Is you SO a good gift giver?

lyndausvi

I get DH every year.   First he works all the damn time so I can receive the packages.  Then I wrap gifts and then hid them.  Most of the "hiding" is under his damn nose and he doesn't even notice.

Then I start randomly pull out a wrapped gift when he isn't looking.  Sometimes all he has done is gone to the bathroom.  He will walk by the table and be all "Where did that come from?".

I just smile and say "I don't know what you are talking about"

lovesclimbing

H is kind of in the middle.  He's bought me pretty awesome gifts, and he does seem to take a hint fairly well.

However, gifts from him are late 99 percent of the time.  My birthday gift was about three weeks late. Also, he got me a card the day after. On our anniversary, he didn't get me any gifts and he got me a card the day after. Last Valentine's Day, the flowers and card were three days late. Granted, he was sick for the week surround Valentine's Day. But, he was feeling OK the day of and we ended up going to a small concert, and yet he couldn't take off earlier in the day on some excuse and buy me a card!

It's kind of sucky because I am one of those people who loves giving and getting gifts and cards.  And I absolutely love cards from him and little things like flowers or some tiny little thing that he gives me because he thought of me when he saw it, so it always makes me feel a bit sad and neglected when he doesn't even get me a card on the day of.

artbyallie

H is a pretty good gift giver. Surprisingly so since his family is just not big on gifts and frankly pretty much sucks at them. They're even bad at receiving them; they just don't show much reaction and it's so deflating to me because I love giving gifts. I even have had to explain to my family that though H is much more demonstrative than they are, it's not particularly apparent every time even if he really likes a gift. He just doesn't tend to get super excited over stuff.

He does prefer to impulse-buy rather than shop for occasions, though. Which means I get surprise flowers for no particular reason, yay! And he usually does well picking out jewelry. The only thing I could wish he was better at would be planning trips. I love vacation planning and I surprised him one day with a random overnight stay in one of our favorite places when he thought we were just going out for the evening.

He did do exceptionally well planning my last birthday, though. We went out to dinner and he managed to arrange for a friend I hadn't seen in a long time and really missed to meet us without my knowing about it.

anjemon

FI is really good at getting gifts. They are really important to him and he really want to find something the person will really care about. He was done Christmas shopping by early December this year. Drives him crazy that my family is just starting to send out lists around that time. He's already been shopping for groomsmen gifts too.

I'm the terrible gift giver in the bunch. I like giving gifts (and getting them) but I don't put as much thought into it. I might have forgotten to get him something for Valentine's this year, but he surprised me with my gift last Monday night. So I remembered and had time to think up/find something for him. Which I think he'll like, but I feel bad that I almost completely forgot.

lyndausvi  and puts wrapped gifts out in plain sight to taunt me until I can open them.

climbingsingle

H is a really good gift giver. He'll listen to something I mention that I want, and then he usually surprises me with it. And he surprises me every time. When he took my pearl earring to be fixed, he came home with a pearl necklace. When I griped that I needed new winter boots, he came home with a pair of Sorels. Last Christmas he surprised me with a Samsung tablet after my Kindle died. So yea, he's pretty damn good at the gift giving. And he's impossible to shop for. 

wandajune6

DH is the absolute worst but his heart is in the right place.

Last year, he got me a tablet for my birthday. I had an iPad that I never used and hated to read on. I mentioned a Kindle I was eyeballing for my commute-- it's meant for reading, had wifi and cell built in, and included a year of free Amazon Prime (which I love). He got me a tablet and installed the Kindle app on it. I have used it exactly once (for work) and even he doesn't like using it.

The rest of the time he buys me jewelry. With hearts on it. I'm not a fan of hearts. It's my fault-- he bought me a heart necklace for the first gift-giving occasion after we started dating and I told him I loved it. I've tried dropping hints but I now have 2 pairs of heart earrings and 2 heart necklaces....

Lowell14

H is in the middle. Sometimes he is spot on (kindle and a flight to Portugal to see my parents before they head home), other times I have to either feign interest (hair dryer, anyone?) or give direct suggestions.

The hairdryer was first gift he EVER gave me. Took a few years before his family stopper teasing him about it