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(NBR) In my time of need he buys generic! Vent...
The combination of my 2nd PP AF and DD's incessant meltdowns the past few days has completely done me in this week. After having a rare yet horrendous time getting DD to bed last night I ended up passing out on the floor next to her crib and being dragged out of her room by DH. First I was pissed because good lord I just wanted to sleep. But then I realized that he knew I wanted to watch Grey's Anatomy so he was forgiven. When I woke up I realized I was almost out of my AF supplies. DH volunteered to go pick some up and checked the box to confirm he knew what to get. He comes home with a big smile and says ?look I saved $1.50 buy buying generic and these are biodegradable!?. Errrrrrrrgh! He bought the generic version of another brand with cardboard applicators, I don?t DO cardboard. I melted down, he became irritated, and it was a ridiculous chain of events.
This is exactly what he did when I first came home with DD after my C-section. I was starved for protein and requested Cliff Bars. He came back with some crazy cheap brand that in small print said ?may cause abdominal cramping?, all to save 50 cents and was mad that I refused to eat them. Just what someone who had major surgery needs?
I know that he was just trying to help and I?m lucky to have the help. I love him very much. But, had he gone to the store to buy discs for his computer they would not have been generic. It makes me feel like a second class citizen in our house, like I?m not worth the 50 cents!
Please send anti-toddler-mama-meltdown dust my way or I may not survive the weekend with DH and DD. Oh, and if you could make AF go away I'd appreciate that too.
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Re: (NBR) In my time of need he buys generic! Vent...
LOL (sorry, but it was funny the way you wrote it, even if you didn't intend it to be
) - first of all, DH has never offered to buy anything related to AF, so props to your DH for that. However, DH does the EXACT same thing by buying the cheapest crap he can find. It drives me craaazy. One time, he went out for doughnuts and came home with dollar store blueberry muffin cake doughnut things. I was so mad. What is so freaking hard about driving one more block for REAL doughnuts.
He also bought a bunch of supplies for me after we got home from the hospital after DS was born, and he bought the generic brand of everything and then claimed to not be able to find some items. He even had his mother with him. I was so mad. I had to send my own mom to the very same store that he went to and get the correct items.
I just don't think they get it. I don't think they do it intentionally - they just don't understand that saving money isn't always the goal. Try not to take it personally.
Sometimes I buy him the generic brand of things he likes just so I can prove a point. Then I say, "But... I thought it didn't matter?"
Dh forgot the peri bottle from the hospital after assuring me that yes he got everything out of the bathroom. I just about killed him! I'd probably have killed DH of he came back with cardboard, and would have then suggested he sees how it feels on his sensitive areas.
Hope your weekend gets better!
Haha. This. And then I'm like "ooh fancy, the REAL stuff."
But cardboard? Yeowch!
That sucks, you definitely should not have to compromise with your AF products. It is sweet that he bought them at all. DH would probably never do that. ALthough, he would never have to because I have about 6 billlion tampons stockpiled in the house. I bought a huge box at Costco right before I got pregnant and then didn't get AF for a long time after I had the baby.
By the way, generic tampons suck! I tried the target ones and they are the worst ever. I swear they are a marketing ploy to get me to buy all new underwear at Target.
Ha! I love a good conspiracy theory.
And I have nothing against generic products, we buy a lot of them, but when I ask for something specific it is for a reason. I'm glad that A. I'm not the only one whose DH does this kind of thing and that B. I'm not the only one who is anti cardboard! lol
I'm in a better mood now that the weekend is almost here. Thanks ladies.
I just choked on my cereal. ROFL.