to feel saddened when DH announces 'they were reduced to clear!' whenever he buys me flowers?

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Ok, ok, so at least he buys me flowers but even so...

I also don't like it when he tells me how much something cost. I was told that was v bad form by my Mum when I used to do it as a nipper.

aww- wish i got flowers!!! even if they were reduced!!! it wouldn't bother me too much on flowers or something,but for special occasiont/presents ect i dotn care about the price!!

though to be honest if DH came home with flowers i'd probs winge that we could have spent the extra £5 on somethign else!! but thats just me!!

It's not about the small amount of money they cost, I don't care about that - it's the idea that he only got them cos they were reduced.

I understand, on the rare occasion dh buys me some he'll come in moaning about the price. So romantic. Why bother if they are bedgrudged. etc etc...

maybe he is trying to avoid the 'Oh you shouldn't spend so much money on me' type of response that glaskham would give...

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YANBU. My MIL does this EVERY TIME she buys us something. It really annoys me.

Flowers ... hmm, trying to recall what a bunch of them might look like!

I have posted on here before that DH actually bought me PLASTIC flowers when DS was born!

my dp is always telling me the price of every purchase he gets for me or our son!! very annoying!

At least my DP tries to peel the tell-tale yellow sticker some of the time!

It's a bit of a give away though when he goes late-night shopping at Tesco's and comes home with a saggy bouquet

If your bloke is anything like mine, he may be worried that you'll berate him for "wasting" money.

PMSL at placcy flowers, Jodee!

YABU! I am delighted when a romantic gesture is combined with a nod to economy

Ahhh. Im sure he is teasing you as I also do this. When my sisters or nice`s thanks me for the present i got for them I just say "oh please dont mention it they are from second hand shop anyway"

Look at it from a glass haf full perspective...he buys you flowers,which is a sweet gesture.

It is the thought that counts and all that

Oh the delight of buying something reduced!!!

My husband was the proudest he;d ver been when he bought some Reeeeeally expensive biscuits [boasters perhaps?] that had been reduced to like 20p or somthing. Delicious,

It was one of the skintest months of our lives and were living on like spuds, lentils and milk. Cheese was a luxury... biscuits unheard of.

CHocolate bisuits!?!??!!? For 20p??!!??!

I snogged him very hard....

I put flowers on shopping list:

"Flowers. pay no more than £3"
It feels just as nice when I receive them!

It made me sad just to read this.

I get your point.

Being given flowers is lovely and you are lucky, BUT it would be much nicer not to be told that they were bargain basement flowers.
Why spoil it for you?

Unless you are the sort of person who says "why did you waste money on things that will die in a few days?" or "why buy these when we need bogroll etc", in which case it serves you right.

But assuming you are not that sort of person, then flowers without the added "these were reduced!" would be much better.

i know what you mean

why is dh telling you there were cheap

why not just give them to you

dh does buy me flowers, but i ASSUME they arent 1/2price

but i wouldnt know

mumblecrumble I do that too, then con myself into thinking I didn't ask for them.I also have to specify no dyed chrysanthemums after a hideous firework bouquet.

YANBU to feel peeved by this - he clearly isn't understanding the subliminal message he's giving.

Dh does bring me flowers, but has only once told me that they were reduced - and that was because the flowers had been in a three for two offer when full price, and the till had applied that to the reduced price flowers, he bought, so that Tescos ended up owing him 2p for them!! (The flowers had gone through the till at the reduced price, but the full price of a bunch had been deducted in the 3 for 2 offer).

Dh and the checkout supervisor agreed that he'd keep the flowers but they got the receipt to put on the staff noticeboard!

YANBU I guess to feel the way you do, because of your upbringing...so tell him!

YABU to think he is actually trying to tell you he doesn't value you though - some people just blurt stuff out like that out of self-consciousness ("Oh it was on sale" or ..."This old thing?" etc) or because they genuinely love the feeling of getting a bargain. I know I do. The fact you are getting flowers shows he cares. The fact they are reduced means he feels he can be spontaneously romantic without being ripped off. It's not like he wouldn't buy them full price on Valentines Day or similar, but for most people flowers are a luxury.

YABU

My ds would often send me an interflora bouquets on my birthdays, anniviversary, valentines. Lovely as it was, he actually spent nearly £150 on flowers in one year. I don't mean to sound unromantic or ungrateful, but I would've preferred a nice handbag or something
I feel guilty if I recieve flowers for more that £10. They're going to get thrown out in a weeks time anyway and we're not that well off. [frugal emoticon]

DH always seems to buy carnations and I hate them. I think he buys them because they are cheap. I daren't say anything though.

I love daffs though and they are the cheapest of all.

It just sounds like you were brought up with different ideas about whether talking about money is good or not. Have you told him that you're glad he is being sensible with money but you'd rather not be told?

I am especially happy if I buy something that is nice and reduced, so I would be pleased to hear that DP had got me a bargainicious present.

lol.....sort of thing my dh would say

I'm too jealous to make any other point other than hruummph