AIBU to be upset over birthday card?

[GoTheDistance]

Probably sounds really stupid but my fiancé bought me a card that says "girlfriend"...it's obviously a card from the corner shop and I got upset because I have always said that I prefer cards over presents, I keep all sentimental cards and spend ages finding and writing the perfect cards...it's not just that it has "girlfriend" rather than "fiancée", it's also the fact that it was obviously a last minute purchase with little effort put in. AIBU and ungrateful or would this bother anyone else?

my first mothers day card from my DS said 'happy mothers day to my nan', that pissed me off.

A girlfriend card wouldn't bother me but i'm not really a cards person.

You're right...
it sounds really stupid.

Thanks for all your opinions normally he makes a lot of effort with a card and present but this year we agreed no presents as we will put the money towards our wedding so I was surprised that he didn't make more effort with the card...ah well, at least I got one- it could have been worse!

I would have said yabu, but if you agreed no presents and he knows you value a nice card, he should have put a bit more effort into the card.

YABU.
You got a card, which wasn't incorrect.
Most people just don't put that amount of emotional energy into choosing a card. Your fiance is just part of the vast majority of the population. If you want to- so be it, that's up to you, but he isn't you (as someone put far more eloquently upthread).

@bigbluestars I would have pissed myself at that. Men are terrible for things like that.

my first mothers day card from my DS said 'happy mothers day to my nan', that pissed me off.

My first mother's day card from my ds said "you've been like a mother to me"

I still tease dh about it 17 years later.

OP there are a lot of things you can get upset about and of course your feelings are valid but if the relationship is otherwise good then I wouldn't stress too much over cards. lots of people don't think too hard - or even at all - about cards so don't give the right one.