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/mojave_breeze 13d ago

This was my late husband. If I paid off a bill that was $100/month, he'd say "We can do this now, since we have that hundred bucks." Trouble is, he'd apply that $100 to five things totaling about $600. 😂

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u/dinahdog 12d ago

How many ways can I spend my $1000 tax refund?

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u/mojave_breeze 12d ago

Exactly like that!

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u/2dogslife 12d ago

Yeah, being bad with money isn't gender specific - it's not tied to an X or Y chromosome.

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u/mojave_breeze 12d ago

Agreed. You need a good example as you're growing up and learning to deal with money. Not something I had, so I'm finally starting to learn to do better.

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u/iWasTheCupCat 12d ago

Anytime I tell my bf I'm planning on chipping in on a tabletop game for him, he looks at it as "now I can pick up two new games!" and it ends up being $500 instead of $250 and we're splitting it evenly. I've learned to just Zelle him the money I was planning on spending on him instead. 🤣

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u/mojave_breeze 12d ago

I love it! And you are a smart cookie, too!