Friday, November 26, 2010

Christmas Spoilers

My husband ruined Christmas today.

We were out shopping on Black Friday (we'll discuss that at a later time) getting a laptop for me because my old one is busted.  I was unsure about spending the money on something that we didn't "need", but Hubs told me to go home and get what we needed to buy a Toshiba we found on crazy sale.  Then he said, "As long as I can get a game."  What game, I asked.  And he said he wanted the new Call of Duty.  I knew he wanted that game already, in fact, I had been planning to get it for him for Christmas.  I expressed my desire for him to not get that game pretty clearly for 2 reasons - 1, I'm really bad at buying good presents and I was excited to be getting him something that I knew he wanted; 2, It was the second thing that we didn't really need to be spending money on that day. 

So he bought it, and he can't understand why I think he ruined Christmas.

Here's my reasoning:  he took my joy.  When he opened up that game on Christmas day, he would have been so excited, and I would have been the one to make him that happy.  While some may see this as a simple ploy for favorite person status, I actually just truly enjoy surprising him with things that make him happy.  Whether it's his favorite meal at the end of a long day, coming home to a clean house or buying him something that he really wanted - I love making him happy when he's not expecting it. 

See, the problem is that he is a really good gift giver.  He remembers me saying the smallest things and always manages to give gifts that are not only useful but sweet, and he always reminds me of his love for me.  But gifts are not exactly my specialty.  I'm the one that falls back onto sweaters, gift cards and yes, even the lotion/soap combo as imperfect ways to show my care for someone.  And now that I'm married to someone who really appreciates gifts and feels loved when he gets something he really wanted, the sweaters and lotions don't work (not that I don't like sweaters, I love them, but you get the point).  It's just that it's our first married Christmas, and I wanted my gift to him to be something that he actually wanted, not just something that's going to get shoved in a closet.

So now that I had finally found something that he wanted and would appreciate, he went ahead and bought it for himself and is playing it now as I write this post.  He claims that I'm making too big a deal out of nothing and that he does wear sweaters on a fairly regular basis.

Here's my question:  who is right on this?  Feel free to comment & settle this.  Alternate gift ideas will also be accepted.

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