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for the most part, im of the school of thought that once a gift is given, that is their property to do as they wish.
so i worked my butt off saving up $15K to get my girl a nice engagement ring. After the day I gave it to her, she never once cleaned it or polished it or anything, and eventually it got to a point where the damn diamond was dull as hell with no shine or sparkle to it. We were at my jewelers spot looking at wedding bands, and my jeweler took 1 look at the ring and was like here, give it to me, I'm going to clean it. My jeweler was probably embarrased for me, and embarrassed for himself too since he takes pride in his work and his product. After he cleaned it and gave it back to her she was like
My decision was further cemented when she parked her car out in the street instead of parking it in our covered parking spot. LA city has notoriously bad hard water and the sidewalk sprinklers had completely hosed down her car the night before which ends up drying into hard water spots. I told her to take the car to the carwash that day before the water spots set in and/or start eating away at the clearcoat. 2 days later I reminded her again, hurry up and take the car in to get washed. 2 weeks later, I finally had a minute to take it in myself but it was too late. Damage done. Spent damn near $300 getting the car waxed/buffed multiple times at a couple different spots trying to get those water marks out. Thankfully I was able to find this awesome carwash that was able to get it cleared up with a clay wax.
Between those 2 incidents, I made it very clear to her that I am never going to buy her nice things again cause she doesn't give an F about taking care of it (which again, is her choice and decision). If she wants to spend money on her own stuff, so be it, but I am not comin out of pocket for it.
