He doesn't like surprises.
He doesn't like gifts.
He doesn't appreciate how much effort you put into you doing something, in your way, for him.
You like giving gifts.
Neither of you learned from the other. Ideally, you would have found other ways to show appreciation. And he would have learned to appreciate your gifts because they are yours, even though he doesn't like gifts in general.
It is impossible for me, and probably for everyone else, to understand why this is happening. Is he really annoyed that you went through all this trouble for him, when he would have much rather have it that you didn't stress our yourself so much for this? Maybe in his mind, it hurts him that you went through so much trouble the last 3 months.
Maybe it hurts him that you weren't able to understand that he doesn't like gifts, doesn't like surprises, and doesn't like spending effort and money on something that is largely symbolic and lasts only 2 days. I mean, you say you went 'all out' on something he already didn't like in the past. You thought that by going 'all out', it would be ok when it wouldn't if it was just a normal gift?
What are his goals for saving cash? If he has specific financial goals and he likes to work on that with you together, and you work really hard but then act in opposition to those goals he thought the two of you shared, that may also be troubling to him.
I have not been really positive about what you did. But that is because you asked the question here. If he had posted here with his side of the story, I would press him into why he is unable to appreciate all this. It was his decision to turn your gift into a battle ground over something where the two of you have different views.
Also, you don't say what he said after you told him how much it hurt. Next sentence you say 'he told me to cancel it'. But I assume that is not how the conversation went, right? "It hurts me so much that I worked so hard for this gift, and now you do not want to accept it." And then him: "Ok, then just cancel it. Problem solved!" I doubt it went that way, so maybe you can tell us his response to you saying that this was hurtful to you.
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