Men, How much re you willing to spend on your wife?

Since its Christmas season and a time for gifting, I'm curious how much men these days are willing to spend on the wife and why.

I know some people who spend $ 10K minimum for presents or even buy a brand new car for the wife. While I also know some who would spend very little and some who don't spend a dime on his wife. What is reasonable? How do you evaluate how much you spend on your significant other?

10k? These are wealthy men and not a good representation of the average person.

Whatever happened to female empowerment and being independent?

#havingyourcakeandeatingittoo

You’re such a rainy day.

One could see who the douchebags are...😛

i usually get my s/o something of equal value to what he gave me or of higher value. for example, he gave me this laptop in the front earlier this year (for my birthday) so my gift to him is an all paid for trip to the destination of his choice which we are currently on right now lol 😂 i think you should always splurge (within reason) on your loved ones cause it’s not like you can take your money to the grave with you lol 😂

laptop was really thoughtful cause he knew I was looking for a new one. i usually use things until they break down lol

Whatever happened to female empowerment and being independent?

#havingyourcakeandeatingittoo

You’re such a rainy day.
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Yet far wetter than you'll ever be. 😎

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Remembering your teen years?

How is your GF? Those were cool stories. I miss them…

10k? These are wealthy men and not a good representation of the average person.

These posts are always sad because they never fair!

Men who would spend thousands on their wives might spending it out of love OR just to shut her up.

Men who would spend thousands but can’t are different financial class and how do you say IF they would or wouldn’t being wealthy?

That’s why my fav holidays are those where gifts not required like Thanksgiving and Easter and out 4th of July and others where we gather together just for sake of gathering together and have beer and burger.

It really depends on what the guy wants to do in the moment. My ex always got what I wanted or would like. He never asked, but it was always great presents. Yes some kinda expensive, some not. He came from a wealthy family so he just didn’t really think about the cost. The biggest one was a new motorcycle. I had wanted one that I could ride better, touch the ground etc. That way I could have fun riding instead of fighting the bike the whole time. Some years he didn’t spend much. It really was the thought & not the price.

I did get a car once. But from my first husband, my car had been stolen & we had been looking for a new car. I did have to make the payments!! Lol maybe the surprise was it was a brand new Mustang idk. Not my choice.. so is it really a good thing to get a car? 🤔🤔 It was fun to drive though.

This is an interesting question because obviously it depends on the individuals financial status as well as their cultural holidays. Not everyone celebrates christmas ijs.

I personally think most gift giving is kinda dumb. There is definitely an art to it and not everyone is blessed with being good at it. So mostly people spend money they don't have on crap that the gift receiver really doesn't need or want.

Also people flexing their gifts on sm is really far from the truth. Behind the scenes its maxed out credit cards, I'm-sorry-I-cheated gifts, and I bought this for myself but pretending its from him type shit. I could go on and on.

But most marriages people have combined funds, no? So is it really a gift or just your money being spent on you for you.

Whatever happened to female empowerment and being independent?

#havingyourcakeandeatingittoo

How does that apply to gift giving? I am, of course, assuming it's reciprocated and she's also giving a gift...

Personally idc if I get one but I do like giving them lol.

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For real tho! I would've liked this post if duncan let me *shakes fist

Feminism is, of course, never accepting gifts ever. That's true equality! Its actually the core pillar of feminism, the refusal of all gifts always.

Great insights everyone! Hahah. I was curious what everyone does or think about this because quite honestly, some people around me spend or receive massive amounts as presents (Hermes, Chanel, LV a brand new range rover crap) and I wonder if that is normal or if me and my husband are behind 😂 as you may remember from my post here when I first joined, my husband isn't the best in gifting. Although this year, he bought me my mobile phone and I just got him airpods and a Rayban as Christmas presents for each other. I usually spend more on him than he does to me. It's not as much as what people around me receive or give to their wife/husband. One friend commented that her husband "loves her so much" that he buys her presents worth thousands everytime there's an occasion hashtag, happywifehappylife lol