My boyfriend is mad at me over returned gift

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So for Christmas as a part of my gift, he got me a pair of shoes. I am size 6 and the shoes he got for me were labeled as a 6, but they were actually a size 8 so today I returned them, but their store credit (gift card) machine wasn’t working so they just refunded the money onto my debit card. I told my boyfriend this, and he asked what I was going to do with the money and I said I am going to buy another pair of shoes with it. And he got upset with me saying that it’s disrespectful that I wouldn’t offer to give him the money back so he could get another gift himself for me. I then was like “oh ok that makes sense, ya I’ll take the money out of the bank” and he was like “no I don’t want it now, it’s ok” I guess he’s just mad that I didn’t offer and just assumed I could buy whatever I want with his money. I mean I kind of understand, but I also think he should want me to get whatever I like with it. Is he overreacting or does he have a point?

Category: asked January 27, 2015

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I don't know your boyfriend, but from a third person's point of view it seems like he's overreacting a bit. Most boyfriends would be upset if you return an item because you don't like it, but you had a perfectly good reason to return the item. And if he wanted the money back and he was mad at that, and you're fine with giving him the money back, then you should probably try to buy him something that he would like with the money in order to make it up to him. I don't believe that you were in the wrong though.
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Your boyfriend was overreacting. You might want to tell him to calm down a bit lol