Man Wears Fancy Watch When Meeting Girlfriend's Parents, Girlfriend's Dad Berates Him

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mattstaff
Aug 31, 2021 9:00 AM EDT

It really doesn't sound like this woman's boyfriend was trying to flaunt his wealth when he went to meet her parents. If anything, he was just wearing that (obscenely) pricey watch purely out of habit. Well, that didn't stop her dad from having a bit of a meltdown over the wardrobe choice. The moral judges of Reddit's AITA seem to be in agreement that the boyfriend wasn't in the wrong for his decision to sport the expensive watch. 

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    Font - 2 2 e 2 3 3 2 AITA for wearing a nice watch to meet my girlfriend's parents? Not the A-hole It sounds bad I know... I am a 28M and my girlfriend is 26F. We've been together for about 6 months and I have loved every minute of it. This incident happened yesterday. I have a passion for watches and I consider myself a collector. For context, I come from a wealthy background and through that I was able to create a business with a friend after college. Things have really popped for us over the
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    Font - I'm doing well but I also prefer to save rather than spend if I can. I was always taught the age old cliché that "money talks but wealth whispers." I live in a nice, but relatively modest house in a great family neighborhood, it feels like home to me so it's all I really need. The only things that I really put money into are my passions: watches, golf, and music gear. So she and I were getting ready to go meet her parents who are from out of state on their way to their vacation. This was
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    Font - So we get ready to go meet them at the restaurant, which was a perfectly nice place by the beach, and I threw on a pair of nice shorts and a polo along with my daily watch, which is a Rolex Batman GMT that I've had for 4 years. Putting it on is habitual. I don't really think about it. When we got to the restaurant we exchanged greetings and got to our table. Everything was going good. Halfway through her dad glances down at my wrist and asks to see the watch I had. I took it off and hande
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    Font - I asked him what he meant and he just says "This stuff may be impressive to 'your people' but my daughter isn't some trophy for you to flaunt! I'm not going to let my daughter get close to you just for you to get tired of her and leave her heart-broken. I know your kind." I had more than enough. I told him he knows nothing about me or my character we left the restaurant. I got pretty worked up on the drive home. She kept telling me that it wasn't my fault and she's never seen him act like
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    Font - That got me thinking. Was I the asshole here? Should I have not worn the watch since it was a first meeting? Was I wrong for getting up and leaving? I know I wasn't trying to prove anything to the guy, I was just wearing something that I always do. But then I start thinking that I must've not read the room properly. I feel terrible about what happened. TI;dr: Wore a nice watch to meet the girlfriend's parents and her father used it as a means to make assumptions about my character. 6.6k 8
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    Font - 1 Award NTA He's off his rocker. Wear the watch. 6 Reply 4 11.2k 3 ...
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    Font - frannyfranfran5 · 3d Certified Proctologist [28] NTA. Its not your fault that he has an enormous chip on his shoulder. Sorry that your gf's dad is a jerk. Hope things can get smoothed over. But guys like that aren't known for their apologies. I feel bad for your gf, but it would have been nice if she stuck up for you. G Reply 1 541 3 ...
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    Rectangle - kidwgm · 3d NTA. Your GF's dad is a tool. If you were waving it around in his face that would be one thing but just wearing it on your wrist is another. People offended by this says more about them than it does about you. G Reply 4 939 3 ...
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    Font - DaniCapsFan · 3d Colo-rectal Surgeon [34] It's a nice watch. You like it. You're not wearing it to impress anyone; you're wearing it because you like it. It's not your fault her dad has a chip on his shoulder. NTA G Reply 4 228 ...
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    Font - Sounds like dad has issues with "rich folk" but these are his prejudices and don't reflect on you. Since he's not your relative, your GF needs to be the one to talk to him and tell him how you treat her and how much effort you put in to your success. He needs to realize that he snap-judged you unfairly, or she can tell him she'd prefer no input at all from him on her social life. NTA G Reply 19 3 ...
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    Font - NTA Her dad was completely out of line and she's not much better for backing him up. What bizarre behavior. Edit: Completely ignore anyone in here that calls you TA. You can tell by their posts, they're just as salty and jealous as your GFs father. O 6 Reply 4 65 3 ...
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    Font - 67SuperReverb · 3d NTA. You get to wear whatever watch you like. G Reply ...
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    Rectangle - darthtimon • 3d NTA. All you did was wear a watch. Unless you were going out of your way to flaunt it you did nothing wrong. G Reply ...
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    Font - NobleLlama23· 3d NTA. People do this all the time from lower socioeconomic status. The other week a friend of mine asked what I did that weekend and I said I went to my families summer house, she responded with "wow, that must be nice" in a tone that was off putting. So I pressed about it and she said I shouldn't flaunt my wealth, I was just answering a question. Some people just can't get past that chip on their shoulder. G Reply ...
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