To be upset he didn't get me anything?

[Kindofnewtothis]

I've got a feeling that this is going to sound really selfish, so please don't hesitate to give me a reality check.
DP went on a lads weekend away and just got back today. Had a great time, lots of drinking etc so really knackered now.
Got to bedtime and because he hadn't mentioned anything I asked so where's my present??? And he said oh I didn't get you one because I ran out of money. I don't know whether it's because I'm on my period but this upset me a lot. I always get everybody souvenirs and maybe it is wrong to expect one but the fact that he spent £500 over three days and not £3 could've gone on a little magnet or keyring for me does bother me.
Sounds a bit more pathetic now I've typed it out..

Also, all the blokes I know would relentlessly take the piss out of their mate if they had to go on a snow globe hunt for their MIL whilst on a lads holiday. You do know the sort of thing that usually goes on during these holidays OP?

Please be a snow globe troll. We haven't had an amusing troll for a long time. No grown woman stamps her feet because she didn't get bit of tat brought back for her. Can you imagine some poor bloke hunting for a snow globe on a lads weekend? His mates would be ever so kind about it.

He probably just couldn’t be arsed OP. I get that.

Why was be in the gift shop though?

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HTH

And this one

He could have brought you an sti.....
Be patient!!

Honestly, it wouldn't even cross my mind to expect anything from a lads weekend away! It's not "that sort of trip"!

I think I'd settle it with, "right, well, you're taking me out for coffee at the weekend!"

OP I think you can see from this that most people don’t expect gifts or souvenirs from weekends away...and certainly not for their mother.

In other news, I am going to appeal to you to stop supporting the tat souvenir industry by buying into it. No one wants or needs a key ring with Amsterdam written on it. It’s helping to kill our planet.

The last time I got souvenirs for anyone it was a stack of postcards from Venice when we were honeymooning. I suggested it would be nice to send our thank yous on venitian postcards as everyone knew Venice was our dream destination and contributed to our honeymoon fund for our wedding presents!

I haven’t got anyone a souvenir since I was 10 in the 70s. Do you honestly think he was going to spend any part of his trip shopping for a snow globe for your mother? It’s making me laugh at the thought .

I’m going to Ibiza with the girls in July. Guess I need to find a snow globe for the fiancé ;)

I kid, but seriously he would have got the piss ripped out of him if he was like sorry guys you head to the pub whilst I go souvenir shopping. If it’s like the trips I’ve been on I’d bet he was too hungover to do anything but eat some chips and lie by the pool/sit in the pub. (This makes me sound very unclassy I swear it was 10 years ago :p)

If I was going somewhere particularly interesting (with work or whatever) then I'd be sure to buy my wife something.

If, as I normally do once a year, go on a 'lads weekend' (basically 72 hour drinking binge with a few bands on) down in Bognor Regis then I can't possibly think what I'd bring back for her (maybe a plastic pint glass half-filled with watered down Carling?)

When I go away I like to give something to my grandchildren on my return, but the touristy gift shops sell overpriced shite. I started buying them all a gift they will love before going away, quickly putting it into my suitcase when I get back, so when I produce it from my suitcase they think it's from my holiday. Saves me adding weight to the case too. I never buy for adults.

Mine usually gets me something from duty free, but I don't expect it and wouldn't be upset if nothing was forthcoming.

If you don't have much money maybe he looked at the overpriced things and thought no way to wasting money on rubbish?

Don’t be daft OP

I used to do this when I went away with my first boyfriend on my own. I hated the pressure of buying people junk and waste if my money as it was ‘expected’. Nowadays (and now I’m older) I don’t buy souvenirs or expect them.