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Relationship => General Relationship => Topic started by: theking on March 09, 2026, 01:05:46 AM
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Boyfriend wonders if he was wrong spending $18,500 on a 140-pound cheese wheel — girlfriend packed her bag
As a recent Reddit thread highlighted, saving for a house can bring couples closer together or blow everything up overnight, and the difference can come down to one very expensive decision.
Saving for a house can test even the strongest relationships, especially when one partner takes a bold financial swing. A long-term plan for stability has now turned into a debate over risk, ambition, and whether an unconventional investment was a smart move or a serious misstep.
The story
In a recent Reddit thread, it was stated that "my girlfriend left me over a cheese wheel." He went on to say he and his girlfriend were saving for a house payment. He went on a cheese trail and found a special 21-year-old cheddar for sale.
It was priced at $18,000, and based on his calculations, he could sell wedges of the choice and make $38,000. He bought the cheese wheel without talking to his girlfriend.
She wasn't happy with the decision and is now staying with her parents. He thinks she's overreacting and that opportunities like this need to be seized. He wants to know if he's in the wrong or the only one who really understands.
The responses
There were lots of thoughts on this one, as over two thousand comments quickly appeared.
One person joked, "Just to be clear, this is NOT what she meant when she wanted you to 'bring home the cheddar'."
True. While it's easy to make jokes at a time like this, to her, it's actually a very serious thing.
Another pointed out, "I’m not gonna buy a wedge of cheese from some rando selling it on FB Marketplace."
There are actually a lot of rules and logistics to follow to do this sort of thing. And the person who commented is right. Unless they have a cheese shop, it's going to be really hard to find people to pay for cheese and earn that much money from it.
Someone else wrote, "Boy, I bet they loved you. Seen you come a mile away."
He might have fallen for a scam. Only time will tell. Some people see someone and think that it's an easy way to earn money fast. He might have been one of those people.
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