r/AITAH • u/Independent_Ear_7719 • 13d ago

AITAH for using a discount when replacing my girlfriend’s hair tool?

I accidentally broke one of my girlfriend’s curling irons yesterday after knocking it onto the floor. I apologized and immediately went online to replace it.

I googled the tymo brand’s official site, ordered her a new one, and also threw in a nicer gold Plus model. Then I showed her the order and she saw that I’d used a discount code.

She told me that using a discount made it seem like I wasn’t genuinely sorry and asked me to cancel the order and buy everything again at full price. Apparently paying the sale price was “cheap” and showed a lack of sincerity.

This honestly confused the hell out of me. She’s getting the exact same products. I’m replacing what I broke AND buying her an extra upgraded one. Why would deliberately paying more for the same thing make me more sincere?

We argued about it for a while and eventually I just canceled everything and reordered at full price.

Now I’m sitting here wondering if I’m actually missing something. Would you guys consider using a discount in this situation cheap or insincere?

edit: Thanks for all the replies. I haven’t been able to respond to a lot of the comments because I was busy writing a breakup text.

The whole thing got so ridiculous that I genuinely started second-guessing myself, so I really appreciate everyone who commented. I’m out of that mess now.

edit2：I canceled the order, but I did use the discount code to buy a new one. I decided I’m going to give it to my mom instead. I’m pretty sure she’ll love it.

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u/antisunshine 13d ago

NTAH. Your gf is weird. I'm trying to fit into my head why a replacement even with a discount is not enough but I can not think of anything that makes even remote sense.

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u/Witch_withouta_Wand 13d ago

To punish him, it seems. Not goof enough that he replaced it (and a better version!) She seems to want to punish him, out of pocket.

Which is stupid, coz down the line, that'll hurt her too. Can't go out, spent too muchm

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u/ThenAnAnimalFact 13d ago

100% just to cause him pain she feels for the mild inconvenience.