Today is my 32nd birthday. Dh isn't the most thoughtful or romantic guy when it comes to birthdays, anniversaries, etc.
We've been working on a fitness program for me to get in shape so we can start trying for dc2 in Jan. I asked for new headphones for my Ipod a few weeks ago as the ones I have are too big for my ears and constantly fall out at the gym.
When he gave me my gift this morning, no headphones. Oh well, as we live in the town centre I can pop to Argos and buy some myself. I would have done that anyway, but dh was complaining that he didn't have any ideas on what to do for my birthday I'd really like some new headphones.
My gift was a cheap bottle of perfume that he purchased from the University's small ads website. He is a PhD student and small ads is a website for people studying or working at the University to sell things new or used.Which means it was probably a gift that some woman got and didn't want so she sold it on small ads to make a few quid.
And the card he gave me probably came from the campus gift shop. It was some attempt at humour about a woman aging and putting too much lipstick on. ha ha ha.
To top it off he stayed home with ds all weekend while I worked and then took Monday off from the lab to watch the Olympics. I'd think in that time he could have popped up the road into town and put some effort into my birthday, even if it meant getting a nice card and writing something kind in it.
All of my family is in the US so I get a bit homesick and sad at birthdays and holidays because we have no family or close friends around us either.
And no, it's not about me not getting headphones, or an expensive gift for that matter. It is about wanting dh to make an effort 1x a year to show me that he loves me and values me. 3 years of marriage and I am still waiting.....
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lotuseener · 20/08/2008 11:27
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