By countrygirl0118 - 17/12/2009 22:30 - United States

Today, my boyfriend's mother called me. She assumed that I bought him a PS3 for Christmas, and she and the rest of his family have only purchased him games to go with it. The thing is, I already got him an expensive gift. Now, I have to scramble to come up with the money to get this for him instead, and save the coat I bought for his birthday. FML
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countrygirl0118 6

HI AGAIN I'M THE OP! first off the coat is nonrefundable, and I got him it because we do live in a harsh area and he has to walk to work wearing a million sweatshirts at the moment. second, no he doesn't live with his folks, we live together so in a way it would be for me too but i thought the coat had a more pressing need. third, i had discussed with his sister and his brother in-law that no, i was not getting him a PS3 until his birthday because blistering cold takes precedence over playing games. AND i had said if you really want to get him a game that's fine, but he won't be able to use it til February. THEN his mother called me, and told me about them all buying him games. I said to her on the phone, "I've already bought him a nice coat and was waiting til his birthday for the game system." She then said, "Oh, well I knew that, but we knew you'd probably want to get him the system too since we've all bought him games." One game is okay, but everyone buying him a game makes it look ridiculous and then he'll have all these games and not be able to use them for 2 months. ALSO i don't want to fight with his mother. This is the first Christmas I'm spending with them and on top of it his dad has bone marrow cancer and lymphoma and has chosen to stop his chemotherapy treatments, so this may be the last Christmas they all have as a family. So I'm not going to cause a fight. FINALLY, all you who commented calling me spineless, maybe you should learn to reserve comments like that considering that sometimes you cannot fit all of the story into the text space provided. But I guess your bad behavior must be a product of your upbringing. Very poor manners. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.

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JERKKMONKEY 0

dude who does she think she is 'assuming' you got him a ps3. FYL

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greatnt249 0

Seems like the simpler solution would have been to, you know, set her straight on the fact that you hadn't bought him a PS3. Either that, or your boyfriend's mom is scheming you to save them from having to buy the PS3 themselves.

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Dr_Pepper_fml 3

did you tell them you were buying a PS3??

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Alphabetica 0

Buy him a really old PS1, like the original massive sqaure things and be like "O i got so confooz'd, your mum said you wanted it!" Nah don't really, just lie and say you bought a PS3 and you got robbed as you were walking home cos you had to sell your car to buy it. Do neither of those things, I just like the sound of my own typing.

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Zion0153 4

I think what I'm going to say is just reiterating what's already been said. If you didn't offer to buy him a PS3, then it's the family's fault for assuming. From the sound of it, they planned this so that way you wouldn't have a choice but to buy him a PS3. Because if you don't, the family will hate you, which sucks, horribly. But his family sounds like a bunch of assholes anyways. As I said though, if you offered and forgot or something, then you should pull through. And if worse comes to worse, can't you return the coat for some money to buy a PS3?

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nofxtime 0

Wait, the all have already bought PS3 games but the PS3 has no.... no I won't go there.

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welderchick87 0

Simply tell the mom you didn't get him one because you already got him something expensive....then tell them to either save the games for a later time when he does get one, or to return them. Simple as that. Just because they bought games doesn't mean you have to rush out and get him a PS3.

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leighannamarie 0

Why don't you just return the coat and buy the PS3?

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russianspy1234 11

"Uh no, I got him a PS2" ~you

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baby_gurl2405 0

y dont u just tell them the truth? its their fault for assuming it remember the saying? 'assuming makes an ass out of u and me"??

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Klu_Klayu 0

Jesus, are you really that spineless?? Give him the coat and tell his mom to buy him a ps3, it's their fault for assuming it, Jesus Christ grow a backbone and a stand up for yourself

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