Wealthy husband buys a fake designer bag for his wife, then gaslights her after it breaks, humiliating her at the Gucci store when she demands a repair: ‘He misled me’

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  • AITA For being upset that my husband bought a bag from canal street for my birthday and tried to pretend it was real?
  • So my husband (33M) and I (31F) both have solid six-figure jobs in HCOL area. We're comfortable, we budget, and occasionally treat ourselves. For the past few weeks, I'd been researching Gucci bags.
  • obsessively sizes, colors, which events they'd work for, even comparing prices and styles in a spreadsheet. I finally found the perfect one: the size, color, and style I wanted, and everything matched what I had been looking for.
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  • A few days before my birthday, we went to the mall for a date night. We were planning to see a movie, but we got there early, so we wandered around and did some shopping. I saw the exact bag I'd been obsessing over,
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  • and it was on sale. I told him I was tempted to buy it right then, but he smirked and said, "Maybe don't. You might not need to." My birthday was the next week, so I took that as a hint he might've already gotten it as a surprise.
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  • Birthday comes, and he hands me a Gucci box. At first, I was thrilled it looked perfect the exact bag I had been talking about. But when I tried to unzip it, the zipper came off immediately. I was furious. I was
  • ready to march straight into the store and demand a replacement. My husband tried to calm me down, saying it wasn't that bad and he'd just buy another one. I told him he shouldn't have to he just bought this one, and it should work.
  • I asked for the receipt, and he said he didn't have one, claiming he bought it at a store in NYC when he went for work a few weeks ago. I had birthday dinner reservations that night, so I couldn't go to the store then, but I planned to go the next day after work.
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  • That entire birthday dinner, I was upset. I kept thinking about taking my new bag out, and every time I saw someone else with a real designer bag, I got more frustrated. I ruined the
  • whole night because I couldn't stop obsessing over it, and my husband kept reassuring me it was fine and that he would get a new one the next time he went to NYC (he goes there frequently for work).
  • The next day, I decided to try my local Gucci store to see if they could replace it. As soon as the clerk examined it, they said it was fake made in China, some logos were off, and the construction clearly wasn't authentic.
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  • When I confronted my husband at home, he admitted that his coworkers told him Canal Street was a "great place to get a bag cheap that looks real" and that their wives wouldn't know the difference.
  • I'm furious. He lied, the bag broke, and my birthday ended up ruined. He thinks I'm overreacting, calling it just a "fun gesture," and saying I didn't even notice the difference at first. He keeps saying it's not a big deal and that he'll just buy me another one.
  • But it goes deeper than that. He broke my trust and lied to my face. I was more than willing to buy the bag myself, but he wouldn't let me, and then
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  • pretended he had "taken care of it" for me. I'm upset not because of the bag itself, but because he misled me and disregarded my feelings.
  • AITA for being upset that my husband bought me a fake Gucci bag, tried to pass it off as real, and it broke immediately?
  • Aggravating_B... NTA When he started lying to cover, that sealed his fate.
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  • Aria1728 He should have been honest even if it embarrassed him. As soon as the zipper broke, he knew the jig was up. He could have said, "I'm sorry! I should have just bought the real thing. Let me go buy you the real thing!" Then she could have forgiven the foolish choice he made to try to get her a fake luxury purse.
  • littlewitten Why does he think it's ok to lie to you? That's what you should be really focused on. You are not overreacting bc it's the lie that is the problem

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