AITA for not telling my former fiancé I bought her dream house?

I (30F) met my ex fiancé (30M) when I was 19. We were engaged from 25-28. I called off the wedding a month before it was supposed to happen. We remained friends. Neither of us has lived with anyone else except each other since we were together.<br><br>The reason I called off the wedding is something I only figured out two months before the wedding. My ex was a very cool guy but he wasn’t willing to compromise on anything that I wanted. My family, friends and his family loved him. He’s genuinely a very sweet, kind person. But during our long engagement, it hit me repeatedly that he wasn’t keen on compromising on anything that I wanted. We did have some Ugly fights. He’s very stubborn. <br><br>For ex, I wanted our wedding to be at the venue where my parents had theirs. He wanted to have it at a totally different location with a totally different theme. I also hated the best man he picked. I asked him why he can’t compromise on little things so we could have our wedding be a marriage of two families rather than just being his wedding. He told me straight up that he was never into the whole wedding thing and only doing it to make me happy. This didn’t make me feel any better. If anything it made me feel selfish and I called off the wedding.<br><br>We lived in an apartment during most of our years together. It was a really nice one. But I always wanted a house. My dream house was something I have always known. It’s the house my aunt lived in when I was a kid. It’s no longer her house. I used to go there and dream that I would live there when I grew up. For years after they moved, I would drive by and see if anyone was living there. I was engaged when they put it up for sale and I knew I couldn’t afford it. My ex knew all about this house and always made jokes about it. Like how I would have two houses when I got married, my aunt’s house and my parents house. He would laugh at him and I would too.<br><br>Last year the house went up for sale again. I wasn’t sure if I should do it but I was making good money and could afford a huge mortgage payment. But it still felt a bit scary doing all this alone. It was my birthday present to myself. It turns out the sellers were my aunt’s in laws. They still remember me, who is the girl who loves the house. They agreed to sell it to me at slightly below the market price.<br><br>I didn’t tell my ex about any of this. Not even the house going up for sale. We still met up sometimes. I just moved in a few months ago. It was a little scary because the house is much bigger than the apartment I had been living in. I had to hire different companies to get stuff done and I had to deal with contractors alone. But I was proud that I did it. I posted pictures last night on Facebook (not at all to spite him). My ex called me a half hour later. He was very quiet. He said it’s my aunt’s house. I said it is. He said I can’t believe you didn’t tell me. I said I’m sorry. Why didn’t I tell him? Honestly I didn’t tell him any of this because I didn’t want to hear his opinion. I mean we weren’t together so I didn’t have to tell him but still, he has an opinion on just about everything. I really wanted this to be just for me and not have him dilute it for me. <br><br>He said I’m hurt. I said I’m sorry. He asked if I would show it to him. I said sure. He came over. He half joked I’m hurting myself to spite him. He then said it was worth it. We spent the day going through all the rooms. We made some plans for a few things that needed to be done. We kissed at the end of the day. I was thinking I should have told him. Maybe I was overreacting. His last text to me last night was “I have something to say to you later.” That sent all kinds of bad vibes to me. <br><br>AITA for not telling my ex I bought his house just so I didn’t have to hear his opinions?