When an anniversary present came with a bonus gift card, this wife decided to use it toward a future Christmas gift for her husband.
But now he’s feeling shortchanged, and she’s wondering if she made a misstep.
Read on for the story!
AITA for keeping a gift card I received when purchasing a gift for someone else?
For our wedding anniversary, I bought my husband a $200 rangefinder.
The store was running a promotion where you’d get a $50 gift card with the purchase.
My husband knew about the deal, so when I gave him the gift, he asked where the gift card was.
Since you couldn’t use the gift card on the original purchase, I used it to buy him a Christmas gift that he won’t get until December.
Score!
He said it left an “icky taste in his mouth” because when questioned about the amount spent I told him I spent $215, but he thinks it only counts as $165 because of the gift card.
For context, my card was charged $214.99 for the rangefinder.
I explained that I used the gift card toward a separate $215 Christmas gift, so technically, I’ve only spent $165 on Christmas so far.
I’m sorry, are we really keeping track here?
Here’s where I’m confused: When I asked him for additional gift ideas, he told me I had spent enough.
But later, he said he was expecting to get the $50 gift card with the rangefinder, and that’s why he originally said I didn’t need to get him anything else.
For our anniversary, he got me a necklace (on sale for $190) and a Lululemon bag for $40.
That doesn’t seem fair…
Now I’m feeling bad, and I don’t know if I did something wrong or if I’m overthinking it.
AITA?
So…was it a clever budgeting move or an unintended gift foul?
Reddit has a few choice words for the husband—mostly that he’s out of his mind.
This person just can’t understand or fathom the thinking at all.
This person thinks he has no idea what the sentiment of gift giving means.
A $50 gift card doesn’t seem like much—until it sparks a holiday-sized debate!
This guy has way too much time on his hands.
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