Lao jiao brothers and sisters, need your honest take on this because last night my house literally explode.
Context: I drive a direct-secondhand Honda Civic. Not those ultra-modified ah beng type that make illegal exhaust noise at 3 AM, but I do standard aesthetic mods and performance maintenance. Last week, my new carbon fiber spoiler and custom rims arrived. Total damage: around $1.8k. My own hard-earned money, mind you. I don’t borrow from her, I don’t default on our BTO downpayment savings.
Yesterday, the parts got delivered to my place. My GF came over, saw the boxes, and straight away start her standard grandstanding opera. She start to KPKB non-stop, saying I am “childish,” “wasting money on useless metal,” and “no future planning.” She even said, “You love your car more than me, next time you go marry your exhaust pipe la!”
I was already damn tired from OT-ing the whole week, and her nagging was echoing in my ears like those damn MRT track squeaks. I generic-nodded at first, but she just wouldn’t stop digging. She had to bring in the ultimate comparison: “You spend $1.8k on this rubbish, but when I ask you to go weekend staycation you say need to budget?” (Bro, we literally just went JB last month?)
At that exact moment, my brain short-circuited. I snapped. I looked at her and said, “Eh hello, I spend money on car parts, at least the car can move and got resale value. Better than you spend $10k on your silicone parts right? Your plastic nei nei also won’t give you horse power.”
Wah, instantly the whole room went silent.
For context: she did breast augmentation last year at a clinic in Orchard. I actually supported her decision back then because she was super insecure about her flat chest, and I even took leave to take care of her post-surgery. But yesterday night, I was just so triggered by her double standards that I used her ultimate card against her.
Now she pack her bags, cry until like what, and block me on Telegram. My friends saying I chao ji savage but maybe went a bit too far hitting her insecurity. But honestly, am I wrong? She can spend five-figure sum on cosmetic surgery for vanity, but I cannot spend a fraction of that on my hobby? Double standards much?
Help a brother out, now how to salvage this or should I just go full single track day bro?