Today, I got a gift from my wife. It was a beautiful watch. The same exact watch I'd sold to our local jewelers for 6k. She bought it for 10k. When I told her, she said, "Hmmm, I thought it looked familiar." There goes 4K from our joint account. I could’ve thought of 4000 ways to spend that money. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I gave my husband an expensive watch. The first words out of his mouth were, "You didn't use our joint bank account for this, right?" He then asked if I still had the receipt. FML
Today, my husband bought me a beautiful pair of earrings for my birthday, to match the necklace he'd spent months searching for online the previous year. What necklace? He gave me a watch he found at Walmart last year. I wonder who the lucky girl with the necklace is. FML
Today, my wife figured out I gave her a dollar store ring for our anniversary. FML
Today, I asked my girlfriend about a diamond necklace I bought her for her birthday, which she didn't seem to be wearing. She then told me she hocked it to pay for her inexpensive phone bill. I paid $1,500 for that necklace, she received $300 from the pawn shop. FML
Today, I gave my wife a $900 necklace as a special Christmas gift. She gave me a set of Star Wars pajamas. As it turns out, I was more excited to wear my gift than she was to wear hers. FML
Today, I bought my girlfriend a very expensive necklace. I gave it to her thinking she'd be extremely happy. Instead she was mad at me because my gift for our anniversary was better than hers. FML
Today, my girlfriend came home and announced that she'd just bought a $40 pair of flipflops. She then declared that I wouldn't be getting a birthday gift this year due to budget shortfalls. For hers a month prior, I'd got her a $300 piece of jewelry. FML
Today, after my wife just cashed in $160,000 in stock options, my Christmas present was two pairs of socks she bought with REI credit. I suppose it’s better than last year’s spatula. FML
Today, for our 2-year anniversary, I bought my girlfriend a beautiful $400 necklace. She bought me a pink $5 shirt of Elton John riding a piano through space. FML
Today, I got my husband a really expensive Bulova watch. He asked for brown. I got him a brown and gold leather watch. He said it looked to much like the cheap $10 watch in his collection and asked if I could exchange it. I can’t - no refunds. Now we are fighting because he can’t express his feelings. FML
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Nhayaa2.0 17
If you can afford to pay 10k for a watch, you don't need the 4k. Or you have recent money issue and you should tell your wife to stop spending the money you know longer have. In both cases, who the f*ck spends that much on a watch?
fmylife2903 6
You deserve it simply cause you should’ve told (and shown) your wife about selling that watch in the first place.
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Nhayaa2.0 17
If you can afford to pay 10k for a watch, you don't need the 4k. Or you have recent money issue and you should tell your wife to stop spending the money you know longer have. In both cases, who the f*ck spends that much on a watch?
Major Ahull 3
Maybe you should've asked for a threesome.
rayraysoto 10
question... how is it a gift from your wife if its coming from a joint account? 🤔
jobekka 20
most married couples only have joint accounts
fmylife2903 6
You deserve it simply cause you should’ve told (and shown) your wife about selling that watch in the first place.
RichardPencil 32
Like, get one of everything from the Dollar Store?
RichardPencil 32
If $4000 seems like a lot of money to you, maybe you're not wealthy enough to be wearing a $6,000 to $10,000 watch. It's a signal to show people how rich you are.
jobekka 20
he never said dollars
raven_of_azarath 35
He also never said anything else either.
Chazzster 32
Kind of an even more bummer version of “The Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry (Google it). Most couples put a limit on spending either can make from a joint account without consulting the other - For any type of purchase. OP you and you wife need to do that - It would saved a lot of money! You and wife are due for some honest discussion on your financial situation and planning.
Jonkbaby 23
and to think, you didn't think to tell your wife. ydi