Aita for being upset with my husband for not getting me at least a card on my birthday.

I have never done this before so my apologies if I am rambling a bit. Let me give you a bit of back story first. My birthday is right after Christmas and I have always got combined gifts for my birthday and Christmas from everyone. This has always been something that bothers me and my husband has known this since we were dating (we are married 10 years). I get a little down on my birthday because it usually gets pushed aside and forgotten. He also knows that even just a card would make me happy. For my Christmas gift, he got me something he thought I wanted because I said I wanted it once over the summer and then he decided to get something that went along with it too and said it was my birthday present but gave it to me on Christmas because they went together. That took me back that he did that knowing my feelings on getting birthday gifts on Christmas but I didn’t say anything. A couple of days later I wake up on my birthday morning to my young kids making me birthday cards while he is sitting on the couch playing games on his phone. He thought he was being nice by letting me sleep in. I spent most of the day doing things around the house like cleaning and such while he was sleeping. Later that night he went to the supermarket to get a couple of things. I thought ok maybe he will get me a little something or a card. He came back with what he just needed at the store. As I was putting the kids to bed he noticed that I was clearly upset. After finishing putting the kids to bed, he comes out of our room and asks me what’s wrong. I told him how upset I was about not even getting me a card for my birthday and started crying. His response was that he thought because he gave me a gift he didn’t need to get me a card. I told him that he has always known, I don’t like getting my birthday gifts on Christmas and just cause he got me a gift doesn’t mean you skip out on the card. He knows I love getting cards for any and every holiday. And because he gave it to me on Christmas the least he could have done was give me a card on my actual birthday. He kept making it about him saying he thought he was doing the right thing and he gave it to me on Christmas because the gifts went together. He kept saying, how was he wrong because he got me a gift. He wasn’t listening to what I was saying and just kept repeating himself. I ended up going to a late movie with my best friend to at least do something to celebrate my birthday. He then got annoyed that I was leaving and not spending the remainder of my birthday with him. AITA for getting upset that he didn’t get me a card?

Posted Dec 30, 2025, 9:13 PM UTC

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