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AIBU?

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Am I being incredibly ungrateful.

131 replies

Notsureaboutmuch · 14/02/2021 10:55

I’d arranged a special valentines meal which was delivered yesterday from a local restaurant for us to celebrate Valentine’s Day. When we were in the kitchen prepping, DH stated that he’d completely forgotten about Valentine’s Day, fair enough not worth getting upset by.
However today, he presented me a gift wrapped up using the love heart serviettes from the restaurant and the gift tag from the box and it’s a bloody Easter egg! He tried claiming it was a valentines egg and not an Easter egg. I’d said it was clear he’d bought it for Easter as by his own admission yesterday he’d forgotten it was Valentine’s Day. There was no card which to me adds to my suspicions. I’m more pissed off by him lying to me and trying to backtrack than the gift with zero thought. Aibu to be disappointed by any of it?

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Companion42 · 14/02/2021 14:55

YANBU if he's trying to convince you that he didn't forget/that conversation yesterday didn't happen at all OP. Forgetting Valentine's day or making a joke about a Valentine's egg is one thing but trying to convince you that you're misremembering/confused/lying is quite another.

Has he done something like this before?

Cotswolds10 · 14/02/2021 16:01

@StillCoughingandLaughing GrinGrinGrin
Yes, good point!

LadyCatStark · 14/02/2021 16:36

Chocolate’s chocolate...

Devlesko · 14/02/2021 16:40

We'd have just both laughed it off, but mine wouldn't have lied he'd have said sorry this is all I could get as I'd forgotten.
But, we don't bother, never had.

NeverRTFT · 14/02/2021 16:44

I think his makeshift gift is cute and funny. I DGAF about Valentine's Day, especially when in a stable relationship it's just silly. It devalues the relationship if you think this day and the hearts n flowers gesture is an actual measure of your DP's love

Chloemol · 14/02/2021 21:55

So basically he said he had forgotten, which he obviously had, then decided to try and make amends by wrapping an Easter egg in various bits so you had something to open and you are pissed off?

He didn’t lie, he told you he had forgotten
He didn’t backtrack, he tried to make amends by the Easter egg

Tbh you sound like real hard work and are being very unreasonable

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