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Author: Subject: How much do you spend on the wife/girlfriend/partner/husband at Christmas
carpmart

posted on 22/11/10 at 04:37 PM Reply With Quote
How much do you spend on the wife/girlfriend/partner/husband at Christmas

Hi All

Just keen to get a ballpark figure as to what you perceive to be a sensible budget for the other half's Crimbo pressies?





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posted on 22/11/10 at 04:39 PM Reply With Quote
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Davegtst

posted on 22/11/10 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
It's easy, the more you spend on her the more things for the car she will buy for you. I think we are up to about £600 atm as i need seats, ecu, speedo healer, gear indicator, steering wheel etc.
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marcjagman

posted on 22/11/10 at 04:40 PM Reply With Quote
Bugger all, don't love her that much. Only buying for Grand kids.
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posted on 22/11/10 at 04:47 PM Reply With Quote
How much does a hit man cost?!
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gottabedone

posted on 22/11/10 at 04:59 PM Reply With Quote
maybe 600 quid and some seats, ecu, speedo healer, gear indicator, steering wheel
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coozer

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:02 PM Reply With Quote
£2.99





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handyandy

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:03 PM Reply With Quote
just cos of xmas.... why change habit of a life time???? spend nowt

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ps......anyways.....she spends it all on the kids

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mads

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:06 PM Reply With Quote
To stop either of us going OTT with presents, we set a budget of £50 each and stick to it. Birthdays are a bit more but we then just do things for each other throughout the year e.g. I'm taking her to see Jimmy Carr next month.





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FFTS

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:09 PM Reply With Quote
NOTHING!!!!!

She left me

Cheaper now though hey





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posted on 22/11/10 at 05:14 PM Reply With Quote
I've just bought her a Nintendo DSi XL. The trade off is that she'll be spending £100 with Russbost this week for mine





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BenB

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:16 PM Reply With Quote
Quite a lot because it was her birthday a month ago but we postponed it because we were both too busy with work and I think now she's realised that I've forgotten to un-postpone it
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Steve Hignett

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:20 PM Reply With Quote
For the 12 days of Christmas

£5.99









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Miks15

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:28 PM Reply With Quote
weve decided to spend nothing and make gifts.... but her birthdays two days later... who gets the better end of this deal!
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graememk

posted on 22/11/10 at 05:47 PM Reply With Quote
can i answer a question with a question ?

how little can i get away with spending on a ring ?






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davrus

posted on 22/11/10 at 06:03 PM Reply With Quote
Aprox £3000
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JoelP

posted on 22/11/10 at 06:15 PM Reply With Quote
im with mads, thats a sensible amount. It does obviously depend on what you can afford though!

A lad i know is 19, and sending £200 on a telly for his girlfriends kids. He only earns £200 a week

I was listening to a preacher a few years ago who was lamenting about people who get to christmas, still in debt from last time round. They've well missed the point.






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MikeR

posted on 22/11/10 at 06:43 PM Reply With Quote
one thing to bear in mind - what ever value you set, make sure you know if the other half is going to spend over the amount (suppose its a bit like 30mph speed limits, we all know they're the limit but some people go a bit faster). We set a limit first christmas and she went over it made me feel a bit of a muppet.

Biggest problem we have is she doesn't get the fact that i don't care how little she spends. If she gets me some of the things from the list i've been dropping hints from over the last 6 weeks then i'll be happy. (nb how nice i am, i've been making a point of saying "oooh thats really nice, i'd love that for christmas" so she knows what i'd like & the list isn't 200 pound seats, its 5 pound fury hat etc).

[Edited on 22/11/10 by MikeR]

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RichardK

posted on 22/11/10 at 07:37 PM Reply With Quote
Dunno, she buys it and gives it to me to wrap





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deltron63

posted on 22/11/10 at 07:41 PM Reply With Quote
Nothing , we go to the USA every year instead
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ravingfool

posted on 22/11/10 at 07:42 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Dunno, she buys it and gives it to me to wrap


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woodster

posted on 22/11/10 at 07:48 PM Reply With Quote
Good question I was wondering do I spend the same on the wife and the girlfriend
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Ivan

posted on 22/11/10 at 08:11 PM Reply With Quote
We don't give each other gifts at Xmas - so nothing.

For birthdays the birthday person gets to spend R1000 (about 80 Pounds) on something they want without the other having any right to comment on its frivolity.

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ashg

posted on 22/11/10 at 08:17 PM Reply With Quote
never had a limit its the thought that counts





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Benzine

posted on 22/11/10 at 08:17 PM Reply With Quote
i make all gifts for my girlfriend (in my sig) for xmas/bdays. Cheapest option plus 10000 times more appreciated.





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