Why did M. Loisel expect his wife to be pleased to receive the invitation from the Minister of Education in the short story "The Necklace"

A protege of
Gustave Flaubert,used in the short story "" a treatment of main themes, conflicts, and
characters that are quite similar to Flaubert's Madame Bovary. This being
said, Monsieur Loisel is characterized in the same fashion as Charles Bovary: they are both men
who are totally oblivious of their personal realities, and whose state of contentment blocks any
inclination to question anything about their lives. In other words, they move forward blindsided
and narrow-minded....