Married Couples At Christmas

[Kori Ellis]

Do you exchange gifts with your spouse?

Do you keep them a surprise or just ask them what they want?

Or do you nix the gift exchange all together?

[SequSpur]

I ask Lorie what she wants, we all make a wish list and then we also throw in a few suprises.

[baseline bum]

I usually just give my baby momma her child support that month.

[travis2]

We usually don't go too heavy on the gifts for each other...but I do ask her what she would like. I also (of course) supply the $$ for the kids to get her Christmas gifts.

[Shelly]

We usually buy something big that we both want and then get something small.

[spurster]

Ask for what they want. Spend most to vast majority of your gift budget on that. Even if all of your surprises flop, at least they'll get one nice thing that they wanted. Buy some surprises though to create anticipation.

[CrazyOne]

Most of the things we ask each other what we want, and we pick some things that we expect. But I try to throw in one good surprise each year. Or hide a present somewhere in plain sight... like the good jewelry in a stocking, or in an ornament on the tree.

It's all about getting that one moment when the jaw drops and nothing comes out for a moment.. ;)

[Samurai Jane]

It started out being all surprises, but the longer we're together, the more I'm asking him what he wants.. I'm running out of ideas and my hubby has a problem of running out and buying whatever it is he wants before I get a chance to get it for him... so now at least he knows not to go buy whatever is on his list, at least until after Christmas! :lol

[Useruser666]

Is this thread about presents or sex?

Ask them what they want.

Give them the main thing they want.

Throw in a few surprises.

That way if all your surprises flop they still get what they want.

???

:lol

[Spurgal]

I usually just give my baby momma her child support that month.

Less of your kind would be a great gift for any woman.

[Jimcs50]

I am getting her a 2005 Jaguar XKR Coupe. 390 horsepower, hope she does not get too many tickets. :spin

Here is a pic.

http://www.jaguar.com/us/en/vehicles/xk/overview/models_BDDEFB7C-82C7-4E10-AB68-42E8F1BE30BD_462x669.jpg

[Slomo]

Jim if your going to get an English sport car go for the real thing:
http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/ford/aston_martin/aston-martin-db9-2003/DB9_EXTERIOR_04-800.jpg


ASTON MARTIN DB9 450bhp (avaiable also with a mod kit that puts the bhps to 950!) Link to more (http://www.fast-autos.net/astonmartin/astonmartindb9.html)

[Slomo]

And for you Shelly, a family station wagon for the week-end shopping and taking the kids to school:

http://www.audiworld.com/news/04/s4avant/s4avant004.jpg


Oh and you can annoy the hell out of Jim when you overtake him and his lame Jag with this 350bhp "family car"! (http://www.audiworld.com/news/04/s4avant/)

[Jimcs50]

Slomo, that is going to be my car.

Right now, my car is doing fine.

[Slomo]

Slomo, that is going to be my car.

Right now, my car is doing fine. The Audi S4 Avant?

I had an earlier model a few years back, loved to annoy Porsche drivers on the highway :)

[Shelly]

No way, slomo. I hate the Avant even of it's an S4! Although, I did drive the S4 sedan and it is awesome, but the back seat is too small for my kids as they would be be pretty cramped back there in a few years. My husband my consider it since his balloon is up in August.

My neighbor has the same car as I do only his is the 6 speed and is chipped, which gave it 57 more hp. He let me drive it once and that thing flies. Sadly, it sits in his garage mostly.

p.s. Jim!!! Nice present!

[Jimcs50]

No, the Infiniti I 35.

[Jimcs50]

And I do not want the stinkin DB. I want the Vanquish S V12. It is the fastest road car in the history of Aston Martin.

http://www.astonmartin.com/content/astonmartin/images/610x224_The_Cars_V12_Vanquish_S_V12_Vanquish_S.jpg

[SpursWoman]

Is this thread about presents or sex?

Ask them what they want.

Give them the main thing they want.

Throw in a few surprises.

That way if all your surprises flop they still get what they want.

???

:lol


This sounds so funny now .... it's crazy how things work out. :wow

I don't remember anyone asking me what I want, and I know for a fact I've never said what I wanted out loud. :lol

[PM5K]

Dick In A Box....

[CubanMustGo]

It varies from year to year. Nothing too fancy or formal. This year we are giving each other a trip to our favorite B&B out in the country outside of Fredericksburg for New Year's. Last year she surprised me with one of those driving schools at Texas Motor Speedway - had the whole family in on it.

I'm blessed to have a spouse who focuses on the thought behind a gift rather than the amount of $$ spent. I hope she thinks she is similarly blessed. We don't get hung up on the gift exchange thing as a result.

[Taco]

Do you exchange gifts with your spouse?

Do you keep them a surprise or just ask them what they want?

Or do you nix the gift exchange all together?


Shh

Don't tell Mrs Taco but I'm getting her this.........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELdRHTcGzKA

[PM5K]

Shh

Don't tell Mrs Taco but I'm getting her this.........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELdRHTcGzKA

Beat you to it...

[Taco]

Beat you to it...

You got Mrs Taco a Dick in the box also? :ihit



:lol

[PM5K]

You got Mrs Taco a Dick in the box also? :ihit



:lol

Yes but it's a much bigger box...

I hear she's getting me a taco in the box...

[Taco]

Yes but it's a much bigger box...

I hear she's getting me a taco in the box...


:nope :ihit :flipoff




:lol

[MosesGuthrie]

We set a spending limit.

[Kori Ellis]

Two Year Old Bump. Good job, SpursWoman.

[SpursWoman]

There was another Christmas related thread from the same time period that I wanted to bump, but it got really ugly at the end ... :depressed

[JoeChalupa]

We always exchange gifts and by the end of the day...insults too.

[shelshor]

We always exchange, hopefully, surprise gifts, and get something for the house--this year's household gifts came in May when her TV and the washer broke down on consecutive days and in a manner that would've cost more to repair than to replace; luckily it was just in time for the Memorial Day sales

[PM5K]

Nix

Are you trying to say you guys have lice?

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000Y3CUQ.01-AL6AV6GIKNB1B.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[Bob Lanier]

I usually just give my baby momma her child support that month.
:lol

We did for the first few years. After that we just went to a nice restaurant for supper.

[MoSpur]

She has a list of things she would like and so do I. We write about five or six things on those lists and try to get one another a few things from those lists.

[PM5K]

I know you got turned down by SC, but that don't mean you can stalk me

That's a total misunderstanding of the facts and I categorically deny it....

[1369]

Not that this really fits in this thread, I just found it funny...

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/medlarge671.thumbnail.gif

[SpursWoman]

I find Lucy (and Linus for that matter) referencing Pulp Fiction a bit disturbing... :fro

[sa_butta]

I usually make it a surprise. And she usually gets me what I want.

[CubanMustGo]

I find Lucy (and Linus for that matter) referencing Pulp Fiction a bit disturbing... :fro

Not to mention a huge violation of the Peanuts copyright :dramaquee

[KEDA]

it IS our first Christmas together so I had to get her something nice.

I actually got her a few nice things.

[PM5K]

it IS our first Christmas together so I had to get her something nice.

I actually got her a few nice things.


Aww how cute...



:vomit:

[tsb2000]

We still exchange gifts, even after 10 years- we say the big gifts are from Santa to keep it all in line for the kids. :)

[Kori Ellis]

I tried figuring out my motivation of starting this thread two years ago, but I don't recall. Maybe I was just trying to make conversation.:lol

:santahat

[SpursWoman]

I like looking through old threads. :)

[SequSpur]

I tried figuring out my motivation of starting this thread two years ago, but I don't recall. Maybe I was just trying to make conversation.:lol

:santahat

gay

[Kori Ellis]

gay

Okay, now that we know your sexual preference, do you have any comment on the thread?

[T Park]

:lmao

[CharlieMac]

The wife straight up tells me what she wants. I'm horrible at gift giving, I would have bought her a heating pad had she not steered me in the right direction.

I have no idea what she got me this year. She caught on to me logging on to the bank account and researching where she had been, so she went Randy Moss and paid straight cash homey this year.

[703 Spurz]

We exchange gifts. A few of them are gifts we asked for and the rest are surprises :fro