My girlfriend says my gift wasn't birthday gift worthy, and it was just an everyday gift.

This was 15 years ago. Back then, I was dating a girl who turned out to be much more than she

led on at first. I'd been dating this girl for about five months, and things were going great.

We hung out a lot, and I've got to say I really enjoyed her

company. She wasn't just a girlfriend, she was someone I really liked chilling with. Her birthday

was coming and I really wanted to do something awesome for her. She had told me a couple of times

how much she wanted to go to a hockey game at the Bell Center to see a Montreal Canadiens game. I figured this was the best opportunity

to see that she finally got to go. After asking around, I was able to get tickets to see the Montreal

Canadians play against the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins. At the time, Mario Lemieux was still playing

with Jarre. I don't know if I pronounced that right, by the way.

So not only would she get to see the Canadians game, she'd also get to see two of the most

famous players at the time live.

The day of her birthday comes, we go out for dinner, after dessert I hand her an envelope

with a thoughtful greeting card I knew she'd like, along with the game tickets.

She rips the envelope open, doesn't even read the greeting card, holds up the hockey tickets,

and disappointingly asks, what's this? I then explained to her how she's always wanted to go

see a hockey game and how the Pittsburgh Penguins would be the visiting team and how I got

some really good seats a few rows

up behind the player's bench and how I spared no expense. She was not impressed in the slightest.

I appreciate the thought, but this is the kind of gift I'd expect to get any other day. This is my

birthday. I expected something shiny. I paused for a moment because I honestly thought

she was trolling me or just wanted to make me sweat for a second. But no, she was dead serious.

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