BF doesn't like his gift

[green ferns]

Maybe he just doesn't know how to be gracious--? He obviously wasn't!

And, maybe he's thought about it and really does like the present now that he's had a chance to get used to it.

Either way, thanks for linking to the cool site! 

[pop_psychosis]

The catapult was very cool and I'm sorry your boyfriend didn't seem to like it at first. I want to thank you for linking to that site because it gave me some ideas for my boyfriend's upcoming birthday. I hate shopping for him because he never tells me what he wants, and some of the stuff on that site was perfect. I got him a couple Star Wars related things I think he should get a kick out of (I hope).

[shadowfox79]

Sounds like my evil ex. He was impossible to shop for. Or, let me rephrase that. He was possible to shop for, but only if you were spending more than you could afford on him.

I first realised that I needed to dump my ex when I was shopping for a birthday present for him and trying to find something that he wouldn't laugh at and then show his mum so they could both make fun of it.

I found something, but got rid of him shortly afterwards.

[Dragonflymom]

The catapault is awesome - now my fiance wants one too!

That is pretty bad that your BF wasn't gracious about his gift at first - I hope that he isn't always like that.  If he is, it may be time to discuss with him how it made you feel, and what your expectations are for his behavior.  That sounds a lot like my ex husband, at times it was like pulling teeth to get a thank you out of him.

[jais]

The catapult was very cool and I'm sorry your boyfriend didn't seem to like it at first. I want to thank you for linking to that site because it gave me some ideas for my boyfriend's upcoming birthday. I hate shopping for him because he never tells me what he wants, and some of the stuff on that site was perfect. I got him a couple Star Wars related things I think he should get a kick out of (I hope).

I love this site, there's easily 25 things on here I'd LOVE to have. 

[WildChild@Heart]

Ah...he had a case of hoof in mouth disease? He recovered and is trying to make it up to you?

[hobish]

Awww, man. He really could have been more gracious about it; but i am glad it worked out ok.

Gish is really hard to buy for, too. One year i got him the movie Jersey Girl for Christmas because he likes Kevin Smith movies. I could tell just by the look on his face that he was not thrilled. My feelings were kinda hurt, even though he tried his best to be not let it show. That same year he got me The Davinci Code; which let me in the exact same position, i hate that book.
We make jokes about it now.

[alecmari]

My BF almost got himself dumped over gifts in the first few months of our relationship.  I love gift shopping and buy gifts according to the style of the giftee.  He had all these great traditional knick-knacks in his room that unfortunately turned out to belong to his sister.  He is also from Bolivia.

I went online to Ebay and ordered two items.  One was a statue with all these musicians playing traditional instruments.  The other was a gorgeous Bolivian tapestry that was delivered from Bolivia - actually from the city he was born in.

He was gracious accepting them but started needling about what rotten gifts they were later.  And he. would. not. stop.  The end result was I started crying and screaming at him how rude and horrible he was and I would never get him anything again.  In the ensuing conversation he told me that the kick-knacks that I assumed were from his travels actually belonged to his sister and that he had thought that I was deliberately buying to my taste instead of his to "improve" him. 

We worked it out but it seriously almost ended the relationship - I was that hurt and angry.