r/AmIOverreacting • u/SufficientTrain5884 • 2d ago

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

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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)

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u/FunAd1406 1d ago

Thank you! Lol every comment “it’s not about the cost” I’m thinking, yes the hell it is when it is 2.50!!! Insulting. Let’s revisit “if he wanted to he would.”

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u/MiddleWitty3823 1d ago

My thoughts exactly. I'm happy with cheap gifts but $2.50 is the cost of a redbull lol That's taking the piss. If we're going that cheap I'd rather get a handwritten note.

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u/juliaskig 1d ago

You must live in a cheaper part of the country... Actually I don't know how expensive red bulls are, but I doubt you can get a cup of coffee for that.

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u/MiddleWitty3823 1d ago

I live in the UK and (here at least) redbull tends to be cheaper than coffee and is around £1.50-2.50 ($1.90-3.00). Coffee is more like £4-7 ($5-9)

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u/hikehikebaby 1d ago

It's the cost of half of a redbull!!

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u/Ok_Landscape_601 1d ago

I mean, he could have spent nothing and done something creative and personalized. But don't spend less than $5 AND put no thought into it AND lie about the price.

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u/lildebb 1d ago

Exactly!!!

He hit The Trifecta of a bad boyfriend!!!!!!