6 Gifts For Your Significant Other Without Spending a Dime!
Write Him a Heartfelt Card
There is no better gift than one that comes straight from the heart. Take this holiday to tell him just how you feel — I'm sure he'll cherish it forever.
"If you knit or sew, give the gift of a homemade scarf, sweater or hat — he's sure to think of you every time he wears it!"
I don't like it when skills like these are so passé to those who do not do them/do them often/do them for a living. A sweater can cost way over £100 (nearly $200) in wool plus at least 20
hours of your time to do such a project. There is something called the "boyfriend sweater curse" where you knit him a sweater and he hates it and you break up as a result because you end up
feeling unappreciated when he doesn't wear it.
Even a scarf can take 8-10 hours to complete for an intermediate knitter. I suppose you could tear up an old sweater and re-knit it but even then it's the time to rip it and then re-knit
it... you'd never get a sweater finished in time for Christmas now unless you're really speedy and don't work or something.
Having been an "out" knitter for the last 5 or so years I have been inundated with requests for knitted items ranging from sweater to cardigan to DOCTOR WHO SCARF which people think I can
just whip up in a matter of minutes...
Sigh.
OK, rant over. All of the rest of the suggestions are fine, thank you!!
All of these things would cost money. Food to make the dinner, food to make the cookies, music to fill the ipod, material to make the scarf, paper/craft supplies to make the card. The only
one that is really free is the spa idea.
These are all sweet ideas, but none of them (except the massage, and even then you might need to get candles or massage oil) are actually free. Trust me--knitting or crocheting isn't really
cheap, and getting the ingredients for cookies or a home-cooked meal can be pricey. What gives, Dear?
Sorry to be so picky, but another issue with these gifts beyond the ones mentioned above are I can't see many men liking them. A card? My husband throws away all cards (which i totally
understand) because they are just dust collectors. Cookies? With so many people watching their weights 2 dozen homemade cookies that need to be eaten before they go bad/stale on top of all
the other sweets at holiday parties is just ridiculous. Even the spa idea, its certainly cheap and easy but lots of guys would consider it a really girly gift, I think this was more written
for women then men.
Sparklestar, if you break up with him because he doesn't wear it and you feel under appreciated, perhaps it is a sign that there is a problem with you (not YOU, the collective you)... I mean,
why would you want to force him to wear something he didn't like? A good relationship should survive that. I once knit my husband the most complicated scarf I ever attempted (absurdly
ridiculous, and I've been knitting my whole life) and he's never once worn it in four years. We just laugh about it... no hurt feelings.
i think these are all great ideas. they're not free, but they're cheap. cheaper than going out to the spa, to a fancy restaurant... and personal. the point is, give from your heart, not your
wallet - i think you guys are missing that.
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"If you knit or sew, give the gift of a homemade scarf, sweater or hat — he's sure to think of you every time he wears it!"
I don't like it when skills like these are so passé to those who do not do them/do them often/do them for a living. A sweater can cost way over £100 (nearly $200) in wool plus at least 20 hours of your time to do such a project. There is something called the "boyfriend sweater curse" where you knit him a sweater and he hates it and you break up as a result because you end up feeling unappreciated when he doesn't wear it.
I direct you to this thread on craftster:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=61339.0;topicseen
Even a scarf can take 8-10 hours to complete for an intermediate knitter. I suppose you could tear up an old sweater and re-knit it but even then it's the time to rip it and then re-knit it... you'd never get a sweater finished in time for Christmas now unless you're really speedy and don't work or something.
Having been an "out" knitter for the last 5 or so years I have been inundated with requests for knitted items ranging from sweater to cardigan to DOCTOR WHO SCARF which people think I can just whip up in a matter of minutes...
Sigh.
OK, rant over. All of the rest of the suggestions are fine, thank you!!
1All of these things would cost money. Food to make the dinner, food to make the cookies, music to fill the ipod, material to make the scarf, paper/craft supplies to make the card. The only one that is really free is the spa idea.
2LOL to sparklestar! okay debbie downer
3These are all sweet ideas, but none of them (except the massage, and even then you might need to get candles or massage oil) are actually free. Trust me--knitting or crocheting isn't really cheap, and getting the ingredients for cookies or a home-cooked meal can be pricey. What gives, Dear?
4Sorry to be so picky, but another issue with these gifts beyond the ones mentioned above are I can't see many men liking them. A card? My husband throws away all cards (which i totally understand) because they are just dust collectors. Cookies? With so many people watching their weights 2 dozen homemade cookies that need to be eaten before they go bad/stale on top of all the other sweets at holiday parties is just ridiculous. Even the spa idea, its certainly cheap and easy but lots of guys would consider it a really girly gift, I think this was more written for women then men.
5great ideas, except... i already do all these things every week. :-/
6Sparklestar, if you break up with him because he doesn't wear it and you feel under appreciated, perhaps it is a sign that there is a problem with you (not YOU, the collective you)... I mean, why would you want to force him to wear something he didn't like? A good relationship should survive that. I once knit my husband the most complicated scarf I ever attempted (absurdly ridiculous, and I've been knitting my whole life) and he's never once worn it in four years. We just laugh about it... no hurt feelings.
7i think these are all great ideas. they're not free, but they're cheap. cheaper than going out to the spa, to a fancy restaurant... and personal. the point is, give from your heart, not your wallet - i think you guys are missing that.
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