aibu to be annoyed at this

[wonderingwendy]

my dh brought me home some £1.99 reduced flowers ,nothing says i love you than reduced half dead flowers does it .
i was so upset he can spend nearly £4 a day on fags for himself and all i mean to him is flowers on their way out !!
him giving me flowers is a very rare occassion btw

Say to him "Is that all you think I'm worth?" if it bothers you that much.

Or was he just at work and he picked them up because they were on sale and thought it would be nice to bring them home? It's not like they were for a birthday or anniversary so I wouldn't get my knickers in too much of a twist tbh.

when did you last buy him flowers for no reason?

" just would of been nice after 15 long difficult years with him thats all" - why do you think he's going to take to buying you extravagant bouquets of flowers after 15 years? (genuine question)

I'd just say to him I'd like a nice bunch of lilies, or red roses, or whatever floats your boat, and could he bring some home next time he's passing the shops. I know the surprise element is lovely, but he obviously doens't know what you like/don't like.

My brother's partner used to do this, and he's cottoned on now what she likes and got into the habit of buying something nice when he happens to see it, he just needed a bit of prompting about what she'd actually appreciate.

We (some women) attach an awful lot of sentiment to one lousy bunch of flowers, especially when we are feeling a bit neglected. Spell it out to him.

I was pissed off with then-dp last mothers day. I bought his mother a lovely bunch of flowers on offer at the local florist and when he asked where I'd got them from I told him and mentioned that they were reduced. Off he went and got me the same reduced bunch of flowers. It wasn't the money, it was the lack of thought. He never understood why it irritated me.

Oh I would be grateful for the flowers. I never get flowers! Yesterday, DH bought me a reduced french country loaf from M&S for 80p.

Fakebook! Here you go:

Ah thanks minty . Very kind of you!

Ah you see I'd love this. Thoughtful and thrifty, my ideal token gift. My DH can be a right flash git and often used to buy me presents we couldn't afford. I was off course greatful but it was me who had to balance the books at the end of the month. And trying to scrape together cash to pay off the credit card which had 80 quid bouquets on it took the romance out of the situation.
He doesn't do it now. At all. Seems to think if he can't spend a fortune is not worth it. Oh well