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Functional Birthday Present

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RandomUser456878 · 22/02/2025 19:19

Wanting to hear opinions on this birthday present

My girlfriend is 39 weeks pregnant, its her birthday this week & she's due the week after. For a while she's mentioned about getting either a coffee machine or a kettle for our bedroom. Everytime we go to a hotel, we say we should get one for our room.

Anyhow, a few days back I saw an Ad for a Russell Hobbs 'Calm' Kettle. Its a 'quiet boil' kettle that places soothing, meditation like sounds while its boiling. Video linked here Hadn't seen anything like this before and thought it was quite unique.

Also Thought it would be perfect for making cups of tea in the night/Morning, while soothing the baby with the noises instead of waking it up with the noises of a kettle & we could use for sterilising if we needed too.

Along side the kettle, I got some nice mugs from Dunelm, some little spoons & a matching tray & matching bowl for used teabags. Teabags, Coffee Sachets & Milk Sachets.
Essentially made up a little area like a hotel in our bedroom
Spent £150 in total

It arrived today so set it up & said she can have her birthday present early. But she was abit disappointed. She thinks its a 'house purchase' and shouldn't be a birthday present.
By 'House Purchase' she means just a standard thing we should just buy for the house.

To add some more context on our situation... We have alot of disposible income each month & pretty much buy whatever we want/need so we're hard to buy presents for.
We're also pretty much sorted for the baby so don't need anything there. Our parents gave us money for Christmas which we've just banked for the baby.

AIBU - Crap Present, It should be a standard buy
AINBU - Good Present

OP posts:
Moonnstars · 22/02/2025 19:28

I think it sounds thoughtful. You have remembered her saying it's something she would like and have gone to the effort of putting the bits together.

Bigfellabamboo · 22/02/2025 19:28

Id have been made up with that lol, then again I ask for things like window vacs and garden border edging tools for my birthday haha . Sounds like you put a great deal of thought into it.

naemates · 22/02/2025 19:28

I think it's thoughtful, especially the calm one (which I have seen and thought for goodness sake what's wrong with a normal kettle, and you've just shown me why it could be valuable) but people have different ideas of what makes a gift thoughtful, and I guess your job is to find what she thinks is thoughtful rather than what you think is thoughtful

MumChp · 22/02/2025 19:28

I wouldn't have been to impressed.

Grenadescganades · 22/02/2025 19:26

I would love this as an a tea o holic .

would be upset with a hoover or mop as very much ‘household appliance’

but my own in bed tea station - would be chuffed to bits with !

Crazycatlady79 · 22/02/2025 19:26

I think it shows quite a lot of thought!

HeyItsPickleRick · 22/02/2025 19:22

If it was for the kitchen I’d say YABU, as she specifically wanted a station in the bedroom like a hotel, I think it’s actually a really thoughtful gift. But good to know in future that anything you’ll use too/house related is off the cards! Could be that she’s a bit fed up by this point?

Mulledjuice · 22/02/2025 19:22

If she had bought it for your birthday present how would you feel?