My [30f] boyfriend [39m] was ungrateful for the gift I got him

hi everyone,

My boyfriend (39m) and I (30f) have been dating for around 3.5 years and we currently live together.

When I woke up this morning my boyfriend and I exchanged Valentines gifts. To his credit, he did get me some nice jewelry. I cried when I opened my gift and read the card he wrote me. Then he opened the gift that I got him and his response was “why did you get me a kindle?”

I’m heartbroken.

He has mentioned wanting a new kindle a few times over the past few months.

I told him that his reaction had upset me and he didn’t seem particularly remorseful.

He’s often unthankful for things that I do in our day to day lives. Doesn’t thank me when I pay if we go out, or when I cook for him (he never cooks), or if I do chores that are on his chore list. He expects to be thanked for doing his own chores, like, if I don’t notice he’ll go out of his way to mention that he vacuumed.

We’ve had issues with him lying to me over the past year and we are supposed to be starting couples therapy 10 days from now.

But now I’m not sure if the therapy is worth it and whether I should persist with trying to fix our relationship.

Can this be fixed?

Posted Feb 14, 2026, 8:02 AM UTC

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