would you let on that you know?

[PinkFizz]

What would you do if you were bought a beautiful ring as a present,looks and feels very expensive,everybody admires it and you are sooooo proud of it - then you find the receipt in a drawer and find out.........its fake costume jewellery and cost ......�12 !!!! Would you let on that you knew to your partner that bought it??

[PinkFizz]

maybe he has money worries and didnt want to upset her.

[China Doll]

Exactly... there's bound to be some reason for it all. Most likely is some sort of misunderstanding I'm sure... but she does need to address it if it's bothering her that much.

[electricblue]

I think i'd feel worse if he'd spent a fortune and i hated it!
As long as she loves it,he must have good taste to have spent time finding it!

[Dizzieblonde]

If it's a nice ring, does it matter? She liked it when she thought it cost a fortune, why not now?

[4getmenot]

One valentines I got a little cuddly toy dog, it was cute but I had already seen one like it before when I bought my friends 3 yr old girl her favourite magazine and it was free with it!! But I've never said anything coz I should be grateful I got anything at all.

[China Doll]

Actually... thinking about this a bit more Pink, if he was that keen to keep it a secret completely or felt no guild whatsoever, why would he keep the receit? He'd have gotten rid of it to cover up the deed.

The more I think about, the more I think my first answer might have been wrong (fun tho!), if it was shady then you'd get rid of the evidence. Sounds more like a misunderstanding, you could be right about the money problems.

[crete]

maybe he is just tight

[PinkFizz]

She still loves the ring,it just really surprised her that all.And he keeps receipts for everything - he just come home and shoves them all in a drawer.Difficult one really.

[Dizzieblonde]

I'd keep quiet about the receipt thing - he wouldn't expect her to have found it I don't think. Save it for when they have an argument and she can throw the "And another thing, about my ring...!" in for good measure! lol

[noxlumos]

I can't believe that anyone would care how much something costs that they are given as a present. I'm not being funny but it never crosses my mind when I buy something for my wife whether it's �300 or �3.99, she's equally likely to get either, it's just what I see for her she might like, and it would never occur to her to care either. What exactly has the man done wrong?He bought her a beautiful present which she was thrilled with until she realised it cost �12.
If she "confronted" me about it or took my credit card then the nasty baggage would be out on the street as I wouldn't want such a let me down partner. They must have a dreadfully shallow relationship for something like this to matter. Whatever happened to loving the person as opposed to the gifts?Poor bloke.

[PinkFizz]

I totally get what you're saying nox,I just think she feels there is more to it - ie it is so not like him that is there may be big money worries that he hasnt told her about.

[Dizzieblonde]

Maybe she could say something like "I really love my ring - I hope you didn't spend too much on it though" - it might start the ball rolling if there are any money worries?

[noxlumos]

Well that's a legitimate way to approach it Pink, but people who think the poor bloke should be punished for doing something nice are just amazing to me. It might be my own baggage though tbh bc my heinous first wife would have moaned about the cost not about the item... God I need counselling.

[Octavius]

I agree with the post (whoever it was) that said how come she suddenly doesn�t like it now that she has found out it was �12? If she liked it, and everyone was going woo, you lucky girl, that is a really nice ring, must have cost a fortune etc etc, he is unlikely to blurt out that it was a cheap purchase is he?

He was probably smiling safely in the knowledge that all the women were convinced that the ring was expensive. It is unfortunate that he kept the receipt in a place it could be found, but my wallet has receipts in it which are 6 months old. He has been caught out and if the girl is truly upset maybe she should let him know.

Getting revenge as mentioned above would just make her look very very shallow and materialistic. If my wife bought me something that I really liked, I wouldn�t care if it came from a 99p shop personally.

[4getmenot]

No No I agree with you nox. not all us girls are just bothered about cost :-)

[PinkFizz]

lol Nox - no your just great as you are.Personally I would prefer somebody to put a lot of thought into a gift rather than go and buy the 1st expensive thing they saw.

[Dizzieblonde]

Your friend might be worried about the money side of things, but it's a sad shame that a lot of women seem to be shallow enough to act like that :( I had to listen to one crow about her engagement ring (which looked nice enough) but then moaning that she wanted one with a bigger diamond! Ungrateful sow!

[claireyfairy]

I wouldn't go trying to get 'revenge' but I do see why she is mad about im lying. Don't get why he didn't just say "what are you on about it only cost me �12"! So I would ask him if the receipt is for the ring and just be jokey about it not give him too much grief as at the end of the day your friend got a great pressie as she loves it so much, regardless of the price.

Is your friend sure that the decimal point was where she thinks it was? It could well be an expensive ring and she's looked at the receipt wrong? �120 maybe? or he may have been really spoiling her with a �1200 ring? Am I clutching at straws here?!?! :-)

[mycats]

I couldnt care less. It's a present from someone who loves you, you love it, what does it matter how much it costs???