DH is never getting out of the doghouse for this...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

OP, I just felt shame for you. Good God, the Tiffany suggester wasn't on the money. Take a step back and repeat "It isn't all about me, it isn't all about me."
Yes, it was your birthday. How do you think your husband and children felt when you burst out in tears in front of them. You seem to be very blessed to have such a wonderful husband who would put up with such behavior.

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I can't relate to the Tiffany poster. I make slightly more than DH so if I go out and buy something expensive its not as if I am using up his money. DH and I always talk about big purchases but if we really want something we go get it and don't wait for gift holidays. I can't relate either to actually wanting anything the OP described. To me it sounds like clutter and I've actually wondered who buys this stuff.

I just don't understand how going out to buy yourself a piece of jewelry solves your issue in any way. I mean if you really want good jewelry and that is your goal then you should have just gone out and purchased on your own anyway. The OP said at one point it wasn't about the gift, so its even odder that she loves this idea.

[Anonymous]

I totally get it, OP. It is about the EFFORT. Period. Or if not effort, then Tiffany's. Ha. You want to feel appreciated and you go to lots of effort to make sure everyone else is appreciated. I don't understand why everyone is being so hard on you. It's crazy. But there are some crazy ladies on DCUM, so whatever.

[Anonymous]

New poster here.

My birthday is coming up in 2.5 weeks, and this thread freaks me out!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I totally get it, OP. It is about the EFFORT. Period. Or if not effort, then Tiffany's. Ha. You want to feel appreciated and you go to lots of effort to make sure everyone else is appreciated. I don't understand why everyone is being so hard on you. It's crazy. But there are some crazy ladies on DCUM, so whatever.

Ok, but where was any effort allowed on her husbands part. She micro managed and dictated everything like some control freak, how are you people missing that?

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Anonymous wrote:I totally get it, OP. It is about the EFFORT. Period. Or if not effort, then Tiffany's. Ha. You want to feel appreciated and you go to lots of effort to make sure everyone else is appreciated. I don't understand why everyone is being so hard on you. It's crazy. But there are some crazy ladies on DCUM, so whatever.

Ok, but where was any effort allowed on her husbands part. She micro managed and dictated everything like some control freak, how are you people missing that?

I didn't miss it. I just assumed (perhaps incorrectly) that her micromanagement was in response to his historical failure to do anything for her birthday. If you are still here, OP, is this the case?

[Anonymous]

Someone did a farce about this thread on the DCUM Farce thread.

[Anonymous]

I think the harsh responses are because the OP perfectly described a pretty negative outdated female stereotype..the overlydemanding, emotional drama queen who wants to put on a pedestal over all else and only cares about irrelevant things. Strong women don't try to orchestrate the appearance that they are appreciated or throw childish fits if they don't get candles shaped liked flower or little pink flip flops. Strong women do not get back at their husbands by buying themselves a little bauble to make them feel them like a princess or running to other women to validate their little fit.

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Anonymous wrote:I think the harsh responses are because the OP perfectly described a pretty negative outdated female stereotype..the overlydemanding, emotional drama queen who wants to put on a pedestal over all else and only cares about irrelevant things. Strong women don't try to orchestrate the appearance that they are appreciated or throw childish fits if they don't get candles shaped liked flower or little pink flip flops. Strong women do not get back at their husbands by buying themselves a little bauble to make them feel them like a princess or running to other women to validate their little fit.

Hear hear. Well put, PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

If the one thing you took to heart from this whole thread was THAT suggestion, there's no hope for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

If the one thing you took to heart from this whole thread was THAT suggestion, there's no hope for you.

Hopefully the OP was joking about the Tiffany suggester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

If the one thing you took to heart from this whole thread was THAT suggestion, there's no hope for you.

Hopefully the OP was joking about the Tiffany suggester.

Hopefully the OP was joking with this entire thread! Scary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

If the one thing you took to heart from this whole thread was THAT suggestion, there's no hope for you.

Hopefully the OP was joking about the Tiffany suggester.

Hopefully the OP was joking with this entire thread! Scary.

We've been punk'd. Some man with a wicked sense of humor had to have put this one up. Come on now, 'fess up. Very funny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So many of us have mommy issues. Sounds as though they never get resolved.

I'm finding this thread very funny, and I'm the OP many of you are criticizing. I haven't had a good laugh in a while, so this is helping a lot. Thanks.

Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money.

If the one thing you took to heart from this whole thread was THAT suggestion, there's no hope for you.

Hopefully the OP was joking about the Tiffany suggester.

Hopefully the OP was joking with this entire thread! Scary.

We've been punk'd. Some man with a wicked sense of humor had to have put this one up. Come on now, 'fess up. Very funny.

The original post and her subsequent posts sound real.

[Anonymous]

"Tiffany Suggester: Thanks, you are right on the money."

OP thanks for the laugh. Yeah, what if you did have a child wife like this. Are you a writer? She sort of reminds me of Nora from Ibsen's A Dollhouse, right before her transformation.