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Ick of Christmas present from Dp

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DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 12:21

Usually Dp give each other a wish list of specific items or vague items like earrings so the other can choose.
Was really happy with the earrings he brought be, they were under stated but very elegant, exactly what I would chose. On Boxing Day when we had his dc under 10, one of his daughters presents was exact same pair of earrings in gold instead of rose gold. Am I right to feel upset about it as it doesn’t feel like a romantic or thoughtful gift anymore. Happy for opinions no matter how harsh. Thank you

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BitterTits · 28/12/2024 15:32

W0tnow · 28/12/2024 14:18

God, people are a bit harsh, calling the op a brat and ungrateful! If a male friend asked my opinion on giving his 10 year old daughter and his girlfriend exactly the same piece of jewellery, in different shades of gold, I’d gently advise against it. You give your significant other something special. Particularly in the beginning of a relationship.

An intimate gift is exactly that! Something special/personal. Something thoughtful, or unique. As opposed to a t-shirt or a gift voucher, or something generic. Or something that you’ve also bought for your daughter/mother/sister!

Edited

A father also gives his daughter something special, not a t shirt or gift voucher.

LBFseBrom · 28/12/2024 15:31

I don't see what was not special about it. He chose them for you. The fact that he also chose them for his daughter is neither here nor there.

There is nothing about which you need to feel upset. You come across as rather spoilt and immature. Get real please.

eatreadsleeprepeat · 28/12/2024 15:29

I agree with you but it isn’t easy to verbalise. Nothing to do with jealousy but I would not expect to like the same earrings as a child under ten. If he had given them to you with an explanation such as wanting you both to have the same to mark a connection or because he thought she would admire your taste then the context would maybe have been different and you would have felt differently.
Maybe try to reframe it for yourself and see it as a link, get a picture of the two of you wearing them.

hattie43 · 28/12/2024 15:25

I agree . It takes the ' shine ' off the gift when he gives the same to someone else . It doesn't feel like they've been specially chosen for that person more of a job lot .

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 15:24

@KarlaKK thanks and yes! A sorry I didn’t realise would have gone a long way from him.
i will prob get flamed again but he’s five years younger than me. My kids are at uni and I actually love younger children tbh because I miss doing those things with my dc. We take them abroad with us too and I am the main care giver when it comes to getting ready for beach, washing dds hair and getting them ready for the evening.

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Poppyseeds79 · 28/12/2024 15:24

Maybe next year you'll get a periscope OP

Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory Tantrum GIF
HomeTheatreSystem · 28/12/2024 15:22

YANBU : batch buying the same gift, particularly when it's jewellery, for the "women in his life" is unimaginitive and insensitive to you. He might have liked the earrings - wonderful for him - but not great for you. I'd just not wear them unless they'd work for a fancy dress party or similar. What an utter doofus he is.

EuclidianGeometryFan · 28/12/2024 15:20

I think these replies are over-emphasising the fact that the second pair was for his DD. The step-parent dynamic is clouding the issue.
Imagine that the second pair was for his mother or his sister - do you think the OP would still have no grounds for complaint?

I would hate to get a "bulk-buy" present.

My DH gets exactly the same present each Christmas for his two sisters, despite them being very different people. It's like his brain is not capable of thinking of them as individuals and getting them appropriate different presents. He just sees something suitable for "middle aged sister" and gets two!

TitaniasAss · 28/12/2024 15:20

YABU for using the term 'ick', as an adult.

KarlaKK · 28/12/2024 15:20

I don't think the poster is jealous of the daughter. I don't think she would have minded if the daughter had more spent on her earrings. It is the thought behind the present that is being measured. I'm guessing her partner might be 10+ years older than her so the OP wants romance and why not. She has obviously compromised just being with a man that has DC already and sounds like she has been fine with that. A lot are saying she should be grateful etc but she feels what she feels. It wouldn't take much for him to put it right - a promise to go shopping after Xmas to exchange the gift, spend the afternoon together and have lunch or something. Instead, he told her to throw it away! No helpful. I think she just needs reassuring.

sampquib · 28/12/2024 15:19

that should come natural to dp for me

This is your problem. You can't make things come naturally if they just don't. He's not you. You're not him.

Resilienceisimportant · 28/12/2024 15:19

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 15:17

@Hskatkat pissed off he couldn’t buy one special thing for me to show is appreciation for all I do for him in the year. Money isn’t the issue, it’s the laziness! I wouldn’t have given 2 hoots if he got dd the same brand but a different pair.
And yes also there is recurring theme this year that I have to explain basic things that should come natural to dp for me and the way he is in our relationship. So whether justified or not I feel shit as he’s called me ungrateful and selfish.

BECAUSE YOU ARE.

Resilienceisimportant · 28/12/2024 15:18

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 14:03

His answer was that he loved the earrings for me so brought them for his Dd and if his mum wore earrings he’d have got her a pair too.

He said he loves us both and we are both special to him.

Hes not getting my point though his actions were innocent and sweet. It’s just not the way I feel about it, that’s all.

He also told me to throw the earrings away.

He sounds like a complete and utter monster. 😂

Does someone have the number to the highest court in the land because this guy needs to be locked up?

OP I despair at your attitude and perspective. The more you explain the better he sounds and the worst you sound.

He's telling you that because you are ungrateful, misguided, selfish and acting really poorly.

Let it go now. You keep making it worse. Stop talking about it and thinking about it. This will only continue to escalate and end badly.

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 15:17

sampquib · 28/12/2024 15:13

I had to explain that the relationship with his partner is completely different to his dd and Dc

I'd be surprised if he didn't already know that, but there are so many ways those differences are marked, aside from gift giving

Agree!

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DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 15:17

@Hskatkat pissed off he couldn’t buy one special thing for me to show is appreciation for all I do for him in the year. Money isn’t the issue, it’s the laziness! I wouldn’t have given 2 hoots if he got dd the same brand but a different pair.
And yes also there is recurring theme this year that I have to explain basic things that should come natural to dp for me and the way he is in our relationship. So whether justified or not I feel shit as he’s called me ungrateful and selfish.

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rightinthedavinamccalls · 28/12/2024 15:15

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 14:12

@W0tnow i was in two minds to broach this but I don’t want the same thing to happen again unless it’s matching socks or pjs, not my main bloody present. I don’t want to be grateful for crumbs in this relationship.

Your attitude is disgraceful. "Crumbs"? You're clearly annoyed because you feel 'less' than his daughter now.

sampquib · 28/12/2024 15:13

I had to explain that the relationship with his partner is completely different to his dd and Dc

I'd be surprised if he didn't already know that, but there are so many ways those differences are marked, aside from gift giving

Hskatkat · 28/12/2024 15:10

@DivaORJustified
Are you pissed because you want the rose gold? Or pissed in general?
If you're the breadwinner buy yourself what you want.
Take his pair to a pawn broker or whatever

GivingitToGod · 28/12/2024 15:08

BitterTits · 28/12/2024 13:56

You sound quite jealous of your partner's daughter.

Ditto

Aspargar · 28/12/2024 15:08

It’s not a different take on things.

It’s causing high drama over a non issue. Creating problems that DONT exist.

DivaORJustified · 28/12/2024 15:02

He’s said he put alot of thought looking for those earrings and selected rose gold as he heard me talking to a friend and said he didn’t know it existed. It’s snow balled a lot quite quickly and it’s upsetting. It’s got everything to do with the relationship between me and him and nothing to do with his daughter.
I had to explain that the relationship with his partner is completely different to his dd and Dc. That’s the only way I’ve been able to make it clear. I’m upset too .., I don’t care what people have written apart for one poster calling me “trash” when I’m the main breadwinner here. I can take the difference in opinion and I was hoping it would get my head straight with new perspectives. We are all very different I suppose and have a different take ok things .

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Grammarnut · 28/12/2024 15:01

He's a man and they are limited as to gift ideas, frequently. I gave every one of my relatives the same book this year and other than that bottles and bags (not all the same). My DiL and I exchanged the same bottle,in fact. No-one has complained and the book was eagerly awaited (it's a children's novel by me and my late DH).
Best not to be angst ridden about Christmas presents.

mondaytosunday · 28/12/2024 14:57

Yes this would bother me too. I'd like to think the earrings were bought be ause they were my taste, and fur him to have bought the same for a young child? Can't really imagine liking the same sort of thing.

Gettingbysomehow · 28/12/2024 14:37

Men often lack any imagination when it comes to gifts. They often find .multiples when they find something. You are lucky though. I never had a nice gift from either of my husbands. I buy my own now.

Magnastorm · 28/12/2024 14:35

Being jealous of a child is a pretty ugly look. Get a grip.