Originally Posted by
ADSR
Because people's girlfriends are either mean, pushy and manipulative or they are nice and deserving of thoughtful gifts. OP's girlfriend sounds like a heinous jerk or a supremely lovely lady if he's going to all this trouble for her.
To all of you, don't make judgements before you understand the situation. We both push for androgyny in our relationship so I don't believe in in that stuff. We both pay for our own stuff and do things for each other out of love, not because of the "innate" conventionality that men have to support their women.
She bought me a $150 peacoat (I'm into fashion) and I've used books after she was done with some class and all books I've used total up to $200ish.