She’s Upset Her Husband Did Not Gift Her A New Smartwatch And Luggage For Her Birthday Even Though She Got To Go On Vacation While He Stayed Home With Their Toddler
This woman just celebrated her thirty-ninth birthday last week, and instead of going out or having a party, she got to go on an entire vacation.
She planned the trip with her mother a few months ago and, during the planning process, the woman decided to invite her brother, too.
But unfortunately, her husband had to stay home to take care of their child– even though he apparently did not mind.
“My husband was fully supportive of us taking this trip and would be staying home with our three-year-old son and our dog,” the woman explained.
Anyway, before she left for the vacation, the woman’s husband gave her a birthday gift. It included some new comfy pajamas, a sun hat, and wine and cheese to bring on the road trip.
And even though this might sound like a great gift to some, the woman was very unhappy with it.
Apparently, she had been asking her husband to get her a new smartwatch and luggage ever since she and her mother began planning the trip earlier this year.
So, the woman expressed her dissatisfaction with the present, and her husband came up with a gracious solution.
“He knows I can be kind of picky about gifts since I have exchanged some he has gotten me in the past for different colors or options. So, he offered to go shopping with me so that I could pick out exactly what I wanted,” the woman recalled.
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The husband did not want to buy his wife something she did not like because if she brought it on the trip, it would be much harder to exchange or return.
And the woman did agree and thought shopping together for the items was a good idea.
However, in the week leading up to the birthday trip, the pair became extremely busy and never got a chance to go shopping together.
The woman was half expecting her husband to surprise her with the new watch and weekend bag before she took off for vacation but was “pretty disappointed” when he “did not take the initiative.”
Nonetheless, the woman did not mention anything and tried to enjoy her birthday celebration. After returning home from her vacation, though, she did bring it up to her husband– who got extremely offended.
“He told me that I just spent thousands of dollars on a nice relaxing trip with my family while he stayed home and took care of everything; meanwhile, I am complaining about a watch and a bag. But, I told him that he knew how much I was looking forward to having those items for my trip,” the woman said.
So, in the end, her husband actually ended up apologizing for “ruining her trip.”
Still, though, the woman does not believe her husband’s apology was sincere, and now she kind of feels like a jerk.
Do you think the woman acted entitled or ungrateful? Was the husband’s original gift, plus watching their child solo, enough of a birthday present already?
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