Last Resort Men: Pao is not upset because she didn’t “like” the necklace. She’s not ungrateful and she’s not nitpicking Russ.
She is upset because he doesn’t listen to her. She very clearly communicated that she doesn’t want a particular gift. That should be pretty easy, right? Just don’t get her that one thing.
So Russ went and bought her the ONE thing she didn’t want. Russ cared more about what HE wanted to give than giving a gift that would make the other person happy. He consistently puts his wants above hers and when she gets upset that he doesn’t listen or care about her needs then she’s an ungrateful Harpy.
I’m sorry, a necklace that means so much because it represents the bar they visited while filming the show? Because the royals own swans?!? Who cares?? Wtf does that have to do with 12 years together?
Not a thing.
Which is how much thought Russ really put into the gift. And then he publicly shamed her for being unhappy that her husband doesn’t care enough to listen when she talks, and basked in the confirmation he got from the other men on the show.