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Original poster

AIBU to be a bit pissed off with my birthday present

36 replies

benbon · 01/09/2008 18:37

ok this is my first birthday as a wife and i was kinda expecting something great dont know why!!!

and my husband brought me a wii i know i should be excited but i never really wanted one he did!!! and on top of that he got one of our friends to order it and wrap it...

i just feel a little bit sad like he hasnt put any effort into it he didnt get me anything from our 2 children also he was away last week and told me he was going to go into town and choose me something which he obviously didnt do he went to the pub instead...

like i said i know i should be greatful as wii's arnt cheap but i just feel concidering our friend ordered it, paid for it, waited in to receive it, then wrapped it, he has kind of copped out...

so AIBU>??????????????

OP posts:
Majeika · 01/09/2008 18:39

no yanbu

he could have bought you something nice!

I would be mightily peeeeeed off!

piratecat · 01/09/2008 18:41

marriage, meh it's all down hill from here y'know.

don't mind me i am divorced.

no a very personal present AT ALL

Lauriefairycake · 01/09/2008 18:41

I don't think wii's are presents, I think they're household appliances - games for it that only one person plays is a proper present.

I would sell it on ebay in a couple of months (without opening it) when they're scarce for Christmas and buy myself some nice jewellery.

It is your present to do what you want with.

PeaMcLean · 01/09/2008 18:41

YANBU.

You never wanted one? Well you can send it back and get the money then.

highschoolmusical · 01/09/2008 18:44

YANBU But wii's are great!!!!! Enjoy.

Dior · 01/09/2008 18:45

Message withdrawn

forevercleaning · 01/09/2008 18:46

welcome to the birthdays of married life

it's history, all those romantic gifts now. Think yourself lucky, next year it will prob be a food mixer

SalLikesCoffee · 01/09/2008 18:59

Buy him some earrings for his. He'll get the hint.

SalLikesCoffee · 01/09/2008 19:01

Oh, and you are NBU. Not because he didn't get you anything, as gifts aren't always necessary etc, but because he got himself one under the pretence it's for you imo.

That said, wii's are nice, you might come to like it.

hollyandnoah · 01/09/2008 19:04

Wish my oh would buy me a wii! They are great fun.

Original poster
benbon · 01/09/2008 19:04

well i will just have to buy him that puppy he doesnt want for his birthday...

OP posts:
pamelat · 01/09/2008 19:06

If it makes you feel better I was bought a food blender!

Rather nice, not cheap but still a kitchen appliance!

Lauriefairycake · 01/09/2008 19:11

wii's are great fun, the whole family love ours but it is not an individual present.

If you buy someone a present intending to use it mostly yourself you're not very sensitive. And I would lay a bet the OP's dh will be using it more than her.

blowsy · 01/09/2008 19:18

That's a bit pants.

Sulk until he gets you something better

Kimi · 01/09/2008 19:20

For his birthday get him some tampons, a vibrator and a foot sauna.

noonki · 01/09/2008 19:28

YANBU - make him pay!

I was given 10 items from poundland on my first birthday after our wedding, and it was two weeks after I had given birth!!!

shatteredmumsrus · 01/09/2008 19:29

Id be pised off too YANBU. Unless you play it naked and then you might enjoy the repercussions!!

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benbon · 01/09/2008 21:01

to top it all off he has been in cahoots with my mother and she has brought me guitar hero's (my husbands favourite wii game) so i got 2 presents today a wii and guitar hero's my husband has done bloody well out of my birthday!!!

he is definately not getting an apple itouch for his birthday... i might get him a manicure set.. lol

OP posts:
PeaMcLean · 01/09/2008 21:03

And your mother's present too?!

I'd be seriously pissed off actually.

QuintessentialShadow · 01/09/2008 21:05

Flog them both on ebay, would teach him not to buy YOU something HE wants!

YOu are lucky, though, they are expensive gifts. My dh got me a handheld hoover from asda...

Original poster
benbon · 01/09/2008 21:05

i am but feel like im being ungrateful...

OP posts:
PigeonPie · 01/09/2008 21:09

Look up and see if you can find a game you do want and then say thanks to your mother, but explain that you would rather have a different game and would she mind if you exchanged it.

beanieb · 01/09/2008 21:09

Get the receipt and change it for somethign you do want. Your husband will understand because he will obviously want you to have something you like. Infact there's no need to even tell him, just do it.

elmoandella · 01/09/2008 21:11

YABU , at least he got you something.and yes you are being ungrateful. some people cant afford it, or oh's just dont get them anything.

pull yourself together. either sell it, use it, or hit oh over head with it.

any which way . . think yourself lucky and stop moaning.

starving children and all that....

Janni · 01/09/2008 21:13

Does he have other redeeming features?

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