I'm Disappointed. Does that mean Ungrateful?

It's not ungrateful, but sometimes men are just notoriously bad at this stuff. LOL

My dear father always handed us the credit card like the day before an occasion and told us to go pick something out for Mom. It was sort of a running joke in our house. My mother just let Dad be Dad because he was a fantastic husband, provider, father, man. The gifts, ultimately, were only a very minor part of their 65 year relationship.

I sort of married my "father" in that way. My husband has always been horribly forgetful. He literally forgot my birthday the first year we were married. He's given me things I already have. One birthday I came into the living room to find an box of brownie mix and two of those number candles sitting on top. And the were the wrong numbers! LOL. I just laughed about it because, honestly, his forgetfulness is one of the endearing quirks that we love. Bottom line: he's madly in love with me; he is faithful and respectful; he is a fantastic dad. The gifts just don't matter to me in the scheme of things. They hold nothing in meaning on his consistent dedication and commitment to our relationship and family.

My brother-in-law was sort of a bad gift giver. He tried, but never quite hit the mark. It didn’t take long for my sister to just start telling him exactly what she wanted, etc. Worked for them for 35 years of very happy marriage. Again, he is a saint. Fantastic husband, father, person . . . Just bad at the gifting thing.

You find a work-around if on all other counts you have a keeper.