" My husband ( 53 , male ) woke me up and told me he had a surprise for me below . I go downstairs and see a vacuity , not even wrap , mind you . "
Today’s internet story that I found highlights a scarily common issue in relationships where husbands buy their wives impersonal, last-minute, and highly offensive gifts — and it MUST END.
Here’s the fullstoryfromPlastic_Cat9560’s own words: “Title says it all. Turned 50 yesterday. My husband (53, male) woke me up and told me he had a surprise for me downstairs. I go downstairs and see a vacuum, not even wrapped, mind you.”
" He said he thought I ’d like a unexampled one since the current one does n’t have the power to call on off the light touch crimper when used on operose floors . I never asked for a Modern one . It lick delicately . "
“That was my birthday. Not even a lunch or dinner out. He mentioned a month ago about doing something special and going on a trip. I asked about that, and he said he figured I’d tell him when and where I wanted to go.”
“Am I the asshole for hoping or expecting that maybe he could have planned and surprised me with something? Anything? Something more than an Amazon next-day delivery vacuum?”
" When he turn over 50 , I took him toHawaii . Maybe I ’m just being sensitized . Turning 50 has been a hard number for me . Parents and grandparents all take place in that decennium . "
Absolutely zero commenters had any sympathy for the husband and agreed he should’ve done much more for his wife of 17 years.
“I’d be devastated, too. It’s not about the vacuum; it’s about the complete lack of thought and effort,” usergabr1ela0120commented.
" A fiftieth natal day is a handsome passel , and he knew that — especially since you did something amazing for him . I ’d have a serious talk with him about how this made you experience because this is n’t just a ' bad gift ' issue ; it ’s a ' he does n’t seem to care ' issue . "
UserVegetableBusiness897suggested the woman get a little petty for her husband’s next birthday:
" Regift him the amazing emptiness on his next natal day , unwrapped , of course . "
Unfortunately, women receiving household items as gifts seem to be extremely common. One commenter claimed their father bought their mother “towels and kitchen knives” for Christmas and got an earful.
" My dad got mom towel and kitchen knives one year . That ’s the Christmas that lives in infamy . Hearing mammy scream ' I CAN’T WEAR KNIVES ' through a closed door go rent - free in my head,“user DelishySoupwrote .
Another commenter said they purchased and hand-wrapped holiday gifts for their entire family, and their husband ended up gifting them diet pills:
And lastly, this commenter shared a similar story about their male cousin gifting his wife a “Yeti cooler bag” and “four dinner plates” after she customized his motorcycle gear.
" The first year after they were married and had their first baby , my cousin-german ’s wife empower him some really nice customized motorcycle gear and some soppy trinkets like a custom photograph album and his favorite cologne , and we were all follow and die AWWWW . And he empower his wife a Yeti cool bag and some random poop ( like 4 dinner plate in a color they do n’t use at all , lmao ) that he very apparently just walked through Costco collecting at the last second . His married woman was extremely polite about it , but we could tell she was welling up and about to call . His own mama grabbed him and dragged him out front to hand his ass back to him verbally . I conceive he now make it a period to utter to his married woman and involve what she wants first,“user FartAttack911said .
