Birthdays....my story

[Anonymous]

OP

What did you want for a present actually? Did you want a spa day, a day on your own to do nothing? Was there a killer murse you always talked about that your wife didnt pick up on as a clue that you wanted? Do tell, please?

[Anonymous]

Today is my birthday, op, and this thread made me laugh! Thank you. Sorry, you got Ragu for your birthday!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today is my birthday, op, and this thread made me laugh! Thank you. Sorry, you got Ragu for your birthday!

He got Raos! That is the good stuff.

[Anonymous]

What would have made the day for you? for everyone to cancel activities and celebrate your birthday? or your issue is with the gift specifically? an apple watch would have made it worth it for you to wake up from your nap? How would you have liked for your family to celebrate it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today is my birthday, op, and this thread made me laugh! Thank you. Sorry, you got Ragu for your birthday!

End it on a high note by binge watching Big Bang Theory tonight. Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not asking for advice.

Yesterday was my birthday. At work I was in all day matings. I was tired when I got home. DD had Band practice from 6:00-8:30; spouse was helping to decorate. While they were out, I had dinner (I was on my own), watched TV (Love the Big Bang Theory), and fell asleep early( during a commercial break around 7:50). Spouse wakes me up to celebrate my birthday...Spouse and kid bring out a cake...I am diabetic, so I had the smallest sliver. I then went up stars to go to bed. (I was TIRED). Spouse comes upstairs with my present. Spouse is not a good gift-giver, so expectations are low.

I am handed a Trader Joes bag. In the bag was a shoe box. In the shoe box was a basket of travel sized toiletries (toothpaste and shampoo). Oh wait, there is something else in the box...a jar of Rao's spaghetti sauce.

For this I was woken up?

BTW, I am a man, spouse is a woman. I shall now buy my own birthday gift.

It’s a normal birthday for a male. Birthday celebrations and gifts are for women and little kids. If you were a female this would be different.

I disagree. Birthdays are for kids. This female doesn't get anything or make a big deal about it.

[Anonymous]

Was their any birthday sex, at least?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was their any birthday sex, at least?

um, he was TIRED, yo.

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Anonymous wrote:I was hoping the toiletries and spaghetti sauce were just hiding tickets to a trip to Italy.

Me too!

[Anonymous]

OP here. honestly I did not expect much/anything. But this was humorously insulting. I mean, I am not really upset -- it is more of a reflection of the state of affairs as a middle-aged bread winner. I would have liked dinner and sex. I did not get either.

Heck, I would have been ok with an uninterrupted sleep, which did not happen.

DON'T WAKE SOMEONE UP FOR HOTEL TOILETRIES AND SAUSE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. honestly I did not expect much/anything. But this was humorously insulting. I mean, I am not really upset -- it is more of a reflection of the state of affairs as a middle-aged bread winner. I would have liked dinner and sex. I did not get either.

Heck, I would have been ok with an uninterrupted sleep, which did not happen.

DON'T WAKE SOMEONE UP FOR HOTEL TOILETRIES AND SAUSE

Waaa waaaa

[Anonymous]

The gift completely fascinates me. It’s so bad it feels like a joke gone wrong gift. Any insights on the selection of those item, OP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. honestly I did not expect much/anything. But this was humorously insulting. I mean, I am not really upset -- it is more of a reflection of the state of affairs as a middle-aged bread winner. I would have liked dinner and sex. I did not get either.

Heck, I would have been ok with an uninterrupted sleep, which did not happen.

DON'T WAKE SOMEONE UP FOR HOTEL TOILETRIES AND SAUSE

you dont even come off as someone that would, or could turn on any woman, much less their wife.

trying to imagine a woman seeing their man sitting on the couch watching big bang theory and thinking this is the guy i want to jump on and have crazy passionate sex with.

[Anonymous]

Your wife is a terrible gift giver and has obvious difficulties reading social cues like don’t wake a sleeping person for sh*tty gifts.

I’m more concerned that you get tested for sleep apnea.

Happy belated.

[Anonymous]

What a weird gift. I don’t know how I’d feel about that.