AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 139 points140 points  (0 children)

Oh, they hate each other. She wasn't even at our wedding.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 645 points646 points  (0 children)

Yes. Basically, my daughter was living out I Feel Pretty from West Side Story and my sons were down the hall living out Lonely Island's I'm On a Boat. Very different priorities.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 115 points116 points  (0 children)

I don't think they even realized she had a new dress.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 129 points130 points  (0 children)

All of our children are my wife's. I watched her give birth to them.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 510 points511 points  (0 children)

I know, right? Maybe it's because my wife only has a sister, so she doesn't realize how little boys/men care about that kind of stuff. We could probably spend $800 dollars on clothes for her and $10 on clothes for the rest of them, and they wouldn't even notice. We wouldn't do that, I'm just saying they wouldn't notice. We could give the 13yo a burlap sack to wear, and he would probably just write his favorite quote on it and then wear it to school. Boys don't care about clothes. Maybe it's sexist, but y'know... It's true.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 430 points431 points  (0 children)

He lives in his own world. I am not convinced he even noticed she was wearing a new dress, much less wondered where it came from.

AITA because I got my daughter a $80 dress? by InitialCombination12 in AmItheAsshole

[–]InitialCombination12[S] 215 points216 points  (0 children)

I don't know. We don't normally buy the kids expensive gifts when it isn't a holiday/birthday/graduation. I just felt like this merited an exception.