Overreacting?

Okay, i know this isn't a major, life or marriage threatening issue, but I'm still angry. I bought my husband an ipod and an stereo thing that it hooks up to (ihome or something like that). He took it up to a house he was remodeling and now it's gone, stolen, lost, whatever. I understand that, but then he's been lying to me about it and telling me he still has it. He got a package the other day and wouldn't tell me what it was (i figured it was something for me...why else wouldn't he tell me). He left today to go backpacking for 5 days and still hadn't told me what it was so i decided to find out for myself. i logged into his account and found out it was another ipod. This is to replace the one he lost. I brought it up to my best friend (our husbands are also best friends and are backpacking together) and she said he bought it so he wouldn't have to tell me he lost the other one.

Wow, that was longer than i thought, sorry. I'm wondering what else he hasn't told me so that i won't get mad eventhoughI would never get mad about something like that (i don't get mad at him often, period). So, am I wrong to be pissed that he didn't tell me and that he was lying to me and worried that he's hiding other things? also how should i approach the topic with him when he gets back?

I dont think he did it to make you mad, I could see where he would try to hide it not to hurt your feelings ..... and replace it before you found out so you wouldnt be upset. Just say hey, you could have told me something happened to your ipod I wouldnt have been mad.

maybe he didn't want you to be upset that a gift you got him is gone?
i can understand how you'd wonder if he's lied about other things...

He could have told you but maybe he was trying not to hurt your feelings since you bought something HUGE for him and he was careless with it

I can see why you feel the way you do. We just don't want to be lied to ever...especially about petty things...why lie? A simple "Honey, someone stole my ipod. I loved that gift. I'm gonna have to buy another one" would have been so easy to say instead of sneaking around. Sneaking and lying about anything makes people act shady even when they are not that type...it closes down the communication which is so important.