carpmart
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:37 PM |
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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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scudderfish
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:39 PM |
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How much is a bar of Dairy Milk?
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Davegtst
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:40 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:40 PM |
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Bugger all, don't love her that much. Only buying for Grand kids.
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Strontium Dog
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:47 PM |
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How much does a hit man cost?!
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gottabedone
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 04:59 PM |
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maybe 600 quid and some seats, ecu, speedo healer, gear indicator, steering wheel
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coozer
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:02 PM |
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£2.99
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handyandy
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:03 PM |
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just cos of xmas.... why change habit of a life time???? spend nowt
cheers
andy
ps......anyways.....she spends it all on the kids 
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mads
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:06 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:09 PM |
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NOTHING!!!!!
She left me 
Cheaper now though hey
Chris.
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contaminated
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:14 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:16 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:20 PM |
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For the 12 days of Christmas
£5.99
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Miks15
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:28 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 05:47 PM |
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can i answer a question with a question ?
how little can i get away with spending on a ring ?
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davrus
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 06:03 PM |
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Aprox £3000
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JoelP
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 06:15 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 06:43 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 07:37 PM |
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Dunno, she buys it and gives it to me to wrap
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deltron63
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 07:41 PM |
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Nothing , we go to the USA every year instead
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ravingfool
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 07:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by RichardK
Dunno, she buys it and gives it to me to wrap
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woodster
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 07:48 PM |
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Good question I was wondering do I spend the same on the wife and the girlfriend
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Ivan
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 08:11 PM |
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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
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 08:17 PM |
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never had a limit its the thought that counts
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Benzine
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| posted on 22/11/10 at 08:17 PM |
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i make all gifts for my girlfriend (in my sig) for xmas/bdays. Cheapest option plus 10000 times more appreciated.
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