Awkward gift giving moments

swimcatsmom
Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:25:08 +0000

No, it did not come across as snotty at all. It was cute.

I understand the “guy shopping” thing. A few years ago I really wanted one of those senseo 1 cup coffee makers for christmas. I told my husband I wanted one. I had a coupon for it and gave it to him. I even printed a picture off of it and gave it to him. And he was taking our daughter to the dentist in the city so I gave her the picture to. (years of experience of getting something “like” the thing I asked for). I was sure I was going to get my senseo, after all I had gone far beyond hinting. They went to bed bath and beyond and he got a completely different coffee maker despite my daughter saying over and over again that that was not what Mom wanted. It was a more expensive coffee maker which makes a 10 cup carafe of coffee. Thing is we already had a very good 10 cup coffee maker maker, I really wanted a one cup one. Hearts in the right place, but. Nowadays I mostly just buy what I want ( which is not much as I get older) and give it to him to wrap and put under the tree.