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I found tickets for a cruise that my boyfriend got me. This gift has cemented for me that this

relationship is over. I need to let this out without getting pushback from family and friends who

think his gift is romantic so I'm using a throwaway. My birthday is

coming up in a few months and three days ago I found out what my birthday present was, which are

tickets to a cruise. His sister spilled the news thinking I'd be excited and I'm not. We live together

and I found the gift and know it's for me. I sound so ungrateful but I'm not.

This gift just proves to me that things will never change.

The first thing is the gift isn't for me.

I do not like cruises because I get really bad seasickness and nothing I do helps.

I also told him what I wanted to do for my birthday, which was go to a Renfair festival

on my birthday.

I've already taken the week off from work in preparation to go to this fair.

I've purchased tickets and I'm saving month to month so I have spending money without it

affecting finances at home.

Why would he book tickets at the same time I took off to go to this festival?

Also, this cruise wasn't cheap at all, so it basically wasted money because I'm not going.

I'm so annoyed.

I've told him time and time again that I don't feel like he listens to me,

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