5 Christmas Gifts that Will Leave Your Husband Wondering What He Did Wrong

Everyone has received a bad gift in his or her lifetime. Friends and family mean well, but sometimes they just don't get it right. Naturally, any caring guy will suck it up and won't admit to being unhappy with a present he received. But some presents just leave a guy feeling, well, like what on earth did I do to deserve that?

European Shoulder Bag

We've all seen the commercial on television. A couple is shopping for car insurance and after chatting up the over-friendly motor insurance maven, the insurance sales remarks on the purse the guy is carrying. He has an embarrassed look on his face, while his significant other clarifies that it's a European Shoulder Bag. Lady, it's a purse, and guys for the most part don't carry them. I've been accused of being a metro-sexual, and am somewhat guilty as charged, and even I won't go there. I'll carry a big camera case over my shoulder any day, because it's obviously not a purse.

Gift Membership to the Gym

Ok, so this one is iffy. Maybe you're husband is a fitness fanatic, in which case spot on, good gift. But if he's your average husband, and getting a little pudgy around the belly, and has shown no interest in the gym, you're basically telling him he's turning into a fat, you know what. If things haven't been great at home, and you aren't the light of his life, provided he actually uses the membership, he may use the gym as an opportunity to find a replacement for his nagging wife.

A Model Car, After You've Made Him Sell the Real One

Some wives can't stand that a guy has a hobby outside of her. They view a guy's car as competition for his affection. Granted, sometimes that's true. But if you make your husband sell the car he's had since he was a teenager, or a classic muscle car he purchased and restored, because "we needed the space", don't humiliate him further by buying a model replica of his "baby". The next model he'll be looking for will be a voodoo doll to put your face on and needles in.

A Snuggie

A Snuggie is another useless item destined for a future garage sale, if it doesn't get used to wipe down the lawnmower or clean up after an oil change first. It's a backwards robe, people. But it comes in so many different colors! Yeah, so does mold and Crocs, and I don't plan on wearing either. A Snuggie may be the most comfortable thing in the world to lounge around in, but so might anything made of fleece or flannel. You don't see a lot of self respecting men wearing footed pajamas, either. I repeat, this is a bad holiday gift for guys, or a gift for guys at any time, period.

Tools, that Haven't Been Requested

Tools are the most thoughtful gift on this list, and bless you for thinking of them. Unfortunately most, and I'll reiterate most because I know many wives probably know more about tools than their prissy husbands do, won't know a 5/8 wrench from a ball peen hammer. If you do, and you know that wrenches come in metric and American standard sizes, or your husband has told you what he specifically needs, then this paragraph probably doesn't apply to you. However, I've heard horror stories about wives deciding a certain task needs to be done around the house, perhaps a picture window, or new crown molding, so she purchases a set of tools - the wrong tools, and gives them to her husband as a Christmas gift. Great, so you spent money on a set of tools we didn't need and added stuff to my "to do" list. Awesome. Did you get me a backwards robe, and a purse to put my manhood in, too?