Women- Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?

Ladies (men you can chime in as well of course) I would love to see what you think about this.

My coworker tells me today that her husband wants to buy her earrings for their 1st wedding anniversary (nice guy, right?) So she picks out a pair online that is about 1200 $ they go to the store and she actually realizes they are too big and she would be happy with the pair for $ 299.00

So she says, ah yeah and then I can spend the rest at Tiffany's or maybe I just wait since I want to buy him a plasma TV for Christmas

I laughed at her because I thought that was just so wrong. I mean if he buys her a gift that is nice but adding up to reach the amount he initially was willing to spend is just so cheap.

Is it me, am I just stupid for not being greedy? What do you think ?

 

yeah.. that is pretty tacky.. some are like that though

 

I think that is ridiculous....but if the guy will spend the cash...

 

I don't know. Doesn't seem that odd of a thing. Perhaps it was how she presented it to you made it seem really coarse but the idea that she would "round out" her gift isn't that far off.

It's like this. My "significant other" loves making gift baskets and theme presents which is really sweet and thoughtful though it seems like I do not use nor really like. So to HIM I presented it something like this.

Me: OMG look at this gorgeous mink hat/coat or whatever . I love it (insert squeals and jumping up and down).

Him: Baby you look hot!

Me: oooo my birthday is coming and you know how much hotter it will look with thigh high boots.

Him: Babe, its yours.

Me: Pouting-but then I won't get my little gift baskets. I love them. pout pout pout.

Him: I will put it in a basket but you still can't have it until your birthday.

Me: WAIT TIL MY BIRTHDAY YOU BIG MEANY! Well, OK-at least I will have my awesome hat ( insert mushy little pet names and kissy kissy) . I guess its even cooler to get like a super big gift than lots of stuff too.

Him: Let's practice how you will look in your boots.

Now-of course it wasn't like this verbatim. And I could have easily said-Honey instead of lots of little gifts could I just have one big gift. But then that would hurt his feelings since he works so hard on them.

 

Another good reason to legalize prostitution.
That way this kind of women can freely engage in this business without the need to fake love and emotions.

I just wonder why there are still men out there who are playing along. :?

 

Because some men need "love" more than they need money.

 

and some men are pussy whipped...

or the piece of eye candy is more important than how shallow and materialistic or even selfish a woman might be..

 

I don't like that one bit Chigirl. I don't like when people are deceptive & I find that to be a little sneaky & dishonest.
If I gave her $1200 dollars to buy a gift & later found the receipt & she had only spent $300 dollars on it I would never really trust her with my money again.

Now if I gave her $1200 to spend on the earrings & she comes back & shows me the receipt where she spent $900 dollars less it would go a long way in earning my trust & I would probably tell her to spend the balance on something else anyhow.

If I somehow found out she had pocketed my money without telling me I really think it would bring up trust issues. What else is she deceiving me about?

 

Thank you all for posting!

Kinfolk, I need to clarify, she did tell her husband that she intends to spend the rest of the money somewhere else. I just find the entire idea of how they go about it so wrong. Maybe I am to romantic but I think a present is a present, if he is not sure what she wants they can go to the store together but he still buys it and end of story. No I'll give you 1200$ and you go out and have fun with it. That to me is not a present... See I am used to buying my own things, if I can't afford them I can't end of story. If my partner wants to give me a present it should come as such and not as a "shopping allowance"

I guess with gift cards, money cards etc. we have lost a lot when it comes to the art of giving a gift.... :cry:

 

Daphne, your pimp game is on a whole other level...Damn. :smt029

 

This kind of stuff makes me mad.

I was having coffee at the deli this morning next to this middle-aged white American man. We were chatting, and he asked me where I was from. I said Russia and he said yeah, Russian girls are very pretty, I had a Russian girlfriend a few years ago. Really?, I asked. He said, yeah, but she wanted me to marry her and I couldn't afford to marry her. :shock: Hmm, so was it a mail order bride? I didn't ask him that because I didn't want to get in his business, but when he said "she wanted to become an American citizen", I figured she was either a mail-order bride or a local opportunist. And he said with a sigh, "she was REALLY beautiful!"

It made me mad that when I said I was Russian, this man associated me with this girl. I told him the name of the college I went to, he was impressed, and when I told him I was married to an African, his bright blue eyes became round, and he stared at me for about five minutes. He asked, where did you guys meet? I said, New York, and joked, you find all kinds of combinations in New York. I was smiling, but inside I was really mad. But I don't blame him - I blame her! :evil: I said, "who said a man is there for you to use him?" The male does the courting, definitely - even male snakes bring prey to the female, I saw on discovery channel! but gold-digging is disgusting.

In the case of the above-mentioned wife, I don't get it at all. They're a family... don't they share the money? If it gets spent, don't they both lose it?