Guy buys a $760 Nintendo Switch 2, gets criticized by girlfriend who spent $1,500 on a Taylor Swift heart-shaped vinyl she never plays because it’s a collectible: “That’s pretty hypocritical”

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Etai Eshet • Editor
Jul 14, 2026 7:45 AM EDT

Look, I'm a vinyl collector and never played Nintendo, so you can't say I'm biased here, BUT, funny thing is, I am. Because first of all, it's a Taylor Swift record, which is disgusting, it's heart-shaped, which is distasteful, and this woman doesn't own a record player, which is just insulting. And ALL of this comes before her hypocritical behavior towards her boyfriend's hobbies so just maybe consider putting your heart-shaped record where your heart should be, and start developing some of the obsession you have for generic pop music for your partner.

Mind-blowing idea, I know

But what we really need to talk about is the double standard Olympics here, an event where one partner gets to spend $1,500 on a piece of plastic shaped like a heart that will never touch a turntable, while the other gets treated like he robbed a bank for buying a $760 console he'll actually use every single day. Nobody's giving out medals here, but if they were, she'd be taking gold in Hypocrisy while lapping him twice

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  • AITJ for calling my girlfriend a hypocrite

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  • TL;DR: I bought a Nintendo Switch 2 after saving up for it. My girlfriend called it a waste. of money because we're saving for a cruise, but last year she spent $1,500 on a limited edition Taylor Swift record that she refuses to even play because it's a collectible.
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  • Was I the j for calling her a hypocrite? So, the other week I bought myself a Nintendo Switch 2.
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  • My original Switch was a launch model from 2017, and it was really starting to show its age.
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  • I'm also a huge Mario Kart fan, and I really wanted to play Mario Kart World.
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  • I saved up for a few weeks, bought it, and brought it home. That afternoon I was setting it up and playing when my girlfriend got home from work.
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  • The moment she saw me, she crossed her arms and gave me the kind of look a disappointed mother gives her
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  • "What the h lis that?" she asked. "Um an Nintendo Switch 2. Want to play a game of Mario Kart with me?" I asked, knowing she likes Mario Kart too.
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  • I honestly thought she'd say yes, but instead she went off at me. "I can't believe you bought that.
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  • What a waste of money. We're supposed to be saving for our cruise in January." I replied, "The cruise is still six months away, babe.
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  • Relax. We've only got a few more months before it's fully paid off." I was hoping that would be the end of it, but she kept going.
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  • "You just can't help yourself. We're trying to save money, and you go and buy that." At that point I paused the game and looked at her.
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  • "That's rich coming from you." She looked genuinely confused. "What do you mean?" I said, "Well, if we're talking about things. we've bought, when are we going to listen to that Taylor Swift record you bought?
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  • I've still got my old record player in storage. I'll go and get it." Without even hesitating she replied, "Absolutely not.
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  • That's a collectible." For a bit of context, my girlfriend is a massive Taylor Swift fan
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  • And I mean massive. She's in Facebook groups that post every bit of Taylor Swift news imaginable.
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  • A Taylor Swift collectible vinyl that never gets played isn't a purchase, it's a shrine. It's basically buying a car and keeping it in the garage forever because driving it might scratch the paint. Meanwhile a Switch 2 gets used constantly, played with, enjoyed, possibly even shared with the very person complaining about it, which by definition makes it the more functional purchase of the two. That's not even close. That's not a debate, that's a landslide victory.

  • Like while we were out to dinner last week she kept looking at her phone cause it kept going off cause of Taylor's wedding.
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  • The reaction speed is the comedic part though. The second he mentioned the record, she went from "we're saving money" to "absolutely not, that's a collectible" faster than a Facebook notification about Taylor Swift's wedding lighting up her phone at dinner. Suddenly financial discipline has an asterisk next to it, and that asterisk is roughly $1,500 wide.

  • Anyway Back in 2023, Taylor Swift released a limited edition heart shaped vinyl. They became incredibly hard to get, and last year my girlfriend bought one for nearly 1500 Australian dollars So I said, "Well, you spent almost $1,500 on that, and to me that's a waste of money." She replied, "I don't think that's relevant here." I said, "Yes, it is.
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  • This isn't really about video games or vinyl records. It's about the classic move where someone applies strict budget rules to everyone except themselves, like a referee who only calls fouls on the away team. If spending money on something that makes you happy is fair game for one person, it's fair game for both, unless the household budget only applies to Mario Kart and not to limited edition merchandise nobody's allowed to touch.

  • My $760 (which is what the Mario kart world bundle cost) purchase gets me a gaming console that I'll actually use and you can use it too if you want.
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  • Calling that hypocrisy isn't harsh, it's just doing basic math out loud, which apparently is a crime worthy of a slammed bedroom door.

  • But that record is just going to sit there because you'll never play it. I never gave you a hard time when you bought it because I knew it made you happy.
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  • But now you're giving me grief for buying something that makes me happy. That's pretty hypocritical." I turned back to the TV and continued playing while she walked off to the bedroom and slammed the door behind her.
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  • So was I the j ?
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  • rvend88 NTJ. It's only a waste of money when it's something for your enjoyment apparently.
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  • Calisnaps Do you really want to be stuck on a boat with that person? NTJ.
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  • RetMilRob Your girlfriend is a toddler and a hypocrite. As long as the purchase is something she wants then money is no object. Does she think she is your manager or something? NTJ
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  • TrampolineEnjoyer Take the cruise money and put it into Switch games. You'll be better off.
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  • loricomments Ahh, you see her expensive hobbies are necessary and valuable, whereas yours are just a waste of time and money. How do you not understand how that works?
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  • Good luck with the relationship, you're gonna need it when dating someone that hypocritical.
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  • VivianDiane Ntj. She spent more on a vinyl she'll never play and called your usable console a waste. You were right.
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  • Ornery_Hovercraft636 Please tell us that you are not going on a Taylor Swift themed cruise. NTJ
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  • Sugar_xRush She doesn't find it relevant to the subject of YOU spending money cause she doesn't think of YOUR hobbies as relevant to her life. You have a bigger problem than just disagreeing about how to save for a cruise.
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  • thingonething HI no. Nothing stupider than her Taylor Swift obsession. You bought something that you'll use and enjoy.
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