Shopping for bras is a literal nightmare. It is a grueling process of fighting with underwire, crying in brightly lit fitting rooms, and spending a small fortune just to find something that does not painfully dig into your ribcage. When a woman finally finds a bra that actually fits her body perfectly, she guards it with her life. But one boyfriend on Reddit recently managed to destroy his girlfriend’s entire carefully curated collection in a single afternoon, and his reaction to the replacement bill has the entire internet absolutely fuming.
The Original Poster is a woman who trusted her boyfriend with a very simple household chore. He was tasked with taking their clothes to the local laundromat. Doing the laundry is always appreciated, but you have to actually bring all of the clothes back home for the chore to count. He somehow managed to leave her entire specialty bra washing bag sitting behind at the public laundromat.
When the girlfriend realized what happened, she immediately sent him back to retrieve the bag. But a laundromat is a public place, and unattended items vanish quickly. The bag was completely gone. The shop owner confirmed there was absolutely no way to get the items back. The boyfriend had successfully lost all seven of her everyday regular bras in one fell swoop.
To truly understand the gravity of this situation, you have to understand the math behind her specific bra size. The girlfriend wears a 32K cup. Let me repeat that for the people in the back. She is a 32K. You cannot just casually stroll into a local Target or a standard department store and pick up a 32K bra off the clearance rack. She has to special order her undergarments from specialty retailers just to function in her daily life.
Because he is the one who lost her belongings, she rightfully asked him to replace them. He initially agreed to fix his mistake. But the agreement completely evaporated the second she sent him the links to repurchase the items. Replacing six of the bras cost nearly four hundred dollars. Anyone with a larger chest knows that four hundred dollars for six specialty bras is actually an incredible bargain, but the boyfriend immediately started acting like she was trying to bankrupt him.
He boldly told his girlfriend that he would be happy to replace one or two of them, but completely refused to buy the rest. He actually had the audacity to claim she was spending way too much money on bras and he simply could not justify the cost. He broke her property through his own pure negligence and then decided to critique her necessary medical support garments to get out of paying the bill.
The girlfriend was incredibly gracious and tried to offer a very reasonable compromise. She told him he could just buy the two she needed the most right now and then slowly replace the other ones over time. She basically offered him an interest free financing plan for his own massive mistake. He stubbornly rejected the compromise and said that payment plan was not any better.
This level of financial stinginess is wildly hypocritical. The girlfriend quickly reminded him of a past incident where she accidentally spilled car oil all over his college hoodie. Even though the sweatshirt was from the campus bookstore and ridiculously overpriced, she went right out and immediately replaced it using her own money. She fixed her mistake without complaining, but he refuses to show her the exact same respect. He completely dismissed her valid point and claimed a hoodie is totally different than a bra.
Instead of apologizing, the boyfriend ran to his sister to complain about the mean girlfriend demanding her underwear back. The sister actually agreed with him. She told the Original Poster that she overspends on bras and just needs to try harder to find something that fits at the mall. The sister is completely delusional. You absolutely cannot find a 32K at a standard mall food court lingerie shop.
The internet unanimously agreed that this guy is a massive ahole. If you lose someone else’s property, you have to replace it. You do not get to dictate the market value of women’s undergarments just because you are cheap and careless. She needs to pack up her remaining sports bras, hand him the four hundred dollar invoice, and find a partner who actually respects her belongings. How would you react if your partner refused to replace the clothes they lost? Tell us your thoughts in the comments below!