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[quote=Anonymous]DH sucked at gift giving early in our relationship, so I finally said one Christmas that all he had to get me was one thing I needed and I would do the same for him. He hates shopping for socks but likes to have colorful socks, so I get him fun socks. I use a specific size planner insert that I have to order from abroad, and it was always annoying to ship it and pick it up at the post office or deal with DHL, so now he orders that for me.

I got a notice of a package to pick up at the post office today and gave it to him so he could retrieve my planner pages/present. Except he said that’s not his package. I asked what he meant, and it turned out it was something I ordered from Etsy.

And then he said “yeah I couldn’t find your planner pages after I looked really hard.” I asked why he didn’t let me know so I could look for them, since they take a few weeks to ship and will be out of stock by January. He said “I figured you could find something else after Christmas.”

I got really upset, because not only would I have not had the planner pages I needed but I wouldn’t have had anything to open on Christmas. I know the latter part is childish. But I was able to find the planner pages in 30 seconds online and get them shipped with 2 days to spare before the new year. It wasn’t hard and it didn’t take an elaborate search.

DH says I shouldn’t be mad because “he tried”. I’m allowed to be a little mad and hurt, right?

I really want to go out and buy a $2k purse now and put it under the tree for myself, but I’m not a $2k purse kind of person and I know that would make me TA.[/quote]

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