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Originally Posted by rcat
My ex husband of 16 years never purchased a single gift the entire time we were together.
I am NOT implying I am materialistic, rather I wish to point out and stress his being thoughtless. It just plain never occured to him that birthdays and the holidays were any different than other days. Never once did he even say happy birthday. Never once did he bother with a Merry Christmas. I doubt he even knew when our birthdays occured.
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Yes, been there with an ex.......I'm not materialistic either, but it is nice to occasionally get a nice gift (quality, not expense!).....something that shows he cares. It could be a flower he picked (because he thought of me) or a seashell he picked up off the beach (because he thought of me).
I know there are a lot of guys out there who think that a woman who wants gifts is nothing more than a gold digger, but its not that AT ALL! There is thought behind a gift, and that in and of itself shows that he cares....he put some thought into getting/giving you something that he thought you'd like.