... 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.

Worst present I was ever given was a new and currently in trend mobile phone.

Sounds great eh?

Turns out it was bought from a 'guy in the pub' who sold it for 40 quid.

I didn't find this out until I took it to get unlocked (I was on o2 and it wouldn't accept my simcard) only to be told it was fucking stolen. The stall guy wanted to call the police but I legged it and left the phone with him

MrZippy didn't have to buy me an engagement ring because I was happy to use one he'd inherited. So he bought me a gift instead. Two pigs. Not cutesy little piggies, but huge porkers. I was scared stiff of them!
And still it didn't occur to me that marrying him might be a colossal mistake!

A friend of mine received the deeds to a pair of side by side grave plots for her birthday . Her dh told her that he wanted them to be together even after death. Needless to say they divorced soon after this.

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3785283/Mumsnet-users-reveal-worst-presents.html

Knobs. Especially as they missed blanking out hungry hippos saying 'fucking about as usual' on it when they screenshot and pasted it...

Oh FFS! As if they actually cut and paste the thread! Lazy journalism at its 'best' as usually hey Daily fail.

I can't believe the way they screen shot the posts, and print them, then the text "article" repeats everything!

"I can't believe the way they screen shot the posts, and print them, then the text "article" repeats everything!"

Not to defend the Fail, but they do that because there is a text only version for people reading with slow connections, so those screenshots wouldn't be visible.

imagine going to university to study journalism then a few years later "journalism" now means c&p from internet forum... it'd be bloody tragic!

I still reckon there's some deal going on between MN and DM. Shoot me down if I'm wrong.

My dh has been saying for the last two winters I needed a new coat, haven't seen any I particularly liked until yesterday. So he ordered it. Last night he said he would wrap it up for my 30th in a couple of weeks. Unfuckingbelievable, dickhead!!

Oh I see loads of others have posted on this now, but I'm new here, I had no idea lazy journos used MN threads (that I've invested time on) to post their copy and get paid shed loads for. My bad. Now I know. Still I guess when you've lost hubby his job due to unauthorised disclosure, you've got to do something to put polenta on the table. Are you listening now, Sarah Vine?

Did you know there are people who call themselves journalists, who are too lazy to get out of bed and just copy stories off the 'net?

And they got it wrong as it was a SMALL BAG not a small box! Cunts.

These are so funny hahha

My ex boyfriend for our first Valentine's tried to give me a blank card I made him write it and he gave me DVD's that where on sale in HMV I knew that's where they come from because they where still in the HMV bag and he had left the receipt in the bag with them for our first Christmas he told me he had spent £200 on me turned out he had spent it on himself and I got the old broken Xbox that didn't even last a month. Any wonder he's an ex.

My husband doesn't do presents. Even though I get upset about it every time :( I don't have any family do literally all I got this year for my birthday was a £25 next card from my mil (I don't shop at next so tried to use it to buy underwear for my daughter and the gift card won't work). I hate birthdays

Some years my husband has given me an iou. Usually something like 'I owe you a reiki session' or 'I owe you a trip to the theatre' but then doesn't actually book or sort anything. What he means is he is giving me permission to organise and book something myself 😡

My list of crap presets to date ( in no particular order ) ;- saucepans, egg timer and ice-cream scoop, an IOU for a day out ( never organised), a watch - when I said do NOT buy me a watch, absolutely nothing at all, a vacuum cleaner and I think the most offensive was the Super Nanny book i.e. You're doing a shit job with our DC's.

A Jamie Oliver 'flavour shaker' for making marinades for meat.

I am vegetarian. Always have been

NC for this as very outing and if it ends up in the daily fail..........

We had never been abroad before, kids were tiny and we were very hard up. A friend who was working in the USA called and asked if i wanted to go over and visit for 2 weeks, flights paid for, all I needed to do was take her dog with me. It was cheaper for her to pay for a ticket and extra dog than to freight the dog alone.

DH had been having a really rough time and had a mini breakdown so I let him go instead as I thought he needed the holiday more than me!

Anyway, he calls me to tell me he is at the zoo, and asks me what size feet I have. I reply, "Please don't buy me slippers........ I don't wear slippers......." He laughs and says of course he won't buy me slippers, "Good because I really hate slippers........... I won't wear them.........."

He comes home 10 days later and hands me a bag from the zoo gift shop. It is squishy. I am suspicious but hey ho. I open the bag and inside is..............................................................A PAIR OF SLIPPERS! I must have looked horrified, because he said to me "I know you don't normally wear slippers, but I know you love tigers so I thought you might like these tiger slippers anyway????????"

I looked up at him, not with love and gratitude, more like a kind of murderous hatefulness and said................................"THESE . ARE . FUCKING . GIRAFFES!!!!!!!"

We are still together 15 years later, I sometimes wonder how!

Dh has got me a Game of Thrones card which says Happy Birthday you Bastard

OP, I'm sorry. Happy birthday. Your dh's present was shit - have you told him??

I buy my own birthday presents from my hubby. I just tell him what I'm buying so he knows what he's getting me. Each year they are getting more expensive! I love it as it means I can treat myself to things I normally stop myself buying during the other times of the year and it also avoids disappointment as he used to leave things for a petrol station shop or post birthday shop too!

DH bought me a pair of men's size 9 trainers. I'm a 5.

My DP bought me an umbrella for my birthday last year. In mid June