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Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

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sleepie76
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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Posted by saraH

we do. and we spend too much on each other. but its a nice tradition that I don't thnk will stop anytime soon.



Same here.
I tried to convince DH that we should skip exchanging this year, but he wasn't having it.

I wish we did stockings. I think that is so cute! We hang them, but don't fill them.

Posted 12/23/08 1:54 PM
 
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antoinette
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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

every year we say were are not and every year we wind up buying anyway. Besides my son, he is the one person I like to get gifts for- i know him the best and love him the best....

Posted 12/23/08 2:29 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

absolutely we buy for each other! i love buying for my DH--i don't think that will ever change....even if its something very small...i just couldn't imagine not getting him something for xmas.

Posted 12/23/08 2:38 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

we do

Posted 12/23/08 3:00 PM
 

RadioLau
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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Nothing crazy extravagant but we do exchange gifts for Christmas. We've kind of stopped for our birthdays because they are 3 days apart and we are usually on vacation which is our gift to each other. If there is something one of us really wants though we will get it.

Posted 12/23/08 3:02 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We always exchange also. Never anything big- but we do it nonetheless!

Posted 12/23/08 3:03 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

we do... but nothing crazy. we tend to buy things we want/need all during the year, so we both have a hard time coming up with stuff for christmas. what we get each other is usually practical stuff- this year i got him a sonicare toothbrush that he wanted, a bartending book for our new bar, and a game for Wii.
he got me a shark steam mop that i've wanted to try out, and a game for wii.

Posted 12/23/08 3:07 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

DH and I always exchange gifts, but we both promise not to spend too much $$ on one another.

Posted 12/23/08 3:08 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We always do.

Posted 12/23/08 3:20 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We do. We put a limit of $200 each. That will change when we have kids though probably.

Posted 12/23/08 3:21 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We do and I really enjoy it!!! I like picking out gifts for DH (even though he can be tough to buy for) and I am not ashamed to admit that I like receiving gifts Chat Icon

Posted 12/23/08 3:54 PM
 

MissJones
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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Yes, we do.

Posted 12/23/08 4:10 PM
 

Eireann
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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We definitely do and I can't imagine not! Chat Icon

Posted 12/23/08 5:12 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Message edited 9/17/2013 2:33:53 PM.

Posted 12/23/08 5:16 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

yes, we always do... but it's never anything crazy. probably about $200 Max, if that. i hope we always do. i don't care what it is, i just think it's nice to give something to each other.

Posted 12/23/08 7:14 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

DH and I are exchanging gifts with each other. I love giving him gifts and Im pretty sure he enjoys giving me gifts too. Once we have kids, we will continue to exchange gifts but not nearly as many. We will be buying mostly for our kids then but we wont forget about each other.

Posted 12/23/08 9:11 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We do, but usually just one item or a couple of small things. This year was tight so we got each other small things. We spent less than $40 each. DD is more important.

Posted 12/23/08 10:31 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We do. I think DH would have an absolute heart attack from anxiety if he didn't get me something??

Posted 12/23/08 10:35 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Posted by MsMBV

We do. It is the one time of year we really spoil each other. We have a christmas account to save in increments so it does not *hurt* our $$ as much.



Same here!

Posted 12/23/08 10:36 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

we always do

Posted 12/23/08 10:51 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

Posted by Kara

Posted by Beth1210

Posted by MrsM-6-7-08

We still exchange gifts, DH got me a diamond ring which was around 3k, plus he went to the mall yesterday and spent around 800 on other gifts for me, but i don't know what they are. He gets them all professionally gift wrapped so i have to wait til thursday to see what they are.

I spent a little over 300 on him, i got him clothes and jeans which he needs desperately.




how do you know what he spent?


I can't answer for the poster you quoted, but all of my and DH's finances are joint - including credit cards. It would be difficult for one of us to not know what the other spent....



same with us. we do not have seperate credit cards.

Posted 12/23/08 10:58 PM
 

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Re: Gift exchange spinoff-does anyone exchange gifts with their spouse

We do-- we just set a limit and try not to go over it. I was actually really good this year, but from the looks of it, he wasn't!

Posted 12/23/08 11:01 PM
 
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