By moneycatious - 19/03/2012 23:50 - United States - Seattle

Today, I gave my husband an expensive watch. The first words out of his mouth were, "You didn't use our joint bank account for this, right?" He then asked if I still had the receipt. FML
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hotdogcore 9

Sounds to me like you don't know your husband very well. You deserve it for not only being completely oblivious as to your husband's preference when it comes to spending money, but also for thinking that spending however much money amounts to "an expensive watch" was a good idea in the first place.

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afdude87 6

You'd think appreciation would be his first thought..

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iHateHippiesToo 6

A "present" from a joint checking account is a bill - not a present.

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MDTeddy 13

What a fail husband. Id wear it and be like Porky Pig since I already am wearing one.

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Schmoozee98 0

Rolex meet plastic watch from the captain cruch box

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steph8391 11

Omg. I don't foresee anything good coming out of that.

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william21912 2

My dad did the same thing at Christmas! He asked where and how much it cost and wanted to return it. Luckily for me it was from Walmart but I feel your pain lol

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withasmile 3

While I'm sure he has his reasons to be unhappy about the gift - his reaction was ungrateful. There are ways to be diplomatic in these situations - and he wasn't. He is in his right to return it, and he is in his right to say 'I don't think we can afford this right now.' Also, those who think their wives 'should know them' are delusional. You learn a lot by living with a man, but you don't have ESP. (Which is why some men are surprised their wife is upset when they get a vacuum cleaner for her birthday.) Plus - tastes change. My husband said when we got married he'd like an expensive watch he'd seen for maybe our 10th anniversary. Now he doesn't even wear watches - he says his iPhone works just fine for that. :) When you get a gift, say Thank you, give a hug then apologize as to why you won't be keeping it if you need to (because it affects your mutual finances.) Never make another person feel stupid for thinking of you - because they may stop thinking of you all together!

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simsgirlgem 25

Thats what I was taught in fact one birthday I felt real bad for having to return the gift my aunt Patty got me which was a DVD of the Chronicles of Narnia the Lion the Witch and the wardrobe because earlier that day cause we're allowed to stay home on our birthdays my Aunt Carolyn got me a copy and I had already open it my Aunt Patty was cool about it though the money went towards my first RPG

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laurellkawes 31

Or maybe it's just that he knows they can't afford the expensive watch and she was using bill money to buy it for him

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nickownes1 3

What's funny is her name is "moneycautious"

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strawberryspacejam 11

in our economy, we cant afford to splurge on nice watches or anything too excitable. we have to watch what we buy and keep money tight till we come out of this national debt slump. he had a normal reaction but he shoulda at least taken the thought of saying thanks honey or wevs.

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C0N71NG3NCY 6

Not the best reaction, but he may have a point. He must have been worried about how much you spent on such an aesthetic (useless) item. If money's an issue, you can't blame him. He shouldn't have reacted that way but you have no right to get all bitchy with him (which you surely did).

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