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To think this is a hideous card?

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Slightlyannoyed · 16/12/2019 11:34

Its from DH to me.

To think this is a hideous card?
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Likefootball · 16/12/2019 14:40

It's the thought that counts.

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Slightlyannoyed · 16/12/2019 14:41

I know it's only a card and, trust me, I am not having a meltdown over it or , even, it being late.

I just thought it was bloody awful and wanted an idea if I was right or whether I was being too critical of it.

Minor issue, I know, but it puzzled me.

Its from M and S, btw.

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QuizzlyBear · 16/12/2019 14:45

My first thought was 'dead cat?'

EwwSprouts · 16/12/2019 14:51

It's definitely not festive.

maisydaisy20 · 16/12/2019 14:53

Slightlyannoyed did he get you a present? What was it? Was that also 3 days late?

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 16/12/2019 14:57

I'm not sure I would have bought it because I don't like the colour scheme, but that's not a 30p card. Looks expensive. Paperchase?

This looks like someone picked it out from a very small selection (because birthday card stocks have been shrunk to make room for Christmas stock) in a panicked hurry, and they assumed it was nice because of the price tag.

JamieVardysHavingAParty · 16/12/2019 14:58

Oh, M&S. All is made clear. Their card range is very hit and miss, in my opinion.

Equanimitas · 16/12/2019 14:59

It looks like a pink dead cat

No it doesn't. Dead cats don't stick their legs up straight in the air, nor do they curl their tails upwards. If anything, it's like a cat rolling over to play or have its tummy tickled.

Angelw · 16/12/2019 15:01

I see nothing terribly wrong with it

katy1213 · 16/12/2019 15:01

I've had worse. (Valentine's card 'to my mum' if you must know!) But most men just pick up the first card they see!

DecemberSnow · 16/12/2019 15:01

Looks more like a floating pig 🤣

katy1213 · 16/12/2019 15:03

Oh, M&S - that explains it. To be fair, he probably doesn't know where to go to buy a nice card.

BlueCornsihPixie · 16/12/2019 15:06

I like it. Its not a 30p card, it's got little sequiny things and gold on it. The cat doesn't look dead. It's not like it's a tacky poem card or a shitty joke one, it's a nice card which isn't to your taste.

I don't really think I could get that wound up about a card tbh. Do most people's DHs put hours of thought into the card they buy? It's just a card ffs, I don't think I even have a taste in cards! Let alone strong enough to be pissed off DP didn't get the right one Hmm

Absolutely fine to be pissed off about it being 3 days late, but it's a bit odd to post about how ugly your card is.

Ariadnepersephonecloud · 16/12/2019 15:06

I don't hate it but I don't like it either. Its horrible though when you get cards from someone who you think knows what you like... And it's not. I've had some truly hideous ones in the past! Much worse than dead pink floral cat Confused

gingergittable · 16/12/2019 15:08

Surely it's 'you're the cat's whiskers' which is a nice thing to say? Has nobody else got that? ConfusedHmm

PurbeckStone · 16/12/2019 15:27

So what does 'three days late' actually mean? He completely forgot your birthday and all you got was a card three days later? Or were there presents / special food / a party on the day and he just hadn't got round to writing the card?

MistyCloud · 16/12/2019 15:33

@Slightlyannoyed

LOL it is ugly.

Thought that counts though eh??? Grin

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Slightlyannoyed · 16/12/2019 15:41

He had remembered, just not got round to writing the card.
No present either.

None of it is a big deal, in one sense. I suppose Im just peeved that if all you are getting someone is a card, then at least make an effort with that?

For context, I like national geographic type cards. Proper photos of animals. Which is probably why I thought this card was hideous.

It seems I'm unreasonable though, so will graciously accept it's just one of those things.

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Ijustwanttoretire · 16/12/2019 15:50

He got you a bloody card - be grateful!

sisterofmercy · 16/12/2019 16:03

He had remembered, just not got round to writing the card.
No present either.

The cards is okay. It's kind of 50s-cute. I think it's the lack of effort or consideration that is the really crappy thing here.

CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 16/12/2019 16:16

"He got you a bloody card - be grateful!"

Well just because you set the bar so fucking low, everyone else doesn't have to. An unwritten card three days too late and no present? It's shit.

CloseEncountersOfTheTerfKind · 16/12/2019 16:20

And YY I know, adults don't need to have birthdays etc etc. But some adults do like to receive a thoughtful card and/or a present and it's not an unreasonable or excessive expectation? My DH likes wordy cards with awful poems in (I know, Blush) so I try and find a nice one. Because I love him and I want him to be happy. This is not about the card itself.

Jente · 16/12/2019 16:20

Tiny phone but I see it as "You're the cat's pyjamas". Seems ok to me.

BillywilliamV · 16/12/2019 16:57

Men don’t understand cards, I’ve been giving mine the same Christmas Card every year for 8 years, he hasn’t noticed. I just tuck it away in January and out it comes mid December Grin

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Slightlyannoyed · 16/12/2019 17:18

Some of your replies have been very amusing, so thanks for the laughs. Grin

I didn't start the thread to be critical of DH - I genuinely thought the card hideous!

I would have felt the same if someone else had given it to me, but would I have started a thread about it? No, of course not.

It's because its come from my DH and I thought....what the hell is this? Doesnt he know me? Shock

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