oh honey this is just the beginning... she will continue to manipulate you for ever UNLESS you get on her level. i know why do that well because these types of mothers dont get it when you say no, literally, my mother-in-law never got it when she would make something up that i was to do! i ended up being the b*tch for saying anything! so i got down to her level and she doesnt know what to think! i.e. when my husband first joined the military and was in basic training she would only call to find out how many letters i wrote him vs her... i would tell her but she wouldnt tell me how many... guess who won... of course! now i play real dumb with her and SO SHOULD YOU! unfortunately you will have to by saying oh i thought you were getting the ps3 didnt we dicuss that at (insert when you did) oh well i dont have the money for it bc i thought you were getting it for him! oh well he will learn his lesson by not telling everyone to buy him one! works everytime to shut her up!

unless you said that's what you were getting she shouldn't have assumed you were getting it. Give him the coat and a game and then say to his mum on christmas day "i thought you said you were buying the PS3". Turn her scam back on her

You could have made them all look like idiots but instead you went along and spent more for a PS3 after you already got him a gift. Should have just told him, sorry already got him a coat, buy it yourself.

um, seriously? why didn't you just say you didn't get him a PS3? she can't get angry at you for not buying one! if she wanted him to get one for christmas, she can ******* buy one herself. she shouldn't assume you were buying him one unless you said you were... and if you did tell her that... you stuffed up a little.

your boyfriends mom is a dumbass who goes out and buys a bunch or expensive games without even checking if you had bought a ps3 yet? I'd tell her off u shouldn't have to come up with the money for her mistake

#70 that's right, I have a ps3 for gaming, xbox360 I want it better gaming console, ps3 better all round, not for gaming. stuff the family, give him a xbox in a coat fir all those long nights of gaming get him modern warefare 2

what do you get when you take an xbox360, downgrade the graphic by a tenth, make all of your game characters look like ******* retarded stick figures and remove the multiplayer. a Wii. Nintendo gets an F in enjoyability and an A in marketing a piece of junk

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.

Why are people so mean on this site? Countrygirl0118 I feel for you! I would have done the same thing in your situation! I hope for the best with your boyfriends father! Take care!

Op, don't buy him anything. Give him the coat. The family didn't want to spend the money so they are taking advantage of you. You have just been used. I would tell them, oh you thought I was buying him something else without even talking to me. I don't think so.