I'm just asking for opinions. I know that the best gift is love, but I am talking about material things, like diamond jewerly, roses, golf clubs, or even a freaking christmas card. My brother and sister in law don't exchange gifts and I just can't believe that for the rest of their life or marriage that they will get no gifts even for anniversaries! They are not lovey dovey towards each other and they are stuck up. Why do people or them do this?
2006-11-27 10:35:12 · 7 answers · asked by fourcheeks4 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
they have the money to do it, he makes a lot. They don't have children, car payments, and they only pay 1,500 for all of their bills. He makes 4,000 a month and he just sold his house.
2006-11-27 10:46:37 · update #1
It could be because he/she has been the recipient of unthoughtful gifting--money or not. For example, when I was first married--about 15 years ago, my husband decided that a steel-plated bra was a great gift-next, a food processor, yippee----next year lingerie from Victoria's Secret that pretty much could only fit a barbie doll...I WILL NEVER FIT IN IT...the next ugly sweaters...stinky soaps and perfumes..AAGGH... the awful gifts just go on and on...so I decided instead of fighting about the gifts....I just asked him not to buy me anything. Now, I just go to the store with him and ask him to buy me something while I'm there...this way, everyone is happy. Face it, some people just don't know how to buy.
2006-11-27 11:08:26 · answer #1 · answered by MicG 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you comprehend you're exhibiting him up? this can not make him chuffed in any respect until eventually he rather would not care something about you. Giving is tremendous yet over giving isn't.
2016-11-27 02:35:08 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, for one maybe they just don't have the money to do things for each other like that. Another reason may be that they aren't very close, (have they been married long?) and maybe it's just simply that giving gifts aren't something that does a lot for them. Maybe for them acts of service are more important, or they have found some other way to celebrate special things.
2006-11-27 10:40:08 · answer #3 · answered by alicesarbonne 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's weird. My husband didn't get each other anything for Christmas last year. (We spent the money on plane tickets to surprise family in Arizona.) This Christmas, we have a baby. I think that she is our gift to each other. (She wasn't cheap!) We don't get each other many gifts because we just can't afford it, yet. But we're working on our careers. One day, we'll get each other wonderful things. Now...we're just working on memories and love.
2006-11-27 10:57:40 · answer #4 · answered by lkjgfyfukh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WE didn't exchange Christmas gifts last year because we were in the process of buying a house. He lost his wedding band, and I'd like to replace it, but the one I want to get him is way out of our budget. I'm not sure what we'll do this year.
2006-11-27 10:39:12 · answer #5 · answered by Gabby_Gabby_Purrsalot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not weird. I don't know a lot of couples that do this, but I've know a few. It takes away all the pressure of wondering if the person will like what you got, and eliminates disapointment. I totally wasn't going to get my wife anything this year (and wasn't expecting anything) until she said she wanted something.
2006-11-27 10:47:02 · answer #6 · answered by Chance20_m 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since they are stuck up and not lovey dovey maybe they decided not to try too hard to please each other and to buy their own gifts....or maybe they just buy something together for the both of them....
2006-11-27 10:38:33 · answer #7 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋