My girlfriend and I are moving into a new apartment next month. The apartment we’re currently in was pretty much completely furnished whereas our new apartment isn’t so we need to buy new furniture. We set a budget and started looking for everything we need.
The sofa we found was £350 and we both liked it. My girlfriend was showing it to her parents and they mentioned that they didn’t think it would last long and that it didn’t look good quality. They pointed her to a more expensive sofa which was £700.
My girlfriend showed me it and said she’d rather get that one. I told her there’s no way I’m doubling my budget for a sofa and that it’s unaffordable. She just kept saying how it’s better quality etc but I just told her if she wanted that one then she could pay the extra but I’m not spending any more than I had planned.
She mentioned that her parents said it would be good so I just said if they want us to have it that badly then they can contribute towards it but they can’t expect us to spend more money just because they didn’t like our original choice.
She said I wasn’t being fair and that she thinks we should get the new one but I just told her I wouldn’t be paying any more. Does anyone have any advice on how to handle this?
tl;dr my girlfriend’s parents didn’t like the sofa we chose so talked her into wanting a much more expensive one. When I refused to increase my budget she accused me of being unfair and said we should be getting the more expensive one.