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I dated a guy who was all about the show. I had just started a job at a pediatric clinic and it was the first job I'd ever had that I absolutely LOVED. I loved the docs, the hours, my coworkers, etc. After about two months there, on Valentines Day, a barber shop quartet walked in the door and asked for me. Being the horribly shy person I am, I turned and ran but my coworkers dragged me back. In front of the whole waiting room, they began singing to me. The docs and all the patients in rooms started walking out staring at me. I was pissed beyond belief. I was embarassed and scared I'd be reprimanded or lose my job.
While getting my serenade, my BF called my coworkers to see how I was reacting. They told him, "not very well." After the quartet had left, he called me. I told him, "you do that to me again, this is over."
One year later we were heading for Splitsville. We had talked about me wanting to relocate away from the area and I'd let him know I was planning on leaving when our lease was up (with no intention of including him). So for Valentines Day, he went and bought me a cheap looking diamond ring. I opened it, said thanks, closed the box and put it on my shelf. He got mad and demanded I wear it (reluctantly, I put it on my right hand). By the time I'd gotten to work, he'd called my coworkers and asked them to come admire my new gift. Two months later I was gone and I never talked to him again.
Guess it wasn't the gifts that were awful as much as the person giving them and the humiliation that came with them.
I tried to pawn the ring and was offered $50. Decided to give it to my sister who likes it better than I do.
my DH used to give the NICEST gifts. he really paid attention.
all of a sudden a few years ago it was like someone else was possessing his brain. i started getting things that didnt suit me at all. a couple of years ago for my Bday he got me this awful 10k sapphire ring from walmart (no offense) but he spent $100 on it and i just wouldnt wear it and thought what a waste of money. i had him return it even though it hurt his feelings.
the next year for my bday...drum roll please.....SAME RING!!!! he had forgotten he had given it to me last year and returned it---and now he returned it AGAIN!!!!
I dated a guy who was all about the show. I had just started a job at a pediatric clinic and it was the first job I'd ever had that I absolutely LOVED. I loved the docs, the hours, my coworkers, etc. After about two months there, on Valentines Day, a barber shop quartet walked in the door and asked for me. Being the horribly shy person I am, I turned and ran but my coworkers dragged me back. In front of the whole waiting room, they began singing to me. The docs and all the patients in rooms started walking out staring at me. I was pissed beyond belief. I was embarassed and scared I'd be reprimanded or lose my job.
While getting my serenade, my BF called my coworkers to see how I was reacting. They told him, "not very well." After the quartet had left, he called me. I told him, "you do that to me again, this is over."
One year later we were heading for Splitsville. We had talked about me wanting to relocate away from the area and I'd let him know I was planning on leaving when our lease was up (with no intention of including him). So for Valentines Day, he went and bought me a cheap looking diamond ring. I opened it, said thanks, closed the box and put it on my shelf. He got mad and demanded I wear it (reluctantly, I put it on my right hand). By the time I'd gotten to work, he'd called my coworkers and asked them to come admire my new gift. Two months later I was gone and I never talked to him again.
Guess it wasn't the gifts that were awful as much as the person giving them and the humiliation that came with them.
I tried to pawn the ring and was offered $50. Decided to give it to my sister who likes it better than I do.
I hope you didn't split a year later because of the singing quartet .
I hope you didn't split a year later because of the singing quartet .
Not directly, but certainly indirectly. Overall, it was a lot of things that all meant I just didn't love him or foresee a future with him. The quartet was the start of the downfall. It showed me he didn't know me or what I enjoyed and didn't respect the professional relationship I was enjoying with a new employer.
My ex gave me cookie sheets for our first anniversary. I should've left him right away. For our first Christmas he went to Walgreens on Christmas Eve and bought a whole bunch of makeup from the bargin bin. Bright red and purple lipstick, aweful eye shadows that I would never wear, etc. He even bought me a motorcycle when I was 9 months pregnant. A dirt bike nonetheless!
Ironically, he gave me a wonderful antique cabinet for what turned out to be our last Christmas together. Maybe he finally got it or maybe he sensed it was all over and a nice gift was his last gasp. Guess I will never know.
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