RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Dec 2, 2017 0:35:03 GMT
Because I just spoiled DH's awesome Christmas present from his parents.
DH had been looking at some new softball bats in the Black Friday sales, as he needed one and there were some great deals. Today, something arrived addressed to me in the mail from somewhere I didn't recognize. I opened it up and saw a bat, didn't think anything of it because I knew he'd been looking for both himself and for both the kids. We use the same Amazon account under my name, so I had no reason to think he didn't order it. He came home, I told him about it.
Long story short, it turns out that it was this great bat that he'd put on his wishlist, his parents ordered it and had it sent to me. If only they had communicated that fact, I wouldn't have given DH his super awesome Christmas present a month early, and without wrapping it or anything. (There was no packing slip or anything in there, either.) I feel absolutely awful, even though there is nothing I would realistically have done any differently.
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Post by hop2 on Dec 2, 2017 0:37:11 GMT
Well- at least he likes it
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Dec 2, 2017 0:54:46 GMT
Sorry, but how were you to know?
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Post by dewryce on Dec 2, 2017 1:51:57 GMT
Oh that sucks, I'm sorry!
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Post by nlwilkins on Dec 2, 2017 2:04:09 GMT
Do not take on the blame for something that is the fault of someone else. You did what was the normal thing to do. I can not believe they would not have given you a heads up.
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on Dec 2, 2017 2:05:04 GMT
Wrap it up and put it under the tree. Yes, communication is a good thing.
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Post by jenjie on Dec 2, 2017 2:33:58 GMT
That's too bad. Yes they should have communicated.
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Post by lisae on Dec 2, 2017 2:35:24 GMT
Do not feel awful. You used logic at a time when people expect you to read their minds unless of course you are the one to be surprised and then you aren't supposed to suspect a thing. This is yet another reason why trying to surprise adults with gifts is just a recipe for annoyance and disappointment. I hope he enjoys his gift. At least it is something he picked out so they know he will like it.
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Mary Kay Lady
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Post by Mary Kay Lady on Dec 2, 2017 7:00:14 GMT
If his parents are computer savvy enough to access his Amazon wish list and order it, they are certainly able to send you an email with a heads up. The fault isn't yours.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Dec 2, 2017 7:26:24 GMT
Not your fault!
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Post by its me mg on Dec 2, 2017 7:36:34 GMT
That's on them for not having the foresight to realize that you would open it/possibly give it to your husband.
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Post by desertgirl on Dec 2, 2017 11:52:42 GMT
Take him outside today or tomorrow, hell, every weekend and play softball with him. I'd be having fun with it now. Local parks, your front yard. Call a softball team member and ask if he/she will come over and pick up your dh and take him to play ball. Pay a neighbor kid to go with him.
Do not blame yourself. Have some early fun!
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Dec 2, 2017 11:57:25 GMT
If his parents are computer savvy enough to access his Amazon wish list and order it, they are certainly able to send you an email with a heads up. The fault isn't yours. True. Plus, this kind of stuff just becomes one of the funny stories to laugh about when recalling C'mas 2018 in the future. |
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Rhondito
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Post by Rhondito on Dec 2, 2017 16:10:25 GMT
They might have thought a packing slip would be included with their name as the billing address?
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Dec 2, 2017 16:24:13 GMT
Take him outside today or tomorrow, hell, every weekend and play softball with him. I'd be having fun with it now. Local parks, your front yard. Call a softball team member and ask if he/she will come over and pick up your dh and take him to play ball. Pay a neighbor kid to go with him. Do not blame yourself. Have some early fun! He was actually already trying to see if he could make his practice tomorrow. I told him now he has to! And told him that I'd certainly never tell if he used the new bat - I sure wasn't going to go down that path with the inlaws, lol! Thanks, everyone. I know intellectually it wasn't my fault, but sometimes you feel badly anyway! |
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Post by leannec on Dec 2, 2017 16:27:44 GMT
Definitely not your fault ... shit happens  Was your dh a good sport? I would still wrap it and put it under the tree  |
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RosieKat
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Post by RosieKat on Dec 2, 2017 16:31:59 GMT
Was your dh a good sport? I would still wrap it and put it under the tree He was. He could tell it was an honest oops and that I felt awful. Plus, he was just really excited to get it! But I probably won't wrap it since we'll be traveling and it's a lot easier to leave a bat at home - he doesn't get all into the tearing paper like the kids anyway! |
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