my partner bout me a radio for joint V.day and 40th present

[Msmuesli]

well as it says really aibu to think a radio is not really a show of appreciation for a joint 40th and valentines gift?

[kali110]

wow, nice posters. I actually agree with the ops last post. If people even mention they're well off posters suddenly round on them.
Oh, and i am def struggling right now but can have sYmpathy.
Op, not everybody thought ywbu. I've always wanted a lemon tree!

[witsender]

I don't see anything odd in wanting an Apple orchard or having a boat? FFS people, since when were we all the same?

[kali110]

witsender apparently if you are well off you can't have problems! I feel really sorry for op.

[Spring2016]

OP, he was very thoughtless buying you a bloody radio for no reason. Then he goes off to a strip club, and did not even take you out for your birthday. Howevet, you mention you bought the boat with your inheritance, if it is yours, you could sell it, get kayaks for the family to have outtings, and get your apple tree's.

[lborgia]

No, yanbu, but you do realise this maybe be the final straw? You've obviously put up with a shitload of stuff, and then this seems unloving. You may find in time you want to sell the boat, kick him outside into a garden shed, and buy the apple trees. But easily said by me, with hindsight

[Marilynsbigsister]

OP I don't think you are bu to be hacked off at your present and his behaviour. A radio (when you have three) smacks of a 'that'll do' present . - caught his eye when he was out trying to get you something and instead of taking sometime and giving it serious thought OR actually spending money on what you had already said you would like... He saw the radio and in his mind went 'that'll do'.... Nobody deserves a 'that'll do ' present for their 40th. !

As for owning a boat...we also own a boat, we also live near the sea, have lots of kids so it's the only way we can afford a holiday - it's not an Abromavitch style super yacht - it's no different to owning a caravan for holidays. MN is sooo judgy sometimes..

But more interestingly, if it's a 'family boat' bought with your inheritance ...what's all this about blokes away days and strip clubs...?

[Cabrinha]

It's so not about a radio.

But on the radio anyway, sounds like you have 3 old radios so fair assumption that you like to listen, and he's bought you a DAB one - so much better. Which is a good present, I think.

But... it's not about the radio.

[mrshudson221b]

Try not getting any gift for birthdays (valentines day does not exist in our house) ever .