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AIBU?

DP bought me a present...

53 replies

RavenLG · 17/10/2017 12:36

Came home with a mop!!!
AIBU to shove it up his backside?

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MycatsaPirate · 17/10/2017 12:37

It depends on the type of mop.

Is it one of those ones that whizzes round in the bucket? If so yabu.

If not, tell him to bend over and take it like a man!

Winosaurus · 17/10/2017 12:39

Unless it’s a steam mop I wouldn’t be impressed.
Buy him something equally offensive like a vibrator

safariboot · 17/10/2017 12:43

I think the correct response there is something along the lines of,

"Oh, you got yourself a mop. You going to use it tonight?"

steppemum · 17/10/2017 12:45

your missed a trick, you should have looked at him in a puzzled way and ask why he was giving it to you, as surely he would be the one using it?

Aquamarine1029 · 17/10/2017 12:59

I love to mop to I would actually be excited. Especially if it was one of those fancy ones! Blush

MimiSunshine · 17/10/2017 13:02

Was he being funny? My boyfriend bought a steam cleaner and put it in a box with my name on saying happy early birthday.

It was very much for him, he loves that kind of gadget but he thought it'd be hilarious to pretend otherwise 🙄

Reader: I've never used it

ADayGivingMeHope · 17/10/2017 13:05

My DH bought me a kitchen appliance for an important wedding anniversary... it did not go down well!

JenniferYellowHat1980 · 17/10/2017 13:06

Is it a present or did the household just need a new mop?

whycantwegoonasthree · 17/10/2017 13:14

Three days after a 51 hour labour with DD1 now EXH disappeared and left me alone for 5 f-ing hours to 'get me a present'.

He returned looking very pleased with himself and announcing that there were in fact two presents that were too big to wrap, sitting on the dining room table.

I hobbled into there, topless, with boobs the size of watermelons and ON FIRE as my milk had just come in, to find...

A steamer and a slow-cooker. "To make your life easier."

He phoned my mum to ask why I was sat on the floor sobbing. She suggested he f-ing cook me something in them and slammed the phone down.

They subsequently both proved very useful (although it's worth noting that he hung on to both when we separated) but, y'know. TIMING.

RaeCJ82 · 17/10/2017 14:00

My OH once came home and presented me with a swede that had been reduced to 9p. Apparently whilst he was buying doughnuts for his work colleagues, he saw the swede and thought of me! ShockConfused

redexpat · 17/10/2017 14:24

Rae that might work if you are Swedish. Are you? Tis the only explanation I can think of!

Nubbled · 17/10/2017 14:42

My husband presented me with a packet of quinoa, by way of revenge, I cooked it and made him eat it.

Floralnomad · 17/10/2017 14:53

I got given a PS4 for my birthday this year , it was a joint present from my adult ds , mum and sister - he had convinced them that I really wanted it , do I sound like I really wanted it . It's in our second lounge gathering dust , I suggested he put it in his room with the numerous X boxes but he insists it's mine .

whitehorsesdonotlie · 17/10/2017 15:14

Fabulous! It is plainly His Mop. He must do all the mopping from now on! Grin

soupforbrains · 17/10/2017 15:16

A colleague of mine recently had an anniversary. I asked if he'd got he wife a gift, and he proudly told me he'd got her a treadmill because "she's always saying she needs to lose weight, so now she can".

He was baffled when I stared at him jaw on the floor. He did not heed my warnings, and spent a few nights on the sofa as a result.

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/10/2017 15:17

DH would know I want a steam mop. Because I think it would magically clean the house as I sit on my arse. But he would use it more than me.

Do you do most of the cleaning?

soupforbrains · 17/10/2017 15:17

also Nubbled I like your style!

Bluntness100 · 17/10/2017 15:19

If it’s a mop for the house it’s fine, if he presented it as a gift for you, then yes you should tell him where to shove it

Wellthatwasembarassing · 17/10/2017 15:27

Do tried to buy me a hoover for Christmas once... took far too long to get him to understand why that was a terrible idea.

user1495451339 · 17/10/2017 15:44

We're buying an iron and a hoover for each others Xmas presents this year because we need new ones!

OurMiracle1106 · 17/10/2017 16:17

You’re all so wrong. By giving her the mop he is suggesting this is the ONLY household chore she should be doing and he therefore needs to cook hoover washing ironing shopping washing up and deal with the kids.

Grin

RhiannonOHara · 17/10/2017 16:33

YANBU. Sideways and all.

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Firesuit · 17/10/2017 16:54

A mop is only a present if your relationship agreement previously specified that you had to clean the floors without one. (Possibly while naked or wearing a French maid costume, as a sexual fetish is the only reason I can think of for that being specified.)

Firesuit · 17/10/2017 16:56

In other words, a mop isn't a present, even if it is usually your job to clean the floor.

RiversrunWoodville · 17/10/2017 16:58

The only way this is actually a present is if it's one of those robot mops.

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