Kids have a new garden toy that we are setting up today. Turns out we need a 1/2inch deep socket to complete the assembly. My husband volunteers to get this socket. I’m normally the one that gets the tools, lightbulbs, batteries and other household essentials but I assume being a grown adult he can manage.
When at the shop he calls me to ask which socket he needs. I send him a screenshot of the manual and remind him that it needs to be a deep socket. He calls again to ask for the socket size in metric- since apparently Google is not available to him, I search the conversion on my phone and let him know that 1/2 inch socket is same as a 13mm one. He calls for the third time to ask for a specific depth, I don’t know what depth is needed but generally shops sell standard or deep (something that I found out myself today on Google- I’m not a socket expert). Since I can’t give a specific depth, DH says he’s going to buy a deep socket set to make sure he has the right one instead of a single 13mm deep socket for £1.69. I say fine.
He comes home and has already opened the socket set which is the first time I see that he’s bought a 94 piece deep socket set for £83 - which is around the same cost as the garden toy we need this single use tool for!!!! I ask him wtf he was thinking and tell him to take it back to the shop - he says he can’t because he’s ripped all the packaging (instead of opening it nicely)! I asked why he didn’t use common sense to know you don’t spend that amount on something you are only going to use once- that unless he retrains as a handyman it’s a monumental waste of money. He blames me since apparently I said it was fine to buy a socket set (not once did he mention the price). Now he’s not speaking to me as apparently I was rude. Also a quick Google online tells me he spent £30 more buying the socket set at B&Q than he would have at Wickes or Screwfix. When I am spending more than £20 I always shop around for the best price (unless it’s an emergency which this wasn’t).
Aibu to react this way?! I find it frustrating that I can’t trust him with basic common sense. Money isn’t flowing for us either - we bought a couple of big garden toys to keep the kids entertained this summer in lieu of going on holiday this year. It seems madness to me to spend the same amount- we could have put that money towards a couple of other garden toys or a day out. Also not sure how to fix this - given he overpaid we can’t even make half the amount back if we resell this on FB marketplace.