didnt like my b-day gift (how to, partner, relations, serious)
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This is only partially on topic, but it may be amusing enough to be passable. Once I bought a moderately expensive and very nice gift for a girlfriend for her upcoming birthday. It was something that I got in a distant city and couldn't be returned. But then, we had a complete breakup before her birthday and so I stuck the gift in a drawer and forgot about it for several years.
Then, a new girlfriend came into my life and had a birthday coming up soon. I shouldn't need to tell you what I did, except to say that I'm big on recycling. I saw that gift sitting there and figured she would really like it. But when she opened it, she became very angry, accusing me of having bought it for someone else and being such a cheapskate for trying to pass it off on her. How could she have possibly known?
This is only partially on topic, but it may be amusing enough to be passable. Once I bought a moderately expensive and very nice gift for a girlfriend for her upcoming birthday. It was something that I got in a distant city and couldn't be returned. But then, we had a complete breakup before her birthday and so I stuck the gift in a drawer and forgot about it for several years.
Then, a new girlfriend came into my life and had a birthday coming up soon. I shouldn't need to tell you what I did, except to say that I'm big on recycling. I saw that gift sitting there and figured she would really like it. But when she opened it, she became very angry, accusing me of having bought it for someone else and being such a cheapskate for trying to pass it off on her. How could she have possibly known?
Maybe it was an out-of-date gift, you know--something that was fashionable a few years ago, but no longer is.
Maybe it was an out-of-date gift, you know--something that was fashionable a few years ago, but no longer is.
It's been so long ago, I've forgotten what it actually was. It was definitely not a Nehru jacket or a Pet Rock. But if she didn't like things that were out-of-style, why was she interested in me?
Yeah, seriously, I've never been to Italy. I'll gladly take your place, bro.
I been to Italy a couple times when I lived in Switzerland, but I would not specifically go there to drive a car, unless they were to give me a Koenigsegg One:1, or McLaren Formula1 track car for a few days. Not your everyday European car like a turbo charged Peugeot, or BMW M series Lol.
I am pretty sure the issue here is the money. His money. A lot of it.
Why are so many people ignoring that? He paid for this expensive "gift" that she gave him.
Yeah, I got that.
I would save up for a gift to buy something.
Actually that happened to me. I received a gift and later found out she charged it. Didn’t like that.
Basically because it’s on a card that now is gaining interest.
At least it was a better gift than a gift card from Sears.
I am pretty sure the issue here is the money. His money. A lot of it.
Why are so many people ignoring that? He paid for this expensive "gift" that she gave him.
Not his money. Their money. I don't think people are ignoring that, but a.) he never said they couldn't afford it, and b.) many couples have a joint account, so any gift bought from that account is technically bought with some of their own money. It's not necessarily nefarious.
Not his money. Their money. I don't think people are ignoring that, but a.) he never said they couldn't afford it, and b.) many couples have a joint account, so any gift bought from that account is technically bought with some of their own money. It's not necessarily nefarious.
I agree. That's a technicality.
Sometimes it really bothers you when someone you've been with a long time gets you a gift that just isn't right, and you feel frustrated that they don't know you better. Like they don't get you well enough to understand what would turn you off about that particular gift, ESPECIALLY if it's a big-deal thing that involved travel or lots of time.
I suspect that there is a lot more to this story, although I doubt the OP will be back.
You're probably right about that even though we're probably all curious as to what he decided to do
But we get left with cliffhangers a lot ….have to think up our own endings
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