My beloved husband just bought me beautiful earrings

[AvaCallanach]

He really did buy me beautiful earrings for my birthday. This is not a complaint. It makes me smile. He tries so hard. He took the kids shopping, did me proud.

But bless him, he bought these beautiful earrings which he has bought me 4 times before. Twice in blue, twice in green. This is the third blue pair. They are obviously his style!

He adores me ( played me To The End by Blur after work, we are off on holiday without the kids next week). I love him. He's wonderful. But why can't he remember these earrings and yet keep choosing them, lol.

The point of piercing jewellery being excluded for hygiene concerns is that retailers can’t ever be sure the earnings weren’t tried on and the risk of infection is considerable. I’m sure you can imagine some people will say anything to get a refund if they have tried them on and don’t want to keep them. So the other earrings are immaterial here.

Hasn’t he ever noticed you wearing them, though?

A. Because he doesn’t really care
B. Someone else has bought them
C. He doesn’t care

That's what I was about to post. You've obviously never worn them before. Hopefully, or else it means he doesn't really look at you.

This is all very odd, sad and a bit of a nightmare really

It was a joke, get a grip!

Men can be so unintentionally funny 😂

Delighted you're getting to exchange them.

I have done this too, with presents for my daughter - no neurological problems, not outsourcing present buying, and as far as I know, she's not planning on cutting me out of her life for it. I'm really pleased when I find something I think she'll love- and in the excitement I forget that I've got it for her before... There has been some regifting.

Your husband sounds lovely!

I think some posters don't realise that many people don't care much about earrings, there's some quite hyperbolic comments.

All those dirty words
They make us look so dumb
Been drinking far too much
And neither of us mean what we say
Well you and I
Collapsed in love
And it looks like we might have made it, yes
It looks like we've made it to the end

yeah pretty sure that’s a break up song op

its not ‘cute’ it’s showing a complete lack of care.

interested how you returned your last pair though without a receipt and considering it’s illegal to return earrings due to hygiene factors.

also these aren’t the ones from John Lewis. The only similar ones are Amethyst and look pretty different. These look like glass

Aw OP, My DH is wonderful too.

Unbelievably mine did the exactly the same. I have 2 pairs or the same earrings bought 2 Christmas's in a row. Mine are sparkly Swarovski but look very similar to yours.

It was a joke, get a grip!

Oh it was hilarious ... 😑

Yeah indeed, I'm not at my best when I'm half asleep, apologies, I'll try better next time. Night night

@ReadingSoManyThreads

Fair enough - me too! Night 🙂

I've just remembered that years ago my boyfriend bought me prayer beads during his work trip to Qatar...He thought it was a necklace🤔

I forgave him ignorance as he also got me a really nice silk scarf

Buy yourself an earring holder and put it on your dressing table or chest of drawers. Put the earrings in it.

was going to suggest the same. But tell him to hold on to them until after your birthday. just so he doesn't forget

DH and I have been together ten years and I could probably recall every Christmas and birthday gift I’ve ever bought him.

Can/may I just point out that they are not all identical. 2 pairs are blue and 2 pairs are green. And you have a teenage daughter! Sounds like an ideal arrangement to give her (any other DD?) the actually identical ones.

(And they are actually lovely. And you sound to have a great relationship with DH) x

This is bizarre and they don’t look worth that or even half of that (sorry)!

You are going to have to say “no more earrings” or “no more gifts from John Lewis” or something to make him stop!

oh, the man's logic is beyond reproach. Because of course, earring prices never change. Even in years of high cost of living. So logical

Give him hugs from Mumsnet women, for the love of all the logical husband and DPs

OP I think your earrings are gorgeous, all four pairs of them! My mum actually bought me the same earrings and necklace set for my most recent birthday that she had bought me the year before. I double checked to be sure then showed her the two sets, she couldn’t believe she had picked the same set twice but we had a laugh and I think she regifted the unused set to my SIL. I loved the set, she knew it was my style - easy mistake! And this is from my mum who absolutely loves jewellery and presents are a big thing to her so you’d expect her to remember but she didn’t so it’s easy to see how a husband could make the same mistake (a couple times). Some of the replies here are unkind but I think your husband sounds lovely, just makes human errors like the rest of us!

Are these them? www.johnlewis.com/e-w-adams-9ct-white-gold-peridot-teardrop-drop-earrings-green/p3249203

Your writing style is very similar to the poster from a few years ago who was dating an actor and there was a very lengthy thread about her gushing over him and his choice of engagement ring!

I do like that he "showed his working" as to why he thought they were different! Bless.

@AvaCallanach OP, you are lovely :) I suggest though you will pick yourself next time and just email him the link (that’s what I do!). If it’s too direct, go via children :)) I even went once and said about a month before my birthday that I wanted flowers delivered at work and they were! It was a nice surprise still as I thought he’d forget ))