Wife Returns Every Single Gift Husband Ever Buys Her (Even the Ones off Her Wishlist), Throws a Fit When He Finally Decides to Stop With the Efforts and Just Opt for Cash

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    Rectangle - AITA for giving my wife cash for our anniversary and her birthday? 99% of the gifts I give my wife she returns. Even if I buy something she has told me she specifically wants. Even if I buy it off of her Amazon wishlist.
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    Font - 99% of the gifts I give my wife she returns. Even if I buy something she has told me she specifically wants. Even if I buy it off of her Amazon wishlist.
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    Font - It will be the wrong color, or style, or size, or something. She loves to read. So I got her a book she kept talking about wanting to read. Back it went.
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    Font - These days I have two options it seems. I can either shop online or in person with her and get her something she tells me to purchase or I can give her cash.
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    Human body - I don't see the point of scrolling through a website or sitting in a store waiting for her to pick something. So I just give her cash.
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    Font - The last straw was Christmas. I bought her an antique photo frame for a picture of her and her dad that had been in an old IKEA frame for years before the frame got smashed in a move. So I found a frame that fits in with the style she has for her office. She said she loved it. Then returned it.
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    Font - She is mad at me because I'm not making an effort to buy her gifts any more. That's not true. I still take her out for dinner at restaurants she loves. I'm planning our vacation this year somewhere she loves. And I'm giving her money. I'm just not giving her a physical object she will return.
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    Human body - She is upset because all her friends get gifts from their SO and she gets cash.
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    Font - EDIT Yes I have asked her why she returns everything. She either says she doesn't and gets upset when I ask her to show me something I have given her or she says she doesn't know.
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    Font - CZ1988 20 hr. ago Partassipant [2] • NTA. She's impossible to buy for. She just returns gifts anyway. So why waste your time and the merchants time. Your wife should learn some class about being gracious about gifts.
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    Font - CreditUpstairs7621 12 hr. ago Agreed. The title makes OP seem like an asshole, but man, they're really doing their best and getting nothing for it.
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    Font - Returning the book OP gave is what really pisses me off. Buying her a book she's repeatedly said she wants to read shows OP actually listens and is trying to be an attentive partner.
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    Font - Also, a book doesn't even cost that much so why would you feel the need to return it knowing it could hurt your partner? If she'd read it in the meantime before she got the gift then fine, but at least express that shit.
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    Font - The picture frame is also messed up. OP knew it was an important picture and that the frame got damaged in a move. Instead of just getting a new IKEA frame, they spent the time to find an antique frame that actually fits in with the rest of partner's office decor.
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    Font - Obiterdicta 13 hr. ago Judge, Jury, and Excretioner [339] Another option is to consider experiences instead of physical gifts.
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    Font - connicpu 11 hr. ago Be wary of the dreaded "eh I'm not very excited about going there"
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    Font - Elystaa 14 hr. ago ● My ex does all the time by looking at my list (curated for our daughter) then searching for a similar but cheaper item, he often gets it in a wrong size or it's so cheap that seams arnt finished off. Or what was a durable wooden toy is now cheap painted plastic that looks like wood.
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    Font - Hour-Weather7962 · 13 hr. ago My husband does this. Or he gets me things he wants... I admit I'm hard to buy for because I'm content with what I have. I gave him Amazon wishlist. Nope... he doesn't do Amazon. I love him though.. I have 12 pairs of silver hoop earrings because that's what he thinks I want..

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