My wife wants to buy a $900 gift for her best friend's birthday!

[Crease1234]

My wife just called me and said she's thinking of buying a $900 Louis Vuitton bag for her best friend (who is very materialistic). We do have some savings now, but she said that she can stop her student loan payment (~$1k per month) for 2 months to pay for it. She's a year 2 medical surgery resident now, and will be a doctor in the future, and she said these two months of loans will not make too much of a difference. To make the sell to me easier, she said she will not buy her anymore gifts for the next 4 years. I basically told her it's a ridiculous idea. I can understand spending that amount on a family member, or a friend in need. But to buy a $900 bag for her stay-at-home mom friend is simply ridiculous.

Thoughts?

[rustyknife]

Phuck that man.

[dryst]

no...


just out of curiousity, what did she get you for your birthday?

[NedStark]

Stay at home... wow....
Damn dude I mean.. I think you shouldn't argue... damn I feel like a ******* saying that. But I don't think its worth the arguement I feel like its going to turn into something worse. srs just let her slide it by this time....Idk I wouldn't usually say this

[jeffbear]

Woman logic. srs. My wife will put off serious bills for stupid chit all the time. Most times I have to drop the finantial hammer and say "NOT ON MY WATCH!" Do not allow this purchase.

[nvrstopworking]

$900????

You'd better be getting a 3some out of it.....

[Jmoney89]

My wife just called me and said she's thinking of buying a $900 Louis Vuitton bag for her best friend (who is very materialistic). We do have some savings now, but she said that she can stop her student loan payment (~$1k per month) for 2 months to pay for it. She's a year 2 medical surgery resident now, and will be a doctor in the future, and she said these two months of loans will not make too much of a difference. To make the sell to me easier, she said she will not buy her anymore gifts for the next 4 years. I basically told her it's a ridiculous idea. I can understand spending that amount on a family member, or a friend in need. But to buy a $900 bag for her stay-at-home mom friend is simply ridiculous.

Thoughts?

agreed. thats a lot of money for a purse for a women who doesnt even have a job herself. she doesnt need that purse

[Preban_AR15]

wow, buying materialistic items for SOMEONE ELSE over paying off your OWN debt.

[polejump]

**** that.

900 dollars for a bag? Best scam ever.

[armyr0b]

strong friend your wife has

[manletgenetics]

Sounds like you married the wrong bish (srs)

That's a pretty big red flag. Sounds like your wife expects a rich lifestyle.

[cavvz]

strong idiot

[Negbro]

As smart as your girlfriend may be, and this may be a generalization (albeit a true one), but women are bad with finances. They are driven by impulses, so for her the fact that she can make her besties day/week/month by buying her some useless, overly branded status symbol that the women probably doesn't have the wardrobe to support (brb wearing a pair of sweats & my louie bag to Dunkin' Donuts), seems like a good idea. They will also likely have a falling out in the not too distant future, leaving you to have an ear full about much your wife regrets ever getting that bish the bag in the first place.

[bustermac]

She can buy it WHEN she's a doctor. $900 for a bag is just STUPID unless it comes with $850 worth of gold coins in it.

[ksnoya]

A materialistic woman would be happy with a $4-500 wrist purse or wallet or some sht like that. Tell your wife to do that instead, at least it's cheaper, but remember that your wife is going to be making an abundance of money in a few years.

[FreshStart12]

tell her to gtfo. thats bullsh!t. i would seriously rage.

[gpryor]

Agreed, nothing is off limits when it comes to family, especially my girl, but nearly $1k for a friend?!?!?!? Nuts!! Let her "goes to work" husband buy it.

[EnderG60]

Unless her friend has gotten her a ****ing $1000 present there is ZERO reason for that. Jesus I would rage at her so hard!

This is why I love being a guy. Friends birthday, get them drunk and done! I dont buy you anything, you dont buy me anything, great now lets get faced.

[nick187]

It is ridiculous.

[lolgreg]

Next thing you know you'll be driving her friend to the airport.

[ChicagoBrah]

Tell her to come up with a more orginal idea for a gift and to do something from the heart

Tell her her gift sucks and its so cliche

Tell her to bake a cake its more personal .....lulz save 900$

Girls don't like it when you tell them their gift sucks

[Staberella]

LOL wut? $900 bag for her BFF? Tell your wife that the only way you'll get that bag for her buddy is if you get a threesome out of it. Kinda srs

[AnorexicBodyBro]

Reminds me of my ex, she had purses worth thousands of dollars just sitting in a closet because she didn't want to damage them. She asked her parents for this $2,000 purse for her graduation present and she only used it out in public twice. Purses are just about the biggest waste of money ever.

[Boffothe]

Read that article that's been circulating about the wall street financiers earning tons of dough, but still overextending themselves and going broke.

Slap some sense into your little Dr. Materialistickunt now BEFORE the dough starts coming in

[ArunBaral]

Woman logic. For the next four years, she wont buy any gifts, even for you. That bish she's giving the gift to is not even gonna use the bag for 4 years cott dammit. Stop her

[CarlMcGuirk]

My wife just called me and said she's thinking of buying a $900 Louis Vuitton bag for her best friend (who is very materialistic). We do have some savings now, but she said that she can stop her student loan payment (~$1k per month) for 2 months to pay for it. She's a year 2 medical surgery resident now, and will be a doctor in the future, and she said these two months of loans will not make too much of a difference. To make the sell to me easier, she said she will not buy her anymore gifts for the next 4 years. I basically told her it's a ridiculous idea. I can understand spending that amount on a family member, or a friend in need. But to buy a $900 bag for her stay-at-home mom friend is simply ridiculous.

Thoughts?

strong financial security with this one.

[SmithMachineGuy]

OP, your wife is clearly retarded and should be banned form practicing medicine.

Also, if she thinks she can give one really nice present, and then skip four years of gifts without her friend getting mad at her, she is wrong. A woman will get mad if you skip getting them a present on their birthday. Even if you give them a car or a mansion one year. She's not skipping 4 years of gifts. She's lying. If she skips even one year of presents they will not be friends anymore, and she'll have an enemy with a $900 bag.

[1800_Cool_Guy]

Only if she let's you have a threesome with said friend.

[Heiber]

divorce srs

[Crease1234]

She can buy it WHEN she's a doctor. $900 for a bag is just STUPID unless it comes with $850 worth of gold coins in it.

Exactly what I told her.

Read that article that's been circulating about the wall street financiers earning tons of dough, but still overextending themselves and going broke.

Slap some sense into your little Dr. Materialistickunt now BEFORE the dough starts coming in

My wife's not materialistic, but her friend is. It's just that being in a resident program soaks up so much of your time, and my wife didn't have an opportunity to sit down and think what to get for her best friend, and she's desperate and thought of the bag as she knew her friend will like it.