Having a meticulous partner.

One of my husband's traits that I hate a bit is his meticulousness with his belongings. In fact, I should be the more careful of the two of us because I'm the woman but he still looks more like a woman to us when it comes to being meticulous about things. Why did I think of this topic? It's because his birthday is coming up and I want to buy him a gift but I don't know what I'm going to buy and I'm also afraid because he might not like it. Maybe you will said that it's the thought that counts and what's important is that I remembered him on his birthday but because my husband is very straightforward and I might just get hurt when he says he didn't like what I bought.

I plan to buy him clothes and pants but because he is a bit picky I don't know what color, design and brand I will buy. Usually he likes the Macbeth brand, I don't know what's in that brand why he likes it but based on my observation he prefers that one because it has no many design. He always preffered plain shirt than a shirt that has lot of prints. In the pants, he likes the color black with straight cht.. But even though I know what he wants, I'm still not comfortable buying. Maybe you will ask, haven't I bought him a gift in the past?

Actually, I'm buying him but not in a way that will surprise him. I always tell him to come with me to buy my gift for him and I will also tell him the reason why and he understands that. Because before, when I tried to give him a gift, he didn't like it and he said a lot of words that is not good in my to hear as for me and I was so hurt that I cried because of resentment.

Let me tell you the story.

We were on our way home from work and decided to go first to a mall near our office. While taking a walk I saw a tumbler and I liked it. I saw pink and black color and I thought of buying the two and loved the black color for my boyfriend. I even asked my officemate if my boyfriend would like the design that I choose, and because she's a woman too, she's also find it pretty.

I was planning to surprise my boyfriend and I was also excited to see his reaction when I gave it to him. We were riding in a jeep then and I gave him a paper bag and told him I had bought it for him. I thought he would be happy but I was wrong. At first he didn't react but in the following days I asked him why he didn't use what I bought. Do you know his answer? It seemed childish. Why did I buy a tumbler like that, it doesn't look like a tumbler for adults. I felt bad no matter what other explanation he made and I told him that I would never buy something for him without his consent.

After a few years of being married, it seems that his principles in life have changed. He is no longer so fussy in clothes as well as equipment. He has also learned to buy preloved clothes like I do. It's been a long time since he bought branded clothes. He bought a white Macbeth shirt I think 2 years ago because he needs it for our son's dedication.

I'm happy to see that he was able to sacrifice what he was used to when he was single because the needs of the family are more important. On his coming birthday I wanted to give him a gift but he refused and said we should prioritize his eyes first because he still needs to go back to the doctor.

Authors note : This article is google translate and make a little correction on the one that didn't translated correctly by Google. Maybe you are thinking why I used Google translate , it is because earlier I am writing a Tagalog article which is the Tagalog version of this but just now I thought of translating it in English as I am not convinced on my Tagalog wordings but after I translated it via Google translate it seems that I wrote it pretty accurate because I corrected a little mistakes by the translator.

Here's the proof that I first wrote it in Tagalog. I am carried away with Tagalog articles that I saw in my notification that's why I decided to write mine but end up changing my mind.