Quote Originally Posted by lizbud
A line from sparks previous post stated "He ALWAYS does the laundry because he knows I hate doing the laundry" Thats exactly the kind of
"knowing" that I meant in regards to a "knowing " the other partners
feelings on remembering special days (birthdays, anniversery, etc)

The gift itself is nothing compared to the remembering how the other
person feels about it & making an effort to show they do care about their
feelings by remembering.
I agree with you. The only thing in this instance with the OP is her husband DID remember, it really wasn't his doing that the flowers were late. A card and flowers saying I love you seem very adequate to me, and a thoughtful gesture, so to ME, it seemed odd that someone would be so mad about not getting another present as well. I could see her being upset if maybe he blew the whole thing off and didn't care at all but that's not what happened.

Glacier, great post.