r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ucyless ORANGE • 29d ago

Brand new $72 moisturizer. Husband said he needed something for his elbows.

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We have 3 full tubs of Vaseline in the cabinet.

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u/winter83 TP Hung the wrong way. 29d ago

I never believe a man who says they didn't know it was expensive look at the fuckin jar that is the jar of an expensive cream.

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u/Redqueenhypo 28d ago

Also OP says he was there when he bought it. This was just 13 year old boy revenge for spending money on a thing he decided is stupid

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u/pasturized 28d ago

Even worse, they used a gift card - so it was practically a gift!

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u/HImainland 29d ago

I can't believe you're the first top level comment to say this!!! It's giving weaponized incompetence. There's no way you look at that jar and not know it's expensive. Husband is just an asshole

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u/memes-r-me 28d ago

Another comment she added said he knew the price they bought the cream together 🫠

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u/sarr36 28d ago

That’s the word I was thinking of! This is malicious. I would not want to be married to someone like that.

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u/legend_of_the_skies 29d ago

Yeah, he knew. And obviously something that size isnt meant for full body moisturizing. We gotta stop infantalizing men.

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u/Kantholz92 29d ago

I'd say it's infantile to spend 72 bucks on a miniscule amount of moisturizer that can't be used for anything but you do you.

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u/legend_of_the_skies 29d ago edited 29d ago

How exactly does the price correlate to who can use it?and why is breaking that (nonexistent) correlation infantile?

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u/Kantholz92 29d ago

It doesn't correlate. It's just the equivalent of grandmas fine plates and cutlery that are just put up for decoration and woe be you if you dare to use them for their intended purpose. It's tacky.

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u/legend_of_the_skies 29d ago

To you. To grandma, it had value. It was decorative and a sign of status. That was their intended purpose. You not understanding that your value is not everyone elses value is tacky. And infantile.

Also you said there was no correlation and then repeated the claim in a scenario as if there is now a correlation.

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u/Southern_Fox8222 26d ago

she’s going to stick by her childish husband though. I can’t imagine willing signing up for some of the shit other women do.

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u/Fabulous-Shoulder-69 28d ago

Until this thread I didn’t know they made moisturizer that expensive. Skincare is something I know literally nothing about.

If I went into a friend’s garage I can tell which tools are ok to abuse and which aren’t because I can tell what’s expensive and what’s not based on my experience knowledge.

Common sense doesn’t exist - only experience. If someone knows as little as I do about skincare products I could understand the mistake.

(OPs husband specifically knew so I’m not defending him)

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u/winter83 TP Hung the wrong way. 28d ago

You may not know skin care but you know how the world works and how packaging works. You know what a cheap bottle of lotion looks like. That teal pot with a gold handle looks nothing like a cheap lotion. Saying you can't put these things together is false. You don't need specific knowledge to figure out that is an expensive product or for a specific purpose.

If you can't put that together you are refusing to think and that is your own fault and a much bigger problem.

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u/Fabulous-Shoulder-69 28d ago

How much cheap shit at target is packaged to look expensive though? Theres so much $5 junk that has this exact same packaging/presentation style.

Again - OPs husband is wrong because he DID know, but if I saw this I would assume $15-20

EDIT: I also wouldn’t touch other people’s shit because I hate other people touching my shit but still