She Wanted To Buy A Bracelet For Herself To Celebrate Her New Job, But Her Husband Got It For Her Instead And Refused To Hand The Gift Over Until Her Birthday
While it’s always nice to be given things we want for free, sometimes we go on missions to treat ourselves by working hard and paying for them alone.
One woman is angry with her husband, who went and bought a bracelet she intended to buy for herself, then withheld it from her.
She’s 29 and is married to her 35-year-old husband. Recently, she was in a great mood, as she had been without a job for a while and finally got one.
To celebrate, she opted to get a bracelet she had her sights on for a while. Her husband’s parents own a jewelry store that sells the bracelet, so he suggested she purchase it from them at a discounted price, and she was fine with that plan.
However, the situation escalated during a recent visit to her husband’s hometown when she stepped into his family’s jewelry store.
“I went by their store and had a look at what they had in stock,” she recalled.
“I decided on a piece but didn’t take it right away, as I needed to withdraw some cash. A few days later, I overheard my husband talking to his mom about me.”
When she heard her husband and his mom speaking about her in private, she was a little concerned, as in the past, his family had been a bit judgemental about her slow-moving job search. When they were finished, she asked her husband what they talked about, and he claimed they discussed the bracelet.
Later, her husband told her that he and his parents thought it would be best if he bought the bracelet for her. She replied that she was happy to purchase it for herself, and that was her original plan, but her husband insisted, so she accepted his offer.
vaankara – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“After we returned home, I asked about the bracelet, and he said he was gonna give it to me later, maybe for my birthday,” she detailed.
“I was annoyed because I wanted to buy the bracelet and wear it immediately, and that’s what I would’ve done if he hadn’t bought it.”
Her husband snapped back at her, reminding her that he had purchased it and telling her it was a sweet thing for him to do. While she agreed with him, she said his actions felt like he had “taken” the bracelet from her and that it was upsetting he would make her wait for it.
They got into a fairly heated fight that ended with her husband conceding and agreeing to give her the bracelet right away. But by then, she was so frustrated with him, and the experience seemed so tainted that she didn’t even want to wear it anymore, and her husband accused her of being ungrateful.
“Now, every time I wear it, I will think about this argument, and the whole gesture feels ruined,” she admitted.
“We recounted this story to his friends, and they all agreed that he paid for it, so I should just be happy, but I feel like if he wanted to pay for a gift that I had picked out and was about to purchase myself, then it’s not fair to make me wait months for it.”
Should she feel bad for not accepting the bracelet as a gift, or was she right to stand up for herself?
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