To have expected an immediate well done

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So we are on holiday. Returning home today.
I took some GCSE as a mature student. I planned to wait until I was home to get results.
However last night tutor emailed me to say I got a 5 and a c. Not great grades but I was thrilled.
So I excitedly told dh this morning and his response was not well done that is excellent. Instead he got all shirty and said thought you were waiting for result.
He later said a grudging well done but it isn't good enough is it?
I actually feel really hurt. Aibu

Thank you. This is mumsnet at it's best. Not had exact marks yet but will try and find out

Well done :)

Your OH is a prat

You did this for yourself.
Not to show someone else have clever you are.
I am sorry he didn't react as you wished but if your self esteem is wrapped up in how someone praise's you for your hard work then you did it for the wrong reasons.
Look in the mirror and tell yourself how happy and pleased you are with how well you have done.
Buy yourself a great job gift, and just enjoy today, don't make him pay for not showering you with compliments, because that's not real life.

Well done! Going back to education as a mature student after a gap, and while squeezing study around all the other obligations of adult life, is bloody hard and you should be incredibly proud of yourself (and you deserve that prosecco).

I had significantly higher qualifications than my other half when we first got together, and every time he's taken a step towards catching up with me I've been so proud of him. Your DH is an arse.

What BakedBeans said. Congratulations, OP!

I agree I did it for me. But it does still grate when your dh struggles to say well done when he knows how important it is to you.
Of course I will get over it but it does hurt.

well done OP
clutching at straws here, but maybe he spoke before engaging brain and was concerned you might not be happy about result once you had considered it?

Well done! We're proud of you, at least.

It's bloody hard as an adult to study and pass things. Your dh sounds like a miserable git. Perhaps he's resentful?

well done, what was your GCSE in? I sat Higher Maths, and got a 5 which is a B. So chuffed with myself, considering I got an E when I was in school. Many congrats xx

We all think your a clever clogs.
Just don't want you to ruin your day waiting for the flowers and sweet words.

He'll probably pass it off by saying he knew you could do it so why make a fuss.

Treat yourself to lots of lovely stuff OP and then look at What Next when you get home. Will you take note GCSEs? Or a different kind of challenge?

I did maths legacy higher which was so hard. I really expected to fail and English 9-1.
lou achieving a 5 on new spec is brilliant. I looked at the extra bits you have to do and was dreading retake.
I do want to go further study but not sure what. Will probably take a year off.

It was very hard, lots of A level maths has come down into the 9-1 Gcse now. Honestly convinced myself that I hadn't passed. Let alone get a B. I'm starting English in a few weeks, looking forward to that and need to do Biology but undecided whether to do it this year or next, starting my foundation degree next year.

Good luck lou. I really enjoyed the English but the maths was so hard. So sure I had failed which was why I was so excited.
Anyway home now and no surprise waiting.
We did have a takeaway but I hadn't arrange it.

Had to