A
female
age
36-40,
anonymous
writes:I'm curious to know what would be the best thing to do in this kind of situation. At Christmas last year, I'd been dating a guy for 4 or 5 months. We've since split up so this is just a hypothetic question.For weeks leading up to Christmas he was saying how excited he was about the gift he'd got me, how he'd looked everywhere and found the perfect thing and that I would love it. He mentioned it every time I saw him. But then when Christmas rolled around and I opened it, it turned out to be the most hideous jewelery I'd ever seen and I pretended I liked it because he was so excited and I didn't want to hurt his feelings. Now I'm wondering if I should have just said I didn't like it?
View related questions:
christmas, split up Reply to this Question
Share |
Fancy yourself as an agony aunt? Add your answer to this question! A
reader, anonymous, writes (23 February 2010): I think if I was in your situation, I would have said I liked it too! I wouldn't want to hurt his feelings. And I guess to me, knowing that he had made so much effort in getting that gift would have meant a lot to me anyway, so the actual gift itself would have been irrelevant. x
A
female
reader, eyeswideopen  +, writes (23 February 2010):
 I've had similar experiences and I always decided to go with the little white lie and say I truly loved the gift. It was the thought that counts not the actual gift. Why hurt someone's feelings over something that petty?
...............................
|
