my (21F) boyfriend (24M) have been together for almost 2 years. For some context, he sometimes likes to brag about how much he makes in a day (in a job I had to push him to find) as well as how much he has in savings and crypto. I on the other hand was just a sales associate who very recently got promoted to a better position so we make very different amounts. His parents are also well off while my parents are immigrants/working class so it feels like we come from different worlds sometimes.
More context: giftgiving is my love language, I love to receive and give gifts. The price doesn’t matter to me, what matters is the thought, effort, and sacrifice. in the past I’ve given him trinkets and plushies because to be honest that’s just what I can afford. Yes I get it may not be the most jaw dropping gifts but I have gotten him some shoes that he really wanted which cost me just about (if not more) than a weeks-worth of my salary. So in my mind I have sacrificed to give him things when I can.
Now to the situation, I know he really liked this brand of perfume and I hadn’t gotten him give him a gift so I took money out of my savings to buy it for him, the issue was that I didn’t know the exact type of perfume since this brand has very similar packaging. Luckily I bought a smaller size that ended up being the correct one. Despite being the smaller size I definitely felt the impact on my wallet but I was happy to get it. I give it to him not even 30 minutes later and after the initial thanks the first thing he asked me is for the receipt so he can exchange it for the bigger size.
Logically, I know it’s not personal but for me it felt like an insult, like what I could afford and sacrifice wasn’t enough. When we’ve talked about this he mentions how all I give him are trinkets and it’s like I owed him one so it’s okay that he exchanged it for the bigger size. It just makes me really sad and reluctant to get him anything else.
Am I being unreasonable?
TL;DR
What the title says and it made me sad