AIBU to be a bit pissed off with my birthday present

[benbon]

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>??????????????

YANBU, esecially when he has got your mum to buy you guitar hero. I think the idea of selling the wii on ebay is a good one. Maybe it will make him think in future.

I know you should be grateful you were given a gift, but not when it was never meant for you.

You aren't being ungrateful.

Oooh now see, first I thought he was a bit selfish, but now start wondering... He got your mom to buy GH??? Maybe the poor sod is really confused and thought you'd actually like it? Any chance? Benefit of the doubt and all that?

I dunno. I think people get a bit ott in terms of birthday expectations. Why should you (by which I mean 'one')get an extra extra special present just for being born - something which you really didn't have anything to do with? Just get him something similarly crappy for his birthday.

[miserable bugger emoticon].

well he is currently now stood in the lounge playing it... lol oh well i will just have to join in i suppose. either that or go clean the kitchen...

Okay - just read whole thread - get him the puppy. Deffo.

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Hey, on the upside - just think, you can now leave all the little jobs that really need doing and rather play with this, as you "love this soooooo much"

i had a chair and kitchen cupboard for xmas(seriously).think yourself lucky-in this house a wii would be considered highly romantic.

We don't really do birthday or Christmas presents for each other. Neither of us ever really wants anything and it's far more simple. I'm not materialistic for things like jewellery etc and DH hasn't really got the money. We just have a nice day instead and it's far better.

One memorable year I got an optical mouse for the computer. This was 2 days late after he'd actually forgotten my birthday on the day

My Dh did that once.

He's rubbish at shopping but one yr he said he'd had a brilliant idea for my birthday and that I'd love it.

It turned out to be a 20G MP3 player.

The thing is I only ever listen to music when its on the radio if I'm driving or cooking.
I rarely buy CDs, maybe one or 2 per year so 20G would take a life time to fill.

Of course, it was a brilliant idea because he wanted one.

I can't remember what I got in the end but I was NOT happy.
DH has done much better on teh b'day presents since then....I got a handbag, shoes and watch this year