You have to remember that men ARE different to women and there's no right or wrong way of doing things. Our way may not be right either but we have to accept it.
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Mr P always leaves his present wrapping to the last minute, so I was not surprised when he declared the kitchen a " no go zone" after supper this evening.
I had provided a roll of wrapping paper, and left the sticky tape (with the end easily accessible) along with the scissors to try to make things easy for him.
I asked him if he wanted any gift tags, as I had some left over from doing his. He seemed pleased at the offer, so I handed them over.
Now, it may just be me, but I write a little message on the tags, with a sort of obscure hint as to the contents!
For example, a pack of eye wateringly bright socks, has a tag saying "sunglasses may be required".
So, the presents are under the tree, and I looked at the label on the top one to see what it said.
It was blank. 
I risked a look at the second one. That too was blank.
Not wishing to upset him, as he's quite a sensitive chap, I asked him, in the gentlest possible way, why the tags were blank.
His response? "Well, you know they are for you, and that they are from me, so I didn't see the point". 
Which begs the question, Why put the gift tags on them at all!??????
Mr ichtb always makes us giggle with his gifts. For years after being diagnosed with diabetes he would buy me loads of boxes of chocolates for Xmas or Birthday. In the end, I had to put my foot down and insist he didn't buy me anything other than a small box of Toffeefee. This year, he has outclassed himself. He has bought me 10 bottles of beer...I am usually teetotal! My big present is to be bought after Xmas in the Sales when I am there...thank goodness for that. 
Some of these posts do make me laugh!! In our family now we agree to recycle gift bags, especially bottle bags and some of them have been on the go now for years. Our newest addition to the family, DS's partner, was not aware of this last year and actually wrote on the bags .... shock horror....
This year a sticky label was put on over the writing and the bag returned. She is a true family member now as she found it very funny!!! I look forward to next year!
Hope you all had a great Christmas despite all these trials.
Thank you for this thread, I feel much better about OH's present to me now. Back in November, he asked me want I wanted for Xmas. I thought hard and said "I want a break". I was just post op hip replacement and getting bored with being in the house. I thought it was something he could easily do online, I said I didn't care if it was 2 nights or 2 weeks, Scunthorpe or Sardinia, just something for both of us to look forward in 2019. Sunday he suddenly announced he was waiting for the January sales to book something. He must have worked out from my expression I was not pleased, cue a last minute dash to buy perfume. All this was compounded by leaving the till receipt in the kitchen showing a Boots purchase on Dec 24th and then him asking me for wrapping paper Christmas morning.
He managed to make me feel that buying my Xmas present was a last minute chore like preparing the sprouts or cleaning the bathroom before the family arrives. 
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