When a commitment-phobe I had been dating for two months excitedly told me he had a present for me—“you’ll love it,” he assured me—I prepared myself for a thoughtful, romantic gesture of his relationship readiness. But when I walked into his bedroom, he instead pointed at a Starbucks iced coffee on his desk that I had left there after our third date. He thought he was being cute, but our relationship curdled shortly after. Whether intentional or not, your man’s gifts send a message. So what did his holiday gift say this year? Find out after the jump…



The kind of presents a significant other gives says a lot about them—or what they think about their partner. Our girl Lori asked people on the street about their best and worst gifts. The consensus seems to be that something is better than nothing, unless that something is a potholder glove.