{"id":668739,"date":"2019-07-31T13:37:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-1232498\"><!-- .entry-header --><div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n\t\t<p>By Dear Bunmi,<\/p>\n<p>Dear Bunmi,<\/p><!-- between content ad -->\n\n<p>My girlfriend of two years recently celebrated her 30th birthday and I gave her w"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:37:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T13:37:57","slug":"she-expected-more-expensive-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/31\/she-expected-more-expensive-gift\/","title":{"rendered":"She expected more expensive gift!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1232498\"><!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\">\n<p>By Dear Bunmi,<\/p>\n<p>Dear Bunmi,<\/p>\n<p><!-- between content ad --><\/p>\n<p>My girlfriend of two years recently celebrated her 30th birthday and I gave her what I thought was a really nice present.\u00a0 I had to save up for it. I later took her out to dinner and gave her three birthday cards which I h\u2019d spent ages writing nice things on.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_903622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-903622\" style=\"width: 412px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-903622 size-full jetpack-lazy-image\" alt=\"gift\" width=\"412\" height=\"278\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/gift.png\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-903622 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1564580277_28_gift.png\" alt=\"gift\" width=\"412\" height=\"278\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-903622\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">gift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Court dissolves 20-year-old marriage over lack of care, desertion<span class=\"A11yNotice-u1v0gg-0 dWDZbM\">(Opens in a new browser tab)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the enthusiasm she showed made it obvious none of the things I did was good enough. At the end of the night, she had a tantrum and told me I clearly didn\u2019t love her very much. Apparently, her exes gave her better presents and took her to more expensive places. I am very hurt she reacted this way. It\u2019s as if she thinks I\u2019m cheap. How do I tackle this?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Julius, by e-mail. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dear Julius,<\/p>\n<p>I bet your girl was expecting you to take out a loan and blow it on taking her away to a posh hotel somewhere exotic! That should make her forgive you. Better still, spend your next pay packet on a shopping spree for her if the money would stretch that far.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously, I would call her right now if I were you and tell her what a spoilt brat she is.<\/p>\n<p>A good way to end the call would be to suggest she calls up\u00a0 the exes who bought her expensive presents and beg to be taken back.<\/p>\n<p>You are not cheap. Not only did you spend as much as you could afford, you gave her what money can\u2019t buy: Love, effort and thoughtfulness. She\u2019s at fault, not you. and if she\u2019s going to carry on this way, you\u2019re better off without her.<\/p>\n<p>Vanguard<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content -->\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n<p>\n<strong>All rights reserved. , published, broadcast, ,  <span style=\"color: red;\"><\/span>.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\tjs.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.9&appId=1281965775160257\";\n\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><script>\n\t\/\/Facebook\n\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t  js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.4&appId=513460408765074\";\n\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dear Bunmi, Dear Bunmi, My girlfriend of two years recently celebrated her 30th birthday and I gave her what I thought was a really nice present.\u00a0 I had to save up for it. 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