'Husband let me open Christmas present early – but contents left me livid'
Christmas is the time of giving – and if you're planning on buying any prezzies this year it's important to keep the recipient in mind.
A thoughtful present can really lift people's spirits. But unfortunately, you also run the risk of upsetting the person you're buying for if you're not careful.
That's exactly the problem one man had when he got a gift for his wife. He was so eager that he let her open it early – but the contents left her feeling less than impressed.
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On Reddit, the frustrated woman said: "Last night, I was prepping bottles and trying to get to bed while he was going to wash the dishes. He came up to me with a plastic Walmart bag and said, 'I've decided to give you your Christmas present early since it can get a lot of use between now and Christmas'. I thought that was a little weird, but hey, I like gifts, so I didn't think much about it.
"I take the bag, and inside are various unwrapped boxes of Scrub Mummies and Scrub Daddies. All in all, I think it was about 10+ individual scrubbers. He says, 'I'll even let you pick out which one we should use first'. The whole time he did the dishes, he raved about how much better it was than the current scrubber we use (my personal favourite brand).
Thankfully, the wife is trying to let things go. She added: "I'm not seething mad or anything, but I just have to sit here and roll my eyes thinking about it. First, he got me household cleaning supplies for Christmas. I thought we all knew by now it was not cool to gift those unless they were explicitly asked for. But on top of that, he gave me my Christmas gift because HE wanted to use it to wash the dishes that night."
Thankfully, the woman knows her husband has purchased her a Kindle for the big day. But this hasn't left people feeling horrified by his cleaning present idea.
One person said: "Bizarre. You should give him an early present too - toilet paper. Use it in front of him." And another added: "I would not be pleased. That is not a present! It would almost be a present (but a mediocre one) if he wrapped them and made you wait until Christmas. This is just new sponges."
