She Called Her Wife’s Handmade Birthday Present “Cheap” And Said She Expected Something More, And Her Wife Hasn’t Slept At Home Ever Since
This 25-year-old woman is currently married to her wife, Emily, who is also 25, and they always do something extravagant and expensive for each other’s birthdays.
“We eat at fancy restaurants or go on small trips and a bunch of other stuff– sometimes ending our day with over $500 spent,” she said.
So, since her birthday was only a couple of days ago, she was really excited to see what her wife had in store for her big day.
On the morning of her birthday, they both woke up, and her wife said, “Happy birthday” to her. Yet, to her surprise, absolutely nothing else happened throughout the rest of the day.
“I waited all day, thinking maybe Emily had dinner planned,” she recalled.
However, once dinner rolled around, they still didn’t go out. Instead, her wife cooked her favorite meal before putting a large gift box right in front of her after dinner.
At that point, she got excited to open her gift, and Emily claimed to have spent a long time working on it.
Still, she wasn’t prepared for what was inside the box. Apparently, her gift was 10 different jars– all filled with hand-made paper stars.
“Emily told me that every 100 stars was a wish, and she spent all month making them,” she explained.
progressman – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
She honestly couldn’t hide her disappointment in the present, either, and admitted that she’d been expecting “something more” for her birthday.
This caused her wife to get pretty upset, too, and Emily asked if she didn’t like the gift.
She took the opportunity to be honest and told her wife that, while the present was nice, it was “cheap.”
“And we did something nice for Emily on her birthday last year, so I was expecting the same for my own birthday,” she reasoned.
Regardless, her wife didn’t agree with her perspective and accused her of being a jerk for calling the present “cheap.” Plus, ever since, Emily has been staying at her brother-in-law’s house.
Now, she really doesn’t think she was in the wrong for wanting something “special” on her birthday. Still, given her wife’s sour reaction, she’s been left wondering if voicing her feelings and calling the gift cheap was really the wrong thing to do.
Do you think she had a right to expect more from her wife? At the same time, do you think there was a better way to talk to her wife about it or not? What would you have done in her shoes?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
Sign up for Chip Chick’s newsletter and get stories like this delivered to your inbox.
More About:Relationships