For Christmas last year I wanted to get my partner a nice gift, I knew she wanted a Nintendo switch 2 so I bought her one with a fan to go with it. I got her some little bits alongside it.
This is quite a bit more than I’d usually spend for Christmas but I had the money and wanted to treat my partner. Normally we spend around £100 on each other and this meant I’d spent £500 on her.
When it came to give her the gift she was happy with it but said I shouldn’t have bought it and that it makes her feel bad since she didn’t get me as much as that,
I pointed out I didn’t to it in order to get something the same value off her but she just said again it makes her feel shit do what she got me. She was annoyed for most of Christmas and wouldn’t let it go. She again stated a few times that I’d made her feel bad for her gifts.
I felt it was quite ungrateful since I’d gone out of my way to get her something I knew she wanted.
Her parents told her she’d overreacted and should be more grateful. I was talking to a friend I hadn’t seen in months at the weekend and the topic of Christmas came up. I explained what had happened and he sided with my gf. He said I was wrong for spending that much and expecting her to be fine with it when she hadn’t got me anything comparable.
AITA for getting my partner an expensive gift?