Well i've spend about £200 on my boyfriend hes 23 but he acts like a kid !!!
Um er, don't ask.. Then again I always do the thought that counts thing. I don't care about costs, only finding the right present to light a face. This works both ways, sometimes I overstretch to get something right, but too expensive. Other times I get 'but thats too cheap' (from nameless other personage), but it is the right present...
Crikey......
I must have been a fool!!!
My ex girlfriend who has got to be one of the biggest kids around.
I ended up blowing a £1000 on her christmas and birthday present!!
The things we do when we were younger!!
Mine wont usually go over £150 to £200 although this year she is getting my old pc and im getting new one yay so i have bought a new monitor to go with it!!
I hate xmas its so fucking commercialised and people feel obligated to spend money they cant afford! If I believed in some sort of religion Id probably be a Jehovas Witness haha just so I didnt have to ( I know i dont really if I dont want to but its for the wean!) but as Im not religious and quite frankly religion scares me and I see it as nothing more than a scary brainwashing cult only more mainstream theres not a hope in hell im ever gonna be!
Don't have any kids so nearest equivalent for me is my niece so I do tend to spoil her ... last year I got her and her Mum a joint present of a new PC , and added a couple of CDs she wanted. Ex-Girlfriends little 7 year old, I got a PS2 because he's such a lovely child and I've known them since he was 4.
Still thinking about this years presents ... !!!
the most expensive presents i have bought mine, were, bass guitar and various bikes....they get small stocking fillers, but only inexpensive, humourous things....like stick on transfers and the like....they get a main present, usually up to around £60 or so, but i get what i think they would like, not pay attention to the cost as the primary consideration...and then i get the things they need, like undies, toiletries , pyjamas, etc, but i wrap them to make it look like they have got more for christmas....if they are in need of a coat or jumper etc, i'll wrap it up too instead of just getting it for them...i think they should realise that a gift doesn't have to be expensive, nor a "want", but to have a "need" met is also a wonderful thing. I think they should realise too, that the ordinary everyday things they get used to having, are also in some ways, gifts...i'm pleased to say they both are considerate when buying for others, choosing or making cards, writing thank you letters.....
we have 5 kids so it can be a little expensive we have never gone for the fixed amount of money, and not always what the WANT, I guess we have been lucky as there is no jealousy between them, and they discuss their christmas present wishlist between each other, althwe do try to get them the same number of boxes to open.
I think the average is around #100 a head
I always told my daughter when she believed in santa that I had to give him money to bring xmas pressies now she just knows its me who pays!! Shes never been a greedy wean and the thing she wanted the most for her main pressie was The Sims 2 which is only approx £40!
I think too much aint good for a child, they dont understand the value of money yet!!
As long as she has clothes on her back and food in her belly anything else is extra!! I like to go out now and then with the wean and have a wee treat cause I know she will always appreciate it!! I used to buy her too many toys when she was a bit younger but kinda stopped that early on as all this £1000 for weans xmas is just too too much!
They always appreciate the smaller things anyway, minae always gets one main pressie and then just a couple of wee other bits and pieces. Plenty
I have spent approximately £250 in total on presents this year for my children (13 and 6). On a student budget it is the max I can afford. My 13 year old understands our financial situation and is just grateful for whatever she receives.
As for me, the guilt I feel for not being able to give them what they would like is a huge burden.
At times like this, I wish christmas never existed and therefore the weight on my shoulders would lift.
Absolutely nothing we don't have any kids
Molly xx
Surely the amount you spend on presents is determined by how much you can afford? If you were Richard Branson you wouldn't think twice about spending a few hundred grand on xmas presents. If you were skint you'd give everyone cards. I think when people start worrying about the price in absolute terms, they've kinda missed the point.
:shock: Craziest thing is that the younger's pile of presents is 10 times bigger than the olders. But then a bass guitar costs £230 and a Leap Pad costs £45 so what does he expect!
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ops: I hate to say it, but I really do go overboard at xmas 
all the underwear and stuff goes in there. At the moment both of em are wearing last years winter clothes (although youngest fares a lot better, as shes got all the hand me downs). 
