Was I in the wrong for buying her a card like this?

Question

I was thinking of my girlfriend while I was at work and thought that it might be nice to get her a card saying how I felt about her. I could make her a card by myself at work (as I have done in the past) or pick her one up from a gift store, but for something different, I bought her a custom card online.

I thought it was a really nice idea as you can select one of the themed designs (I chose her fave beach) and then have the recipient's name spelt out on the front (this one had people arranged on the beach spelling out her name). You then type the message you want and it gets stylishly printed on to the inside of the card.

Well this was my downfall. Despite the effort and thought, she hated the card because it wasn't personal enough. This is because I didn't write on the inside of the card with a pen in my handwriting. She said I was lazy and insensitive for giving her this card.

In fact, I'm being crucified for it as we speak. She has just cancelled our date for this evening.

Was I in the wrong?

Additional Details

Thanks Sam :)

It isn't really an e-card though. You email them what you want printed on to it and what custom printing you want and then you pick it up in printed form on the way home :)

Answer 1

No thats sweet.. Just tell her; "I thought it was NICE"... You could just act mad at her for not appreciating it.. but thts immature.

Give her time to get over it & perhaps explain what you just explained to her.. Just tell her you wanted to do something different & tht there will be times when you do hand write cards but times where u want to do something different.. She definately overeacted.. but women are funny like that...
Give her time & ... talk to her.

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Answer 2

well i think she overreacted about the card.. just give her time to cool off and never do that again a suppose

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Answer 3

WHOA!! She's seriously roasting you like this?? No, you were not in the wrong at all. First off, it's rare that a guy will be thinking about his girl and then actually do something about it, like get her a card or something just to say "Hey, I'm thinking of you." That's really sweet. And the fact that you did it online is not necessarily less personal, especially because it wasn't for a special occasion. If it was her birthday, or an anniversary, or something big like that, then I might understand her being a little upset that it wasn't more personal. But you just sending her an e-card out of the blue just to say that you were thinking of her is SUPER sweet. It sounds like your girlfriend needs to get over herself and realize that she's got a good thing, and just because it's not handwritten doesn't mean that any less thought went into it (sometimes e-cards take more time just because there are so many options!!).

Good luck with her and the situation, I hope it goes over smoothly.

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Answer 4

you were not in the wrong at all. if i was her i would have loved it. must be something wrong with to react like that

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