Her day of love ended in heartache.
A pregnant woman has slammed her husband for checking an item off her to-do list as a Valentine’s Day gift.
The wife, 30, admitted that her husband, 37, “isn’t exactly the best gift giver,” although he “genuinely tries” but “misses the mark.”
Unfortunately, this Valentine’s Day present — which he hyped up as being “incredible” — was one of those moments.
“He didn’t even want to do a date night because he was so sure he had come up with the best gift,” she shared on Reddit.
“When I opened one of our spare closets and saw my wedding dress wasn’t there, I immediately realized my gift was that he took it to be cleaned.”
While it seems sweet, having the gown cleaned was merely something on her to-do list — not the sort of grand gesture she expected.
“We’ve only been married for a year, and I never got around to doing the cleaning because we thought we might retake our photos,” she explained.
“Cleaning and preserving the dress was always on my to-do list, I just hadn’t gotten to it, especially now since I’m five months pregnant.”
When he brought the dress home in a box, he confirmed that it was, indeed, the “big special romantic gift,” she continued.
“I appreciate the gesture but … it’s just an item from my to-do list?” she scoffed.
“I understand that it’s very expensive, but we have joint finances, and I was always planning to take care of the dress. I appreciate that he took it off my plate, but to me this was basically just running an errand.”
While he likely doesn’t realize that the wife is disappointed — and she’ll probably never let it slip — her mom says she’s “an a–” because she didn’t “appreciate” the gift.
“Again, I appreciate that he ran an errand for me, but it just doesn’t really feel like a gift,” the wife said. “Is it really a romantic gesture and I’m just being a brat?”
While reactions were mixed — some chalked it up to a “miscommunication” — the consensus argued that she was “entitled.”
“He did something that he thought you would love,” one person wrote in the comments. “It’s symbolic of how he wants to preserve and keep sacred the day that he married you.”
When asked what the woman was getting for her husband, she said he isn’t “a gift guy” but that she was planning to get his favorite cologne and “probably ‘bedroom stuff’ per his request.
“So it doesn’t sound like you’re going above and beyond here then,” one user said. “I think you’re being a bit of a brat, if I’m being honest.”
“‘He genuinely tries but misses the mark.’ Can’t you just be happy that you have someone that tries so hard to please you?” another critic wrote. “Do you know how many women would give their left tit for a guy like that?”
“I think you wouldn’t be satisfied with anything he does. I feel sorry for you both,” chided someone else.
“To him, this probably feels like he’s preserving an irreplaceable part of your love story, not just running an errand,” one person commented. “It’s been a year, so this feels less like he did a chore that you’ve been meaning to do and more like he went out of his way to do something that he thought was meaningful and that you would cherish.”
“Valentine’s Day isn’t about the amount that he/she spends, it’s about that he thought about something for you and he did, and if he is already not so great at giving gifts, then why do you set your own expectations so high, don’t expect anything and you can be happy with what he gets you,” another argued.
Even still, the wife expressed disappointment, saying she’s “just bummed.”
“I don’t need him to spend money or get lavish gifts, but he built it up so so so much that I got really, really excited for an unexpected surprise.
“Which I guess is what I got,” she said.