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Pumpkin111
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So, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad of a wife am I?
Pumpkin111
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Let me give you background... C has had a 103-104 fever all weekend and the past two nights I have stayed up till 3:30 and 4:30 holding her and making sure she was okay.
Today, I wake up and DH has this lovely platinum dipped steven singer rose for me and some chocolates.
I cleaned house all day, did laundry, dishes / bottles, etc, and tended to sick baby. We sat down and had dinner and he looked really really sad that I didn't whip out this surprise gift. I told him I was sorry and that he should go pick up a new hockey stick - I have no idea which one he wants.
So how bad am I?? 10 is good, 1 is horrible.
Today, I wake up and DH has this lovely platinum dipped steven singer rose for me and some chocolates.
I cleaned house all day, did laundry, dishes / bottles, etc, and tended to sick baby. We sat down and had dinner and he looked really really sad that I didn't whip out this surprise gift. I told him I was sorry and that he should go pick up a new hockey stick - I have no idea which one he wants.
So how bad am I?? 10 is good, 1 is horrible.
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Re: So, on a scale of 1 to 10, how bad of a wife am I?
10. f*ck it. v-day is purely a womans holiday. dh and i drank vodka and ate poutine and went skiing.
your dh gets to go get a hockey stick. no big deal. to me, that's just as good as buying it yourself. plus, you don't have to deal with the pro shop now
***eta: plus, cami was sick so to me, sick baby=cancels everything out
Um, a 9.5.
It helps that you're hott.
Natalie Kate - October 4, 2011
Blighted ovum, d&c at 9w, July 2012
Blighted ovum, d&c at 10w, September 2013
BFP May 28, EDD February 4, 2015
10
You are an amazing wife and mother! DH will have to understand. If you had a card for him, I would have given you a 12, just for thinking ahead (assumming you got it a few days ago.)
I'd say a 5 if your DD was not sick, but since she was it really more like a 8.
I'm a 2....DH bought me a rebel for valentines day/birthday present and a bunch of bath and body stuff. I didn't get him anything
I did draw him a valentine's day card with a monkey on it from Jack and hid it in his lunch box. I'm a horrible gift giver...he knows to just go buy himself what he wants because I won't.
If your DH is like mine, he would probably rather just pick it out himself anyway. It sounds like a rough weekend, and I am sure he totally understands.
So 10!
"You're a 10! A F'ING 10! I still got wood!"
you're an 11 if you name that movie.
You told H to go buy something. Mine got me new charms for my pandora bracelet and I forgot to even get him a card.
I think for pure shock value, you should have plunked down a poopy diaper and told him...."THIS is why I coudn't pick up your V-Day present. BUT! I still love you!"
Okay, okay...maybe thats not the best laid of plans...either way, I'm sure he understands and the fact that you bought him a gift beforehand that he's sure to love, and the fact that you've had to deal with unexpected sick baby issues. He's also her parent and he knows full well that you couldn't be expected to make it a huge affair given the cirumstances. My advice? (Since....clearly....you're asking...) is to plan a secret one night hotel room get away for the two of you, complete with an arranged sitter, about a month from now when LO is feeling better and he's completely not expecting it! So fun, and he'd be totally shocked and surprised. I love doing stuff like that for DH when we're able to actually accomplish it. It'll replace the "OMG thanks for the awesome gift!" vibe that maybe might have been missing this time around.
I think that you are probably a very good wife! I am a planner, so I have things bought ahead of schedule in case something comes up. DH's Valentine's gifts were bought 3 weeks ago. It's not always easy to get out and get stuff when you're busy and have an LO at home, though!
Did you know that DH would be 'expecting' something?
You get a pass, of course, because you have a sick baby. Maybe next year, just buy ahead of schedule so you're parepared.
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10.
1) I can't believe you managed to clean & cook with a sick baby and nights of being up with LO.
2) My hubby didn't get anything. At all. I used to get mad that he didn't get me anything (When we started dating, there were 2 years I delivered flowers all day and he didn't even give me a card), but now I agree with him that it is an over-marketed holiday. I would rather do something nice for him just-because than because the card and chocolate companies say so. With Christmas (and then both our birthdays) it just seems like a budget buster. DS is our gift to each other that keeps giving.
3) Tell him is gift was SLEEP since it sounds like he was sleeping while you were up with the baby at night! That is an amazing gift.
4) Sick baby = all bets off, everything unnecessary such as Valentine's gifts forget about it!
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This is what I had to do.
I had no idea he was going all out for me and all I had was a card for him because I've been dealing with two sick LOs for over a week.