... to start my own sh*t birthday present from DH thread?

[liz70]

...Seeing as there seem to be a few knocking around at the moment?

My birthday was on Tuesday. I spent most of it running around after other people - taking DD2 to an appointment, looking after DD3 in the evening while DH had a meet up (optional) after work. So by the time he comes in at 9pm I've been run ragged, getting DD3 fed, bathed, to bed, hanging washing, getting things ready for the next morning, preparing a meal for us etc.

So DH puts my birthday present on the table. A small bag of Thornton's chocolates. Unwrapped.

Now... I don't think I'm particularly materialistic. I try to keep costs down with shopping - groceries are pretty much all supermarket and value brand. I buy most of my and DD3's clothes from George, F & F and suchlike. I don't demand designer hand bags or diamond jewellery.

We're not super wealthy, but neither are we skint - no mortgage, and a comfortable amount of savings.

It seemed to have fuck all thought put into it, and he couldn't even be arsed to wrap it. I did ask if he'd also brought a bunch of flowers from a petrol station, to complete the whole "will this do?" vibe, but no.

I just feel so fucking undervalued and unappreciated right now.

I think I'll just tell him that from now on, don't fucking bother getting me anything for birthdays. I'd rather buy something myself.

My PIL once got me an "avocado holder". For those of you wondering, it's like a little plastic seatbelt to put around your avocado... DH was treated to a box of cheese biscuits!

My cousin also once gave me a free gift from a magazine that I already had.

It does suck OP but it makes for a good story!

Oh and slightly different but my DD's birthday card from a great aunt this year was a "with sympathy" card and had a whole pound coin in it!

She's 17. This is the mother of the cousin who gave me the free gift, unsurprisingly.

I got a potato from ex-sister in law it was the shape of a pregnant woman she said she thought of me when she seen it Took great delight turning it into mash😀 No card either

My dh routinely, every year, without fail asks me what i want. I tell him, i.e: all i want is pink socks - for example. He will then speak about pink socks for weeks how hes going to get me these great ones just what i want. As i am presented present he always says ' i know you wanted pink socks, but i thought id get you this instead', sounding very happy with himself as he presents me with some utterly shite thing that i dont want (this year a 10 pound coffee perculator - i dont like coffee). Its like why ask me what i want and then ignore it? I never ask for anything uber expensive or lavish or anything conplex to get hold of!!

My first husband once gave me a HALF a bottle of advocate. I stress the word half. Underwhelmed was what I was.

That's not my spelling. I meant ADVOCAT. It put the E on itself. Flipping spell checker.....

First Ex-H, handed me a plain white envelope and inside was a cheque for £50 - from our joint bank account!
One Christmas, a cheap, nasty, black polyester underwear set including see through panties and a suspender belt and it actually had little red roses sewn on them. I was 8 months pregnant and HUGE at the time.
Second Ex-H, a diary, unwrapped, written inside for a few months later was 'a trip to New Orleans'. That was twenty years ago and I've never been.
Now single and staying that way........

A book called 'how to tell if your cat is trying to kill you'
Happy anniversary, darling!!

My XPs birthday was a few weeks after mine - so I mirrored the effort and thought put into his present to me back to him. That sorted things out for a while. Until I got rid of him of course.

Does DH mean Dickhead?

My ex got me a hideous white Swarovski decorated watch. As he gave it to me to open he said "I don't think you'll like it but I can return it" Correct; I am an outdoors person who likes dark practical colours not a Footballers Wife. White would look nice for about 30 seconds in my lifestyle. So I found a watch I did really like as a replacement when shopping by myself as he was 'too busy' (from a brand he also liked) and he said he didn't like the one I chose so refused to give me the money towards it from the returned one. So I never got a proper birthday present. I was advised to LTB on here for other reasons around the same time! My current DP is totally brilliant with gifts and remembers little things I mention over the months that I forget about then surprises me. He also makes an awesome cake

For many years in a row dh handed me an envelope with money in it, a generous amount, but some thought in getting me a gift would have been nice.

Last xmas he had found my amazon wishlist and a few little notes had left, but he is too lazy to set up his own email address or amazon account so all of the order confirmations came to me!!Even the non amazon things were a give away because of where they had come from!!

Spanx one size too small under the Christmas tree opened in front of my whole family

A few years ago my now XH bought me a Take That annual for xmas ( and nothing else ) I was 44 at the time!

My (recently) XF and I were together 2.5 yrs and he was an 'artist' so every gift he ever gave me was handmade. Obviously some thought and effort had gone in to this but whatever it was it always looked like it had been made by a 6 yr old.

I got a wallpaper stripper one year.

Back in the mists of time (about 25 years ago) I bought my sister a membership for the Rolf Harris Fan Club.

Lelly you win the "Hindsight is 20/20" bad present award :o

The only present my first husband ever gave me was a blender, for one birthday. He never bothered after that. Arsehole.

My husband gave me a meat thermometer a few years ago. A fucking meat thermometer, I kid you not - ever since that, I've insisted on cold hard cash that I can put towards something I actually want.

It was my birthday on 8th September and the only present I received was a Next voucher from my sister. Owing to the lack of a present, I suggested that he might like to cook dinner but when he returned from work he complained that he had had a stressful day! There I was peeling potatoes singing Happy Birthday to me! He can't understand why I am not talking to him! Apparently, I am being over sensitive...

Oh look. Daily fail thread again....

Oh FFS! Fuck off cunting daily fucking fail!

I want to be a journalist if all it requires is cut and paste jobs from other websites! Easiest job ever. Twats.

Worst present? Subscription to the Daily Fail

I've just read some hilarious #GiftCrimes on www.facebook.com/giftwink/photos/a.1565525003767663.1073741828.1476933942626770/1681165835536912/?type=3&theater

There's a competition running where the funniest gift crime story gets £50 worth of gifts. Worth checking out!

Boyfriend and I have our birthdays three days apart with mine first. After spending a month planning his presents and spending over £200 on clothes and all the little things he likes, I was super excited to give him all his presents. In all my excitement for his birthday, I did foolishly let myself wonder if he put this much effort and thought into my birthday gifts (my 21st, not that it's important...). Birthday rolls around, get a quick happy birthday then come home from work to find my present waiting on the living room table. A fucking washing basket. Not even a washing basket that you'd look at and say 'fuck me, that's a bloody nice basket', it was a £2 job from B&M. And to make it worse, he'd even let the cat unwrap it before I got back. Fair to say over three quarters of his presents were returned instantly and I went and got myself a lovely new handbag

"Daily fail thread again...."

What? Where? I'm famous? Where's my money? I'm getting my agent on the phone right now!

Oh, hang on...