happy 30th birthday.....here have a.....

lkmc01

SLOW COOKER!!!!!


Its my 30th tomorrow and I've been with my partner for 13 years. We have 2 kids. He took my oldest out the other day to get me a present and I've just found the receipt.


He has bought me a box of milk tray from the kids and a SLOW COOKER!!!!!


Yes I wanted one, but not for my bl**ody birthday!!!!!!


Thing is the box doesn't look big enough for anything other than a single person one!!!!

lulu_92

:rotfl:

This reminds me of my OH, my dad and my uncle!!

Hedgehog99

Reminds me of those 1950's ads for vacuum cleaners where little wifey is supposed to be so delighted with a vac for her birthday.

If you would have bought a slow cooker yourself anyway, just treat yourself to something of a similar value.

Oh, and Happy Birthday!

Orlando_Virgin

If you've been together 13 years then surely you feel comfortable enough to turn round and say "you've bought me a SLOW COOKER for my 30th?! Are you taking the P*SS?"

That's what I'd be expecting anyway, that's shocking, but funny to be fair:rotfl:

Oh Happy Birthday

HPoirot

Happy Birthday.

I'd want to know when he wanted his head slow cooked in one...

fairy_lights

Aah but maybe the slow cooker is just a decoy so you don't cotton on to his secret plan to whisk you away to Paris?

LEJC

Happy Birthday for tomorrow...
I'll trade your slow cooker for the steam mop I got one year....


In all seriousness,I expect he's buying you something that he thinks you genuinely want....and if indeed you do like the other poster said,go and get yourself something that you would prefer as a present with the money you save from not having to buy the slow cooker.


Maybe he's planning to cook tea in it tomorrow as anb extra treat
I actually really believe that some men dont see certain birthdays or anniversaries as significantly as females would and in buying something practical that he thinks you need or have indeed asked for he has listened to you and got somthing that you "desire".


Dont be too harsh on him...you never know he may be planning on using it to cook a special meal too!!!!!

arbroath_lass

If my OH did that he'd get soap powder and a washing basket for Christmas! Okay I'd (probably) have his other gifts hidden and I'd have told him before that the slow cooker is a household item not a gift.

That said, my Oh only ever wants tools for birthdays and Christmas. He makes a list from the Machine Mart and Toolstation catalogues, lol. I do buy him other silly bits but it's probably more for me than him (a cordless drill is not a "proper" gift).

greenval

I'm female but far too practical for my own good. I have to say I'd be pleased but then I was delighted, years ago, when my cousin bought me a toolbox for my 18th!

~Beanie~

My OH is rubbish like that. He buys terrible presents and when I complain he says 'well, you needed one didn't you?' Yes I might need one but Christmas and Birthdays are for things I WANT not things I NEED!!!

I have had at various times: A set of wheel trims for my car (the original set were stolen), a kettle, a new house phone, a gas heater and for Christmas this year, a new electric fire. (It's my house, we don't live together atm)

Yes my old electric fire was broken but I do have the money to replace it myself. I'm thinking of spending the equiavelnt amount on nice things and wrapping them up for myself to open on Christmas day!!

I have had a toolbox and a drill for my birthday before but they were from my parents and I asked for them as I had just moved out for the first time.

FBaby

It's a very dangerous thing to do to hint on things you might like when it comes closed to your birthdays. Some men will be hunting for any clues without the subtility to consider whether this wish is a birthday appropriate one or not. Better to make clear hints if it really matters!

I remember the first year I met my OH and out of the blue I mentioned that it would be nice to have music in my bedroom. It was just a spur of the moment saying, early Sunday morning, the reality is that I spent little time in there and usually would have the TV on anyway, but sure enough, I got a sound system for my birthday!

I've had it for 6 years and I think I have turned it on a total of 10 times. I learnt my lesson after that and never say I would like something unless I really really want it!!