^^I welcome straight out honesty!
Normally I would just be like.. hey I LOVE that you remembered I love owls, but sadly I'm allergic, can we go to dinner and stop by
COACH and swap it? But he's super sensitive because for a while I was making a lot more money than he was. I had to downgrade to finish my studies and be able to conduct research so now he is the breadwinner. He comes from a traditional family and last christmas, his father who is comfortably wealthy had a friend who said he can get them a great discount at Tiffany and sold them bracelets. His father had no idea because it all seemed legit to him, and me and his sisters each got one. The bracelet was too big, and it was also fake, and I didn't know how to tell him, so I kept making excuses. Finally it came out that it was fake because I didn't want him to go to Tiffanys and get humiliated. To add to that, he thought he had got me a 1.5 carat sapphire necklace from the same guy, he trusted him completely because it was his dad's friend and he didn't know any better, and it turned out the sapphire was synethic. I was trying to set it into ring, but I had a nagging feeling it was fake as well but didn't want to say anything because I appreciated the thought.
He took it really hard and felt horrible because he didn't purposely give me fake jewelry, he's always trying to treat me and I'm the one saying no. So this year I don't want to be like.. well now I'm allergic.. you know what I mean? I don't want him to feel like he can't do anything right. I am slightly allergic on my neck. I wear his tiffany locket in sterling silver and deal with the redness, but the ears are super sensitive. Am I still supposed to be blunt or do I make up an elaborate ruse? Like buy another pair and say I was given it on Christmas eve and then convienently lose it or a cousin wanted it so I gave it? I just don't want to hurt his feelings, I'm really quite happy with nothing and just spending christmas with him and giving him and his family all the gifts I bought.