It's my mum's birthday today and she doesn't have many friends or family so it's never much of a celebration. I suggested taking her out for a meal and a drink with her boyfriend as it's a Friday night but he insisted on cooking for her.
When he picked me up I asked him if he had bought her a cake. He said no and was very blasé about the whole thing. I suggested we go to a shop and buy a nice one but he said he'd just throw one together. Money isn't tight so buying one wasn't a problem. Skip to an hour later and he's not got any flour for the cake so he goes to buy some. When my mum gets in from work, dinner isn't ready and there's this shitty sponge that's hollow in the middle sat there with no decorations. There's no bottle of fancy wine or chocolates or anything. I could see that my mum was upset and it's upset me too. We ate dinner in silence when it was ready, most of it was cold because he's not good at the timings of different foods.
He could have bought a nice cake and some alcohol from the shop when he went or could have let me buy her some. I feel I should have been more insistent on going out for dinner because he's done an awful job. I feel like he doesn't really care about her at the moment. I've said I'll get her a nice specially made cake tomorrow and take her out but it's not the same. I know she's going to be going to bed early tonight and crying herself to sleep thanks to his lack of effort