My (28F) boyfriend (28M) and I had a fight over Christmas gifts. Help us please?
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My boyfriend and I (both 28, been together 6 years) had an argument over Christmas gifts. I have always made him Christmas gifts. One year I made him a blanket, another year a photo album, and on and on. It’s something I put a lot of time and effort into and he has always seemed to love them. This year I made him a customized coupon book with coupons for massages, baking cookies, etc. I put a lot of time and effort into it and was very proud of it. <br><br>This year I also took him to see The Rolling Stones in Vegas for a three-day trip. I chose the seats and hotel and everything and planned everything out for us, and he was so happy. The trip was amazing, and he kept talking about how much fun he was having and how happy he was. I have never seen him so happy. He thanked me so many times and said how it was the best time he’s ever had. <br><br>We got home and he unboxed the gifts he got for his family and they included three vacuums. I asked if he got me one (I have been complaining about our vacuum for a while and he heard me complain about it in front of his mom, who told him to get us one). He said he didn’t get me one and he said “Why would I get you one? You don’t get me presents. We’re adults.” <br><br>I was shocked. He’s always loved the gifts I make him. I said it’s not the same as making a blanket or photo album or something like that, but he said “I like/need vacuums more than photo albums” I said that’s fair enough. <br><br>Fast forward to Christmas at our place. We didn’t do gifts. I didn’t want to give him the coupon book after he told me he didn’t like my gifts, and I didn’t want to sit there and watch him open his gifts to waste his time when he told me he doesn’t like the gifts I make him anymore. <br><br>Fast forward to last night. He was venting about his family to me and how he expects certain things and they disappoint him, and he said that includes me. I asked what he meant. He said he always gets me gifts and I don’t get him any. I said I don’t get him any because he told me he doesn’t like them. He said that’s not true. I said okay fine, let’s pretend I did make you a gift this year. What would you want. He said “I don’t know. I would have liked to find out.” <br><br>I asked if he would have liked the coupon book I made him. He said yes, he would have liked it. I asked why he didn’t tell me he wanted a gift from me. He said he didn’t want to be presumptuous and assume I would get him a gift (even though I have gotten him gifts every year for six years). <br><br>I said I spent hours on that gift and I’m angry that he threw what I do for him in my face and led me to believe he didn’t want it. He said he didn’t mean to hurt my feelings. Now I’m mad because I spent a lot of time on that gift and he shot it down before I even gave it to him. I don’t know what to do. He wants me to give it to him now but I said no, I’m not going to waste my time giving him something he told me he didn’t want. <br><br>Now he’s just angry and disappointed at me. He’s saying I’m being stubborn and I’m punishing him and I’m being immature. That’s how our fight has gone so far. Help us please?<br><br>Tl;DR: I make my boyfriend Christmas gifts every year and he told me he doesn’t want that this year and it led to a big fight. Should I give him the gift I made for him?
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