She’s Still Bitter After Her Husband Did Absolutely Nothing For Her On Her Birthday And Claimed That She Never Celebrated Him On His Birthday
This woman is currently married, and when it was her husband’s birthday, she tried to do her best to make him feel loved, celebrated and appreciated.
At the time, she decided to invite family members over for a birthday dinner. Then, they all ate, had cake, sang Happy Birthday, and gave him presents.
She realizes that the dinner wasn’t anything super fancy or extravagant, either.
“And we’re struggling financially, but I could afford to feed everyone, so I did what I could,” she recalled.
But her husband’s birthday was only two weeks before hers, and when her birthday rolled around, he did absolutely nothing to celebrate her.
In fact, he never even said “Happy Birthday” in the morning or showed any indication that he remembered what day it was.
Instead, it wasn’t until the middle of the afternoon, when he realized that she was responding to a bunch of happy birthday messages on her phone, that it was actually her birthday.
At that point, her husband asked, “It’s the thirteenth?” And she simply responded, “Yup, all day.”
Even after realizing it was her birthday, though, her husband still didn’t make an effort to do anything special. All he responded was, “Oh,” before the conversation moved on to other topics.
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“I didn’t get a happy birthday. Nothing more happened,” she revealed.
Her mom did take her out to lunch the following morning, but that was only because she was feeling really upset. Apparently, her mom called on her birthday to ask how her day was going, and she admitted that her husband did absolutely nothing for her– leaving her hurt and disappointed.
His lack of effort really started to bug her, too, so she eventually decided to just confront her husband once and for all. However, when she expressed feeling upset, he just claimed that she didn’t do anything to celebrate him on his birthday, either.
“What do you do for my birthday every year?” he asked.
To her, that was really invalidating since she always tried her best to make him feel special while working around their budget. So, ever since her birthday, she hasn’t been able to look at her husband the same.
Things also continued to be tense throughout the holidays. On Christmas, for instance, she made sure that everyone in their family had something to open under the dress– despite their financial struggles.
“But, once again, I received nothing– no loving ‘Merry Christmas, baby,’ or anything,” she vented.
This has made her pull away from her husband in the new year. Still, she realizes that they’ve had their fair share of issues over the last year.
So now, she’s not sure if holding a grudge and still feeling bitter about how her husband did nothing for her on her birthday is really justified or not.
How would you feel if your spouse didn’t even remember or celebrate your birthday? Why do you think her husband is acting like she didn’t host a birthday dinner for him? What advice would you give her?
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