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It began with shower curtain rings. She bought some; I bought some. Watching me install the ones I'd purchased, she rushed to retrieve the receipt for her own.

There are many levels of this that I do not understand. Who earns six figures yet saves the receipt for a $2 pack of shower curtain rings? Who expends the gas and time to return them? And even if you are this cheap, who isn't ashamed to admit it? Oh, sure, she mumbled something about not wanting to contribute to landfills, but she trailed off when it was clear I wasn't listening anymore.

So you tell me.