It's his 30th soon and he never likes anything I buy him as a present and on birthdays/christmas he looks disappointed and I look heartbroken as I tried to get it perfect IYSWIM. I know he's keen to go on holiday but money's tight and we have a 20 mo and one due next month.
I picked out a log cabin holiday in England with a big outdoor hot tub and loads of facilities etc. Plus it was affordable. His birthday is October so I thought I'd do that and give him a suprise birthday party on his actual birthday.
Then he'd mentioned something about not wanting to holiday in England in winter. So I had a long think and decided I'd arrange the family log cabin holiday for us in summer and then do the suprise party and potential a night or two away for just us two in October. Now this would mean some serious saving but I thought it'd be lovely and he's worth it. He's pretty much super husband and he always manages to get everything spot on. Plus he's very loving, a good dad and husband and looks after us all really well, particularly with me having such a difficult pregnancy at the mo.
He said if we holiday in England it's got to be south but we're right up north so that'll be a nightmare drive with the kids. So I went for sort of the middle of England and finally showed him. I'd thought about it for two weeks and thought he'd be over the moon at the prospect.
He looked like I'd suggested we drink our own piss. So I showed him the pictures. He said it's not far enough south and it will be cold. He was totally unbothered. So that has now scuppered my plans of a summer holiday and potentially scuppered the plans for the couple of nights away for us as surely he won't be overly keen on that either?
So what am I meant to do? I thought for once I'd finally hit the nail on the head but he's totally unimpressed.
I wonder why I get it wrong all the time and what the hell I should do for a holiday (if anything) and his birthday?