It's my birthday on Sunday. I can be a bit awkward about presents - not because I want particular things but because there is nothing I really want. I would honestly rather people just said happy birthday and made me feel a bit special than get something which I don't want or need. If someone wants to give me a present I feel I am easy - I love bath things and chocolates stuff I will use/eat and not clutter up the house.
However, my husband wants to get me the perfect present. It's nice of him of course but he starts to torture me weeks before. "What do you want? What do you want?" This goes on. I see he wants to get me something nice so I told him I would like some perfume and am quite happy to go shopping with him to get it (before my birthday - no shopping on my birthday I have been there before, it's depressing.)
Last night he starts saying I don't know what to get you, there is one thing I think you will like or another that would have to be joint christmas and birthday what do you think? Well with that information I can't really make a decision, can I? I say that if I was getting a joint present I would rather have it on christmas morning. Oh, he says, I got my laptop as soon as you bought it! Yes, because you wanted it, I would rather wait but hey it doesn't seem to be my choice.
The next thing he says is I have ordered it and can you take me to get it on friday (he can't drive so I need to take him anywhere not walking distance, even if there is a bus usually). Ok... he finishes work at 10am so thats fine I think we'll be going to the next town 30 mins away. No, he can only get it a 1 hour 40 minute drive away! What? It would be lunchtime when we get there. Its the arse end of nowhere so nothing to do/see and then 1 hour 40 minutes back again. With our 3 year old.
Seriously when I don't even care what I get this is really stressing me out! I have said we will go because he obviously thinks whatever he is getting me is great but I really don't want to. AIBU?