Am I Overreacting on how i feel about my christmas gift?

[u/SufficientTrain5884]

for some context my boyfriend got me a bottle of perfume for Christmas which i actually love but it’s more about the situation, not that price matters but i ended up spending over $400 on him total for his gifts, so when christmas came i opened my gift and he went on to talk about it first thing he mentioned was that it was $75 which i didn’t care about but i could clearly tell he was lying about it, after that i looked online and actually found out it was under $5 which is fine but him lying about it was off putting, and i also feel the need to mention he makes way more money for me so i know he wasn’t broke . he also talked about how it was special in some way but i was confused on how because the one big thing is its a coconut scented perfume i absolutely HATE coconut and he 100% knows that he also knows exactly what my interests are and what i like so it can’t be that he didn’t know what to buy me. its not about the money or the fact of it being one thing, i am grateful for it because he couldve not gotten me anything. i just feel as if there was no thought put into it, aio or should i bring it up to him? (picture of perfume attached)

[u/54radioactive]

Y'all are giving him too much credit about thinking this out and testing her boundaries.

He was on his way home and thought, oh s**t, I didn't get her a gift. Ran into the drug store and bought the thing closest to the front door that looked like a female would like it - ooh, it's pink.

[u/SufficientTrain5884 → u/54radioactive]

yeah this isnt how it was tho, he literally told me he just went to five below for everyone’s gifts which how i stated is fine but this man knows what i like specifically the fact that i hate coconut there was just no thought put into it

[u/thiccandcurvy → u/SufficientTrain5884]

Oh there were so many other things at five below he could’ve picked that aren’t this 🫠 he could’ve probs gotten you a squishmallow there and it would’ve been better than this. I’m sorry.

[u/SufficientTrain5884 → u/thiccandcurvy]

yes and like i said above i absolutely love hello kitty and anyone who has ever been to five below knows how much hello kitty stuff they have.

[u/Mysterious_Bobcat483 → u/SufficientTrain5884]

Honey and you spent $400 on this person after they TOLD you what they were doing? You need some good friends to help you out I think. Reading your responses, I worry that you're too young or naive to know what's best for you, and you're stuck with someone who holds you in contempt that you think is a boyfriend.

[u/Many_Wafer5428 → u/SufficientTrain5884]

How do you know how it happened, he could be LYING

[u/Brave-Professor8275 → u/Many_Wafer5428]

He told her he was buying all his Christmas presents at five below

[u/sesamesoda → u/54radioactive]

He probably was racking his brain for what scent she might like and arrived on "coconut" because he heard her say that word a lot

My dad is a craft beer lover but hates IPAs and before I knew anything about beer I got him a pack of IPAs two or three times because I had it in my head that was his favorite kind. Now that I know a lot about beer I would never make that mistake but when I was 21 the word "IPA" just floated into my brain and settled in the "beer guy stuff" attic the same way the word "coconut" probably settles into this guy's "woman stuff" mental attic.