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Expensive watch I don't want.
I need you guys to check my head. Not sure I am thinking straight.
About a year ago, I was looking at a nice watch (Omega GMT Worldtimer). I did talk about it quite a bit, and tried one on when we were on a trip to NYC. But I decided it was too large, and I already have an Omega, so I moved on. Well we just had a major anniversary, and my wife bought me the watch without asking me about it. Worse yet, instead of doing any kind of research, just bought it from the small Omega boutique in NYC. It is non-returnable! Exchange only, and its an Omega exclusive boutique. She took a bath on the price, and had it shipped directly to our house. She is out of town, and I ended up having to work from home for 2 days at absolutely the worst possible time from a work perspective to take delivery.
I was/am livid. I would never do something like that. I might buy her an expensive jewelry item without asking, but i would never do that if it was not 100% returnable. I am now stuck with this close to $10k watch that I don't want. I guess I could sell it, but I'm guessing we will lose $3-4k in the process.
Am I wrong to feel angry? I think she was legit trying to do something nice, but the way she went about it was not nice, and frankly stupid. I kind of feel like there was a breach of trust here. No, we are not massively put out by the expense, but WOW are there a lot of other things I could have done with that money.
Am I being a spoiled jerk?
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