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"Picking out holiday gifts or birthday gifts can be a pretty stressful &amp;quot;test&amp;quot; of a relationship - how well does the other person know you? I just had my birthday last weekend, so my poor boyfriend had to pick out two good gifts in under a month. I was a little worried for him, but I shouldn&amp;#039;t have been nervous.  For Christmas, Kevin took me skiing for a day. He had printed out a fake travel brochure, complete with pictures of cats and a fake survey for me to fill out. My &amp;quot;ski escape&amp;quot; came with my choice of dinner, movie to watch after we skied, and whatever weekend I liked. I couldn&amp;#039;t believe how much effort (and creativity\u2014 I&amp;#039;m impressed!) went into his gift to me. He could have just let me know that we were going skiing, but instead, he went all out to make something that I can save. He even helped me ski slowly down the slope when I cried at the top of the mountain, like a baby, after realizing that I had been overly ambitious. True life - I am not an athlete.  On my birthday, I got a cookie cake delivered to my door with an inside joke written on top and a HUGE framed poster of my favorite movie - Gone With the Wind. So cute, right? He&amp;#039;d also kept it a surprise that my best friend had planned a get together with some of my friends. (Shout out to my roomie - you&amp;#039;re the best!) I tried to remember what some of my exes had gotten me as gifts in the past, and only a few really stood out. Of course, I&amp;#039;ve gotten really sweet, thoughtful gifts before, but there were a lot of times where a guy would say, &amp;quot;we&amp;#039;ll go out to a really nice dinner,&amp;quot; and then it never happened. I&amp;#039;ve even been blown off on my birthday before by a boyfriend (the one person that is basically guaranteed to hang out with you).  My point is that it&amp;#039;s great to get something that has meaning behind it. That may be cliche, but it&amp;#039;s a good lesson for when it&amp;#039;s your turn to do the gift-giving. I&amp;#039;m already brainstorming what to get him for his birthday! The pressure is on. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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