TL;DR BELOW Yesterday (Tuesday) was my birthday. My boyfriend and I had a nice dinner and went to an arcade afterwards- it was a great b-day date. However, during the dinner, he left for about 15 minutes- turns out that he went to the Zales right next door and bought my gift. He had asked me about a week ago about my ring size, and I didn't get a chance to get sized until last weekend, so he didn't really have a chance to order a ring that he wanted to (my fault, but I've been inordinately busy lately). I do not like the necklace he got at all. It's an emerald (I mentioned specifically when he asked about gems that I hate emeralds) turtle (an animal which is cute, but has absolutely zero symbolic meaning to either of us), and is downright matronly. It turns out that he originally wanted to get me a claddagh ring, which I would have loved. I told him that it wouldn't have been a big deals to be a few days late, but he feels differently. I googled the price because I figured if he spent $40 on it or so, I could grin and wear it when he's around, but the thing was apparently $130, which makes me hate it even more. What would you do- ask him to return it and get the original gift or something else, or let an expensive and ugly necklace languish in your jewelry box?P.S. I think that I feel a little more hurt because I gave him what I thought was an awesome gift for his birthday. A little enamel pin that he wears all the time, a video game that he wanted, and a custom portrait of him and his dog done in the Archer cartoon style that I had to order two months in advance. I think it stings a little more that I spent so much time on his gifts.Tl;DR: I hate the expensive b-day gift I got. Return and chance hurt feelings, or wear when he's around? via /r/Gifts https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifts/comments/8y1hwl/bf_got_a_bad_gift_please_help/?utm_source=ifttt
