
dancingzorba asked: My boyfriend of two years and I do not normally exchange gifts. We do the usual dance-around and ask each other every year what we want for our birthdays, holidays, etc, but we’re both not gift people and would rather spend those occasions together, and not centered around gifts. This year, however, he has bugged me a lot more about what I wanted for my birthday back in November. I reminded him that I really didn’t need anything, and just wanted to spend a nice night out, which we did. Then came Hanukkah (I’m Jewish) and he again bugged me over and over as to what I wanted. To this day (a month after the holidays) he still says he wants to get me something. Yesterday, he asked again and I reminded him that I really did not need anything. He called me stubborn and dropped it haha. When I asked him what he wanted for his birthday (in a couple of weeks) he also said he didn’t need anything for himself (I was planning on buying a **** corset or something to wear on his birthday.) When I asked him again today, he said he didn’t needed a dumb trinket. But then followed up with maybe a shirt. His favorite store is Express.
I’m willing to get him the shirt since he mentioned it, and I do love him. But is it inappropriate to get it considering I didn’t get anything? Granted I protested that I didn’t want anything, but I would still feel out of place buying him a birthday gift. Do you think he would feel bad? And would I look a bit walked over if I bought him an expensive shirt from Express after getting nothing?
Fyi: I’m 22, he’s turning 27.
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