I am in college and haven't been dating my boyfriend that long. ((4 months)) however, I have a great job which enables me to pay bills and still have left over money to splurge on. =]
Well, Christmas is coming up and I really want to get my bf a laptop. The one I am looking at is only 500 but I am wondering if that is too much to spend on someone I haven't been dating that long. ((as a side note, I have known him for years, its not like we have only known eachother for how long we've been dating))
He is a great guy and I've never been happier. He needs a laptop and he would be VERY appreciative and happy if I got him this.
2007-10-28 19:19:34 · 21 answers · asked by Love Life <3 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
If you've only been dating him for 4 months (almost 6 by Christmas) a $500 laptop is way too much of a gift. No matter how long you've known him, this is too much.
Think about it: He'll feel bad because he, because he can't buy the laptop himself, cannot spend the same amount of money on you.
If you really want to, you really might want to ask him if you can buy him this. Seriously, it's that big of a deal.
2007-10-28 19:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by lupin_1375 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money is relative. If you have $500,000 than $500 is not a lot (only 1/10 of 1%). If you don't have any money and you're going to charge the $500 on a credit card, then yes, it's WAY too much.
I personally won't spend more than $200 on my entire family this year and I could easily spend ten times that. I just think the holidays aren't about spending money ON people as much as they are about spending TIME WITH PEOPLE.
2007-10-28 19:24:13 · answer #2 · answered by Keep On Trucking 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldnt, because 500 for a laptop is REALLY cheap. Meaning its not going to be that good of one. So yeah he might need one, but you don't want to waiste 500 on something when he needs to spend a couple hundred more for a good one that will last him.
Also 4 months! Girl don't spend that kinda money on a guy, or you might find yourself in a relationship where its all about the money.. plus if i was a guy, I would be humiliated if my gf spent that kinda money on me, but i spent maybe 100...
I say don't do it. Plus one more thing, lets say you stay with him, next year, be ready to spend double that. lol. Its the way men are they get spoiled:) Just like girls.
2007-10-28 19:29:34 · answer #3 · answered by ndeg21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes its definetly too much to spend on someone that you have known only 4 months. It would seem as if you are showing of your fortunes.
This reminds me of a friend in primary school who would spend a lot of money buying sweets for all her friends just to show off that she was rich.
A good present doesnt have to cost a lot to show how much you appreciate/love that person.
2007-10-28 19:27:14 · answer #4 · answered by wickedly_funny66 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$50-one hundred. sounds decrease priced yet permit me clarify. in case you're at the same time, you ought to be doing advantageous issues for one extra all in the process the 300 and sixty 5 days, no longer basically Christmas. as an instance: going to take their motor vehicle to get specified or the oil replaced while they do no longer assume it, or replenish the gasoline tank each and every now and then, or prepare dinner their famous meal once you be conscious of that they had a crappy day at paintings. and so on. Christmas is as quickly as a 300 and sixty 5 days and that i think of that is too commercialized to be honest. i think of we'd desire to constantly do advantageous issues for others on a daily basis of the 300 and sixty 5 days, even little issues, instead of as quickly as a 300 and sixty 5 days. I say shop the extra money for any little ones interior the kinfolk and/or help out somebody who you be conscious of is suffering and help them with a present day card to the food market, gasoline station or Walmart. i does not harm the monetary enterprise
2016-10-14 07:38:35 · answer #5 · answered by dotel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you can go in half. But honestly that is too much to spend on someone that you have not been dating that long. Just think about it like this, if you buy it for him and say in a few months he broke up with you, would you regret spending that much money on him? If you can truthfully say no, then go ahead and buy it for him.
2007-10-28 19:23:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It all really depends, if you spend $500 on him, will he be able to afford to do the same? I know this from experience because I spent $700 one year on my girlfriend, and she felt bad because she only spent like $350 on me. It's a guy thing, if I knew my gf spent 500 on me but I couldn't do the same, I would feel like crap...and the last thing you want to do is turn something that is suppose to be happy, joyful into something that is depressing, and self-humiliating. Hope this helps ya
2007-10-28 19:26:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
girlfriend, if you wanna spend that much money on your man then go for it! Just don't pull something with him if you break up you want it back... just think of it as a gift and nothing else.. I do not understand how he would be insulted, just explain to him that you felt this is something he could use for a long time and that it should prove to be very useful. Go for it!
2007-10-28 19:32:43 · answer #8 · answered by djbred18 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only 4 months? Spend $50-100. Otherwise if you break up, you'll kick yourself for a long time about the money wasted.
Plus he might keep you only for your money and you certainly don't want that!
2007-10-28 19:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by hopelessmagic 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I implore you NOT to do it.
It's a nice gesture, but I would advise against it because he's going to feel really low when he unwraps a $500 gift and he only got you a $100 gift. Don't put him through that!
2007-10-28 19:27:22 · answer #10 · answered by Uh Oh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋