Buying birthday presents for your partner can be tricky – because what can you realistically get for the person who has it all? Thoughtful gifts always go down a storm – and even if the present is something practical, if it's something your other half actually needs, then it can be ideal, and they'll think of you fondly every single time they use it. It may not be the most glamorous of gifts, but it's better than yet another piece of tat lying around the house never to be used. But when one woman used that logic and decided to get her boyfriend a lunchbox, his reaction was mortifying - despite the fact he'd not bothered to get her anything due to cashflow issues.
She explained that she and her partner are both 23, and they live together in a studio apartment. "For his birthday I got him three things. He is really into art, so I got something he really wanted to work on his art.
I also got him a unique mug and lastly, I got him a lunchbox", she explained on Reddit's 'Am I The A**hole' forum. She continued: "He has been complaining that he was having a hard time bringing lunch to work because he didn’t have one. I know it isn’t a glamorous gift, but I thought it would be a helpful one.
Also, my birthday was back in January and he didn’t even get me a birthday gift due to 'financial issues'. "Anyway he was very disappointed when he opened The lunchbox gift and was very upset I got it for him. I explained why, and he was still upset.
" She said that his birthday was on t.