s/o: MD gifts- what's considered putting thought into?

Re: s/o: MD gifts- what's considered putting thought into?

• danlexi04

  May 2011

  LMAO, a fanny pack? I guess if I loved fanny packs it would be a thoughtful gift. Then again, one of my favorite gifts DH got me was a Northface backpack and fleece (two different occasions) I was standing right there when he paid for them and both were 50% off on just that day. This past Christmas DH got me a kindle (I flat out asked for it) but he also surprised me with a green case. The fact that he remembered to get green was a very thoughtful move on his part. Sure I wish H was that thoughtful all the time but he just isn't and I've learned to except it. I also think we forget men think much differently then we do.

  

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• Temp36641187503164

  May 2011

  I got mad at DH today. He is working tomorrow so we celebrated MD today. He let me sleep in and woke me up so he could make breakfast - yay. I went into the kitchen and he had dead flowers....and they were those stinky tropical lillies that I've told him a million times that I hate (and that I'm allergic to). He bought them Thursday because I asked him to pick up a few things on the way home from work. They had been sitting in the garage since with no water. We also didn't have half of the stuff for him to make breakfast.....but he said he'd planned to make me breakfast.
  
  Hours later I told him I was hurt. He's been telling me what he wants for FD since the last one. He wants to go OOT to Charlotte, go to Discovery Place with DS and go out for a really nice dinner. It will probably cost $250. He then told me that we couldn't afford something extravagant. I told him I never asked for something extravagant.....then he stormed off to the store, bought roses (that are dying, the petals are turning brown and falling off) and stuff to make dinner. He came back grumpy and lost his cool when I told him I didn't want a steak cooked on our nasty grill that he never cleans. I wasn't rude, I just asked him to cook it under the broiler. When he blew his top I told him everything cooked on the nasty grill tasted nasty and burnt.
  
  Last MD was great. He knows exactly what to do but plays the "I'm just a stupid guy and you never tell me what you want" card when he doesn't feel like putting any effort into something. He put absolutely no effort or thought into MD yet expects me to do something grand for FD.
  
  I think I have a right to be annoyed with him.
  
  He also told me to do nothing for FD and that I'm never, ever getting flowers again. It's been a fun day....we will both be over it by the end of the day.

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• annibes member

  May 2011

  O and I made a card for MIL today square in DH's sight. I kept saying, "this is so special, baby! Grandma will love love love that you helped make this!" I was hoping DH would figure out my hint, that I'd like him to do something with O like make a card or something, but he said, "hey, Oran- while youre at it, color a card for your mom, too." it was kind of funny, but still: headdesk. They gave me some candy on Thursday, so that counts. They didn't really do anything last year.

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• kimberlyk921

  May 2011

  annibes:

  O and I made a card for MIL today square in DH's sight. I kept saying, "this is so special, baby! Grandma will love love love that you helped make this!" I was hoping DH would figure out my hint, that I'd like him to do something with O like make a card or something, but he said, "hey, Oran- while youre at it, color a card for your mom, too." it was kind of funny, but still: headdesk. They gave me some candy on Thursday, so that counts. They didn't really do anything last year.

  Omg that sounds just like my DH!

  

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