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Stephanie Worsop: What do you buy for somebody who has everything?

Stephanie Arthur-Worsop
By Stephanie Arthur-Worsop
News Director, Rotorua Daily Post·Rotorua Daily Post·
12 Dec, 2020 01:10 AM3 mins to read

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Picking a present is an annual challenge. Photo / Getty

Picking a present is an annual challenge. Photo / Getty

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What do you buy somebody who buys everything he wants himself?

It's the question I ask every year at this time and it pertains to one main offender - my husband.

Christmas is just a short couple of weeks away and once again I am completely stumped as to what to get him.

Presents for my siblings, parents, in-laws and son have all been bought and beautifully wrapped, ready for Christmas morning, but the corner for hubby's gifts is looking woefully sparse.

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It's not as though I don't know what he likes, the problem is, year-round if he sees something he likes, it'll magically be in our house following week.

Then come Christmas, he gives me a list as short as a hobbit:

1. I dunno, socks and undies?

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That's helpful husband, thanks.

This year, we've been on a bit of a board game buzz so I made him promise he wouldn't buy any new games so I would have some solid gift ideas.

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Well, he kept his promise for about a month but a trip to a game store in Tauranga "just for a look" resulted in five new purchases, severely depleting my Christmas gift options in the process.

I suspect many husbands are like this - or, at least I want to believe they are so somebody can share with me their solution to this dilemma.

I always get him the old-faithfuls - cologne, vouchers to a nice restaurant, some clothes.

But it's ideas for his main present that always elude me.

Every year I trawl online lists with titles like "50 best gifts for husbands" and "Unique gifts for your other half" and come up with squat because a lot of the suggestions are either gimmicky (Who needs scotch-infused toothpicks or a pillow with your dog's face embroidered on it?) or the overseas shipping would cost more than the gift itself.

Then, on the odd year when I've come up with what I think is the perfect gift, I'm faced with another problem - I'm married to a man-child whose favourite Yuletide pastime is guessing what his presents are.

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And he's damn good at it too.

There has been one year out of 10 that he failed to guess what I bought him.

Every other time, I have had to sit there with my best poker face (which is terrible I might add) while he successfully nails every item sitting under the tree.

Maybe I need to start double-boxing his presents to conceal their size, or wrapping them with bells inside so when he shakes it, he's thrown off the scent.

Or better yet, maybe I should just wrap myself up and sit under the tree - afterall, I am the best gift he'll ever receive.

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