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Insulting birthday card from husband AIBU?

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Amibeingsensitive · 25/08/2019 22:20

Birthday card on front says

Birthday girl
Become instantly younger with the Eternal Youth rejuvenating lifestyle!
The secrets in the formula...no diet...no exercise...just lie about your age!

I'm 31 and a size 12 with a mum tum after 2 kids. I don't diet or exercise I was a size 8-10 when I met him.

He's not one to give a jokey card it's usually just sweet cards. He said he didn't realise its offensive he just liked the design and didn't pick it for the words.

Am I being sensitive and unreasonable? Is he giving me a dig that I am getting old and need to lose weight or mybe he's just an idiot?

It's deffo knocked my confidence a bit I know it's only a birthday card but surely he's not that stupid and he'd know it'd offend me

OP posts:
SconeofDestiny · 26/08/2019 12:19

He gave you a birthday card on your birthday and you're complaining?
Crumbs. Shock

My DH nearly always chooses daft humorous cards, because I think birthdays shouldn't be taken too seriously.

Insulting birthday card from husband AIBU?
Owlsintowels · 26/08/2019 19:38

OP you're definitely NBU.
PP here are seriously skewed in their interpretation of the card. I'd be amazed if OPs DH thought anything other than 'haha she's getting older' in a Homer Simpson voice before buying this card. Lack of present too all indicates the same thing - a lack of effort

What the lack of effort means I don't know, hopefully just complacency.

I can't believe some PP genuinely think you should be happy with 'a card' and literally nothing beyond that is required. I'm no princess, but that is piss poor effort and I'd be finding out why pronto

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