It’s common for young adults to still expect their parents to support them when they need it – financially and otherwise.

This college student figured his parents knew he was in a bad way financially, so when they bought him an expensive cologne, he was annoyed.

Read more and decide whether you think he was justified or ungrateful.

AITA for acting upset in front of my family because my dad got me a $460 bottle of cologne for my birthday?

I’m halfway through my first semester of college and I’m struggling a lot financially.

I have a very old cheap laptop that is dying on me and little money for stuff I need.

Yesterday was my birthday and I met my family to celebrate at my parent’s house.

Attentive parents could have realized this and prepared a helpful gift.

My dad gave me a bottle of cologne and kept saying that he paid a lot for it and encouraged me to look it up.

Sure enough, it is $460 per bottle.

Don’t get me wrong I am grateful to get anything at all especially since he paid a lot of money.

But I couldn’t help but imagine how many other gifts at that price would actually really help me out.

This was indeed a very expensive bottle of cologne for a college student.

I’ve never even expressed interest in cologne.

My family noticed I was annoyed by it and I did start talking about other stuff I might need.

My mom called me ungrateful and is now mad at me.

AITA?

Now I’m wondering if the dad is desperately trying to help his son smell better.

Let’s see what Reddit is saying about this.

This reader mentions a few important points to consider.

This person thinks the perfume is a fake.

Another commenter suggests seeing it as an opportunity.

Another reader shares their thoughts on the matter.

This person thinks they could have handled it better.

Being vulnerable and communicating his needs could have prevented this situation.

Not an easy thing to do, but still.

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