Am I just being ungrateful?

Husband brought me an electric toothbrush for my birthday. Which would have been a great gift for someone that actually expressed they want one. Which I have done the OPPOSITE of. He has an electric toothbrush, and I HATE them which BTW I’ve told him this many times. He’s told me before that he would get me one and I said NO because I hate them and I’m never going to use it, I prefer using manual toothbrushes. I even make fun of him that he has to charge his toothbrush and say it’s first world problems when he can’t find the charger. It’s like he has zero listening skills?? Why would he buy me that if I’ve told him how much I hate them??? I just don’t understand. I’m seriously baffled. So of course I can’t hide my emotions and I told him this and now he’s PISSED and saying I’m never getting you anything and left the room and sleeping in another room. I spoke to him before about being thoughtful with presents. He just doesn’t get it. He also brought me a mug that said mummy and about being a mother, and said it’s from our child, and brought me a necklace with our child’s name with a little birthstone on it (which I have to say he did listen to this because I kept saying I want a necklace with our child’s birthstone but I didn’t mean one with the name on it, and the birthstone is so little it’s on the dot of the i) I loved these btw but I feel like those gifts would be more suited for Mother’s Day and not a birthday present because my birthday is celebrating ME and not celebrating me being a mother??!! I didn’t even mention this part to him because he got offended and started raising his voice and telling me to shut the fuck up. I feel like I can never ever communicate anything with him because every single time I do it leads to him getting explosive and then shouting and swearing at me all in front of our young child btw. He doesn’t know how to communicate at all. When I say this he says that’s all you do just point stuff out about me. Can’t even tell him to communicate better. That’s a whole other issue though. It’s like speaking to a child. For Mother’s Day last year he brought me a where’s Wally personalised book of me which was quite cool but again I expressed I would like something personalised relating to being a mother for Mother’s Day. He took it as getting something personalised. I didn’t say anything about that gift because I did like it, even though I didn’t really want that for Mother’s Day. Ugh I just find it annoying because I get him such thoughtful gifts and make the effort.
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As for the toothbrush, I would be annoyed too, especially if I had expressed not being a fan of them. I would ask him for the receipt so you can return and I’d get yourself something you’d like. For the necklace, I expressed to my husband things like this in the past and he’s tried but missed the mark of exactly what I was looking for. I know it’s helped me if I provide a link or a picture of exactly what I want. This happened with an initial necklace I wanted. I already had an expensive one I bought when I was working with his and I’s initials and wanted our daughters added on after she was born. He did find the right place but couldn’t find where to only pay for the initial and not a whole new necklace. He ended up buying a different necklace so now I have two 🫠 I’ve got other jewelry too that isn’t my style, but bless his heart. It sounds like your husband tried with your other gifts, even if they didn’t hit the mark.

I’d cut him a little slack, men aren’t naturally as great at gifts as we are. The ones that are are like unicorns I swear. His behavior and communication could be improved on. That’s communication style doesn’t go far 🫤

I’d be annoyed about the toothbrush but the necklace and mug seem sweet I love getting stuff having to do with my kids we have 4

Lol some people are horrible gift givers.. my brother is like that.. I'm legit the easiest person to buy for but he will get me the weirdest things.. my sister says the same.. we kind of make a game of trying to figure out his logic.. For example: I hate having my feet touched in any way.. like I will cut my nails and it's the worst thing I could do... and he decided to get me a full foot spa with cream and all...

@Jacqueline yeah I think I need to lol he tried just wish he didn’t buy me a damn toothbrush that I said I hate lmao. He said he will return it and I can buy something I like but he didn’t say it in a nice way so idk what to do. I feel like if I acted fake and didn’t say anything then I would have no choice but to use the damn toothbrush everyday, so I had to say something lol

@Tashina yes they were quite sweet, I would have liked them for Mother’s Day though not on my birthday. And it’s the fact that I don’t even wear silver jewellery because it doesn’t suit my skin tone, I wear gold tones. I told him this ages ago after he brought me a silver necklace and he still went and brought a silver one again FFFSSSS it’s like he doesn’t even listen ????

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