation. He knows there's a story behind each one(she usually picks them to commemorate something or to reflect what's happening in his life at the time)and that she really was thinking of him. She knows he doesn't really care about the actual snow globe itself, so isn't hurt or insulted if she never sees it again.PG Fortehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819909187492632526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-89248858206097865372011-05-16T11:11:04.909-04:002011-05-16T11:11:04.909-04:00Every year I get my DH something with his favorite...Every year I get my DH something with his favorite football team logo. Sometimes it's a serious gift, sometimes not (think blowup helmet). Last year he told me about a couple of albums he really wants from the 1970's. I have searched everywhere with no luck. So, I printed the search results and gave them to him along with an email I wrote to the band asking where to get the albums. He was truly moved. This year I told him to check out a website that had tshirts for his favorite band. He picked out two but one was sold out. I ended up paying $35 for a tshirt that had to be mailed from England. But, I know it will be a winner! Good luck!Jen B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04737375224830943067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334971464359338872.post-44336707392701347112011-05-16T10:30:23.023-04:002011-05-16T10:30:23.023-04:00You could always gift him with a gift card to a ne...You could always gift him with a gift card to a new restaurant you've been wanting to try together or to a restaurant that's too expensive to take the whole family so that it can be an evening just for the two of you. Also on the shirt situation - I have a family member who is similiar so what we've learned to do is raid the closet when the person is gone and pull out the ratty clothes and then put in the new shirts. Then the ones that are to be thrown out are put in a trash liner and put in the bottom of the big trashcan outside where they won't look for them....it's a little devious but works just fine:)Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14610197634075184793noreply@blogger.com