AITA for being disappointed with my Mother's Day gifts?
As above, today I was gifted some items from my two wonderful daughters and husband. I've given him ideas for gifts many times over the past month to avoid adding unwanted items and/or more clutter to our already cluttered house (mostly stuff he doesn't want to get rid of).
Well, I came home after an afternoon with a friend and her mother, as he had no plans for us, and apparently he had taken the kids shopping after I left, there was a fruit tray from the grocery store, a garden statue, and two plushies...
None of which were on my list. List items included a couple packs of pokemon cards (I have a nice binder and storage box I keep them in, they are my hobby), Michaels gift card, books for my shelf, gift card for a clothing store because I've lost weight.
Now I know, when you release the krakens... I mean kids, it can be hard to control them, but I assumed he'd guide them a little on what to get me. Due to health issues, I cannot eat the fruit tray (he knows this), I don't really have a garden, and I like the characters of the plushies, but they are the amusement park level of quality, way overpriced, and the poor things are already falling apart.
I'm more sad and disappointed that he didn't seem to put much thought into it. The kiddos did make me cards and crafts at school and daycare which I absolutely love!
But this is my seventh Mother's Day in a row that has ended like this, with disappointing gifts or no gifts/forgotten. I let him know about the plushies and he just started moping, I just left it at that and made sure the girls knew I was very thankful for their gifts and showed them where I set the garden statue (by my special tree).
I feel like an asshole because I'm complaining about receiving gifts when I know there are amazing moms out there who unfortunately never receive gifts in the first place.