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So my Husband just gave me my Christmas present (he celebrates Yule & wanted to give it to me today).
A Wii.
FYI, I hate video games. I have no interest in Wii games either.
Now I did mention being interested in the ‘game’ they have called ‘Your Shape’ which is basically a Yoga workout with a webcam that shows you and can correct your position & such. But did my Husband get that for me? No. Instead he bought silly expensive controlers & attachments that you only would need if you were going to play video games with it.
This was an expensive collection of items & is my only gift for the year. Let me also point out that I made up a list of things I *WOULD* want & a Wii was not on that list. In fact, my Husband has talked about wanting a Wii since they came out but since he already had another video system I veto’ed it.
I’m so very hurt right now that he was so inconsiderate. It’s like those old stories of a Husband who loves bowling getting his wife a bowling ball for a gift. Or am I seeing this wrong?
*sigh*
What do you do with inconsiderate gifts?
Egads… Best choice… Tell him how you feel and ask him to take it back…
After that, you can decide whether to get him one for Christmas or not.Sometimes they just don’t think….
He’s already unwrapped it, set it all up as well as made accounts for both himself & me. If I tell him to take it back I will *never* hear the end of it. I let him know that I didn’t like the gift he got me LAST year which was a really crappy cell phone & that is constantly thrown back in my face.
I *DO* want to get that yoga game thing and you need the console to do so but the fact that he didn’t bother to look into that and just got what he wanted to get is why I am so hurt. I tried suggesting that we return the extra controller (after all, if it was *JUST a gift for me as he claims now why would we need more than one controller?) and use that money to buy the Yoga game I want he got angry. It wasn’t worth fighting with him at that point.
I’m mostly just venting. 🙄
Sounds like he got that for himself, not you.
I’m not sure what to do but I’d be just as upset as you.For our family we purposefully set up one of those online Christmas wish list thingies so that we avoided any of those “Christmas disasters” where someone gets something they don’t want or already have.
They work wonders! Maybe suggest something like that for him next year?You could also refuse to use it and let him use it. Like I said, he got it because HE wanted it, not because you did. At least that’s my opinion if it means anything. 🙂
Heh, we actually do have online ‘wish lists’; he’s actually the one that started that trend as his wishlist is kept updated year round and he often urges me to do the same. Not sure why as he never gets me stuff off it. :shrug:
So buy him a nice set of diamond earrings! 😀 Or what ever was on your list…
Some times you have to smack them over the head.
How long have you been married/dating?Phoenix wrote:So buy him a nice set of diamond earrings! 😀 Or what ever was on your list…
Some times you have to smack them over the head.
How long have you been married/dating?Heehee, now that’ s an idea I can get behind. 😉
We’ve been married for just over three years & were together for 2 before that. Not so long in the grand scheme of things & this year has been especially rough. But it seems 2009 has been that way for everyone.
You could always not buy him a gift (if you haven’t already… could always set it aside just in case) and if he says anything, tell him you already bought your gift (but then again, that is just me and what I would do… though I’d be happy with a wii, if I had time to play it. We got one for the household. I still haven’t hooked it up yet and I just don’t have time to play!). 😕 Sounds like you approving of the one game was the ‘in’ he was looking for to have a good excuse to go out and buy it.
I agree. They really don’t think sometimes.
I have to make separate holiday lists for my brothers, because they have a habit of buying the the same exact thing (dvds, cds, and my list is usually long, just to give variety and options, since they live in different areas). My mom used to try to buy me things she wanted to buy me because she liked them, but after me telling her to take things back, or me exchanging enough years in a row, it finally sunk in. I know it’s the thought that counts, but if it is something that I won’t ever wear or is something I will say ‘Thank you’ and just put back in a box and sit on a shelf (and I live under the same roof), there isn’t much point for her to spend the money on things I won’t ever use. Windstones are a pretty safe bet. 😀
Phoenix wrote:So buy him a nice set of diamond earrings! 😀 Or what ever was on your list…
Some times you have to smack them over the head.
How long have you been married/dating?Oh, I like how you think! Awesome idea!
Phoenix wrote:So buy him a nice set of diamond earrings! 😀 Or what ever was on your list…
Hee hee! Or a quality bolt of cloth, or a Windstone… 😆
I haven’t recieved too many bad gifts. Usually I stash it away for a year or two till it irks me enough that I goodwill it. But one ugly-as-sin ceramic mask is now hanging by the chicken coop to scare away raccoons. So far, so good. 😆
I hate to say it, but boys are just dumb sometimes. He may have wanted it, but that doesn’t mean he didn’t truly get it for you. Sometimes you’ve just got to give them a bye. However, don’t let it become a habit. Tell him that he should really stick to your wish list next time. But do it nicely. He loves you, and wouldn’t have gotten mad at the idea of taking back the controller if he probably didn’t have in mind being able to play games WITH you. Hey, you might like it.
Yep, he got the Wii for himself! I’m not much of a gamer myself but will play occasional marble popping stuff. How sad he just ignored your list and got what he wanted you to have. I’m with Phoenix–buy him some diamond earrings! Too bad you risk having a fight about it. Hmm….me thinks he needs some growing up to do. He’s already unwrapped it and set it up????? Yep he got this for himself. So diamond earrings and maybe a necklace to match. Then send a dozen long stem roses and a big box of chocolate!!
I’m with everyone else. He bought it for himself, and if it was me, I’d get very mad (I get mad….not always a good thing) and start yelling and tell him that it was NOT on my list, and that if he wanted it for himself for Christmas he had it on his own list and should have waited for ME to buy it for him, and to march right out the door and get me a gift that is actually on my list! And either return the game system yourself, or keep it for him as his gift and return what you had originally bought him.
BUT definately make sure he knows that HE’S the one who screwed up. He is not allowed to get mad at you just because you didn’t like his gaming system “gift to you” that’s horseshit
Thanks for the support everyone. 🙂 it’s just what I needed to see; that I amnot being unreasonable. :p
I just won myself a black birdwing flapcat to match the batwing one I got in the swap; that makes me feel better. Going to go peruse the ebay auctions before going to be to make sure I shouldn’t get *him* anything else. 😉
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