robbie3982
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DH and I got in a fight this morning about Christmas gifts. Money is tight this year because we''re planning on buying our first home. We need to save a few thousand more before we''ll have enough for the down payment, closing costs and enough left over to not be broke.
We have a ton of people to buy presents for and we''re going to try to limit our spending on them, but I think the best place for us to cut back is on our gifts to eachother. I don''t want him to get me anything. We just got married and got a ton of presents from the wedding plus my 2 showers. I really don''t feel like there''s anything I want and I think it''s silly for us to spend money just because it''s that time of year and you''re supposed to especially when we''re trying so hard to save.
He really wants to get me a present and he wants it to be a surprise. I told him if he wants to do that the absolute limit is $100. He said he had something in mind that costs more than that, like $200, but it''s something useful and we could both use it. I asked if I''ve ever mentioned wanting it and he said no. He won''t even give me a clue as to what it is so I said he shouldn''t buy it then. If I''ve never even mentioned wanting it, it''s probably not worth $200 to me.
I''d rather just get the cat declawed (which is going to cost about $150) since that''s something I want to do and we need to do it anyway. He didn''t seem to like this idea.
Am I being unreasonable?
We have a ton of people to buy presents for and we''re going to try to limit our spending on them, but I think the best place for us to cut back is on our gifts to eachother. I don''t want him to get me anything. We just got married and got a ton of presents from the wedding plus my 2 showers. I really don''t feel like there''s anything I want and I think it''s silly for us to spend money just because it''s that time of year and you''re supposed to especially when we''re trying so hard to save.
He really wants to get me a present and he wants it to be a surprise. I told him if he wants to do that the absolute limit is $100. He said he had something in mind that costs more than that, like $200, but it''s something useful and we could both use it. I asked if I''ve ever mentioned wanting it and he said no. He won''t even give me a clue as to what it is so I said he shouldn''t buy it then. If I''ve never even mentioned wanting it, it''s probably not worth $200 to me.
I''d rather just get the cat declawed (which is going to cost about $150) since that''s something I want to do and we need to do it anyway. He didn''t seem to like this idea.
Am I being unreasonable?