My husband is going to be so disappointed
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My parents gifted me a Kitchenaid stand mixer in the color I wanted (Pomme) a few days ago. When my husband came home and saw that it was already in my house he looked surprised. I said "My mom drop the bag off while you were at work" and he said "Why aren't you mad that they didn't get you a gift receipt?"...I said "They did" and he said "Well she should have waited to drop it off until we got back home because now what am I going to do with the one I bought you?"...I said "Put the box on the patio and I'll throw it away when the garbage guys come tomorrow." And he said "It's already in my car because I was going to surprise you with it when we got home..." and I said "Oh. I didn't know you were going to surprise me with it..." and he said "You knew I was..." I said "I don't know what you're talking about..." and he said "You knew that I was gonna get you one and I already ordered it a month ago. I just haven't received it yet" and I said "I didn't know that, why do you think I would know that? You didn't tell me, or did you?" and he said "I most certainly did, and I told you a month ago. I ordered it a month ago and it was supposed to come yesterday but it didn't arrive yet..." and I said "You didn't tell me that..." and he said "I did. You most certainly knew I was going to get you one of those because we've already talked about it before. We talked about what color it should be and I told you I was going to buy you one for your birthday and you said you wanted it in the color that my mom...I mean your mom got you for your birthday and I said I was going to buy you one but you wanted to wait and I told you I was going to go ahead and order it a month ago. It should have been here already but I was surprised that it wasn't there yesterday and was really hoping that it would be there today so I could give it to you and surprise you and then I come home and my mom has already given you...the same exact one that...the same one I bought you." And I said "You most certainly did not tell me you were going to buy me a stand mixer. I think you expected to do that, but you didn't tell me because I would have remembered that and you didn't order me one...because...I didn't tell you to. If you had told me that...I would have told you no." And he said "I most certainly did tell you..." and I said "You did not. You did not order me one and you didn't tell me you were going to buy me one. You didn't ask me if I wanted you to buy me one of those mixers and even if you had, I wouldn't want one from you. If you had asked me, I would have told you no." And he said "I did tell you that I was...I don't know why you're acting like you don't know what I'm talking about..." and I said "I don't know what you're talking about and I don't know why you keep saying you told me. You didn't tell me. Why do you keep saying you told me when you didn't? You told yourself and then you started calling yourself me..." and he said "No I didn't" and I said "Yes you did, because you didn't tell me that. You just assumed I would want one from you but you didn't ask. You're so mad that my parents bought me exactly what I wanted as a gift and you didn't get the chance to buy it for yourself and give it to me as a 'gift' from you. You like to do this. Present yourself as my 'generous husband' by giving me gifts that you've bought and paid for. You like to pretend like you're a man that buys his wife thoughtful gifts. You don't like to accept that I don't need you and never have. You don't like that my family gives me everything I need. All you do is make me do all of the housework and yardwork and then you try to act like you're this unappreciated husband that does so much for his wife but in reality you don't do a single thing for me. So now you're mad because you couldn't unbox this mixer and give it to me and pretend like you were being this generous husband but I will let you in on a little secret. I have never, not once believed that you were this thoughtful and generous husband. I have never believed you were being selfless in your gift giving. I have never felt like you have done anything for me. You have never given me a gift. You have never treated me to anything. You have never surprised me with anything. You have never done anything to make my life easier. You have never done anything for me. I don't need anything from you. I don't want anything from you. And that upsets you. It has upset you for as long as I've known you. It will continue to upset you as long as you continue to try and give me things and pretend like you're my husband...I don't know what you are but you are not my husband and you are not my partner and you have never been anything to me. You have never given me anything and you have never done anything for me. So yes. You should be upset. You should be mad. You should be angry. You most certainly should not have expected that my parents would wait for you because they are my parents and you are just a stranger that I happen to live with. I'm not your wife. I have never been your wife. You have never been my husband. I'm sorry if you thought that..." and he just started yelling at me over and over again saying I was a liar and that I most certainly am his wife and that I am the one who is delusional and that I most certainly knew about the mixer he was buying me and that he did tell me and that I sat there and helped him pick out the color and he showed me the order number and that it was supposed to come yesterday and I said yes, I knew what color I wanted it in and of course he did too because we have been married for over 20 years and we have talked about mixers and every time the topic comes up, because we've always had the same opinion...the color I want is the color he likes too and that's Pomme. So of course he knew and yes, he did pick that color...but for himself. He ordered one and picked a color for himself because he likes the color Pomme...just like me. We've always liked the same things. We both like the color red. So of course we would both like the color Pomme on the Kitchenaid mixer. It doesn't mean he was buying it for me. He was buying it for himself. Just like every single gift he has ever given me. But I already knew that and he knows that I already knew that and that's why he was mad. He knows I know that he's lying. He knows I know that he bought it for himself and that he wanted me to accept it from him so that he could feel like he was giving me something and feel like he was being that husband...that's why he was mad. He knows I already knew so he was mad that I wouldn't play along. I already knew that he most certainly did order a mixer...but for himself. Whether he admits it or not. He knows I already knew and I know he knows. So that's why he's mad. I just don't understand why he can't accept the fact that my parents give me everything I want or need. I don't need him. I don't want anything from him. I never have. Whether he accepts it or not. He should just accept it. He gets mad and yells at me and calls me a liar but I sat there and told him the truth and he knows I was telling him the truth and he knows I already knew that he...not I...but he already ordered one...for himself, and he should just accept that my parents...not him...bought me...not him...a mixer for my birthday. I already have it and my parents already gave it to me. And they didn't wait for him to give it to me because it was a gift from them and it is in my house and in use. He sat there yelling at me like it was my fault that he thought I would wait for him when I never told him I was going to wait for him. I don't know why he thought that. I never told him that I would wait for him. I never said that. He knows my parents gave me the car I drive and he knows my parents bought me the house I live in and he knows my parents give me everything I need and want and yet he still tries to pretend like I'm his wife and that he is my husband and that he is this generous husband that gives me thoughtful gifts. He isn't. He never has been. My parents give me everything. He has never given me anything. I have never needed anything from him. I have never wanted anything from him. So why is he so mad? Why can't he just accept that my parents give me everything and I don't need him? Why can't he just accept that he is not my husband?
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