She Asked Her Husband For A Gold Necklace For Her Birthday, And He Bought Her A 50 Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Instead, So Now She Wants To Just Gift Herself The Necklace, But She Doesn’t Want To Hurt His Feelings
This woman is married, and she just had a big milestone birthday– turning 50-years-old. So, for her gift, she was hoping that her husband would buy her a gold necklace.
She specifically asked him for this present, too, since she doesn’t have a lot of jewelry. She also knew that when it came to money, buying a present like that wouldn’t be a problem for her husband, either.
“I wanted a nice gold pendant that I could wear with the gold earrings I recently acquired,” she recalled.
Now, she didn’t tell her husband a specific gold necklace to buy, but she did give him some “parameters.” More specifically, she showed him some examples of similar jewelry that she liked.
Nonetheless, when it came time to open her gift on her birthday, she was shocked at what her husband had given her.
“He got me a fossil fish,” she revealed.
Apparently, the fossil is a stone slab that’s about ten inches wide containing a 50 million-year-old fish, which she admitted was “beautifully preserved.” And while she thinks the fossil was really lovely, it’s still just a fossil fish.
“And I’m sure it was very expensive, but it’s my fiftieth birthday, and I really wanted a gold necklace,” she said.
According to her husband, he opted not to get her what she had asked for because he wasn’t sure if he would pick out a necklace that she liked. And she understands where he’s coming from.
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Her husband also thought she would like the fossil fish, which she claimed she does.
However, she obviously can’t wear the fish, and she can’t help but feel disappointed with her husband’s present.
She realizes that he “did his best” and gave her a gift, with love, which she does appreciate. And she knows it’s a really great fossil fish.
“So I do not want him to think he [messed] up in buying me the fish because it’s a really nice thing to have,” she vented.
But, she does still want to go out and buy herself the “expensive-ish” gold necklace that she actually wanted as a sort of “consolation prize” for turning 50.
Before she goes ahead and does that, though, she’s not sure if buying her own birthday gift would just hurt her husband’s feelings and be a jerky thing to do.
Does it sound like she still appreciated her husband’s present? Nonetheless, can you understand why she’s upset that she didn’t get what she asked for? Should she just treat herself and buy herself the necklace, too? What would you do?
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