My boyfriend has a lot of mental health issues around depression and anxiety. The weekend before Christmas we went together to the mall to shop for his families Christmas gifts. I bought each of his family members one or two gifts. I bought my boyfriend a really nice cologne and other stuff spending about $300. We are both grad students so we don’t need to be spending a lot of money but normally we spend around $200 each on a gift. I am jewish so we don’t celebrate Christmas at home so it’s only with his family that we celebrate.

My boyfriend asked what I wanted and I suggested a silver watch (nothing fancy maybe fossil brand) or a bracelet. After a day of shopping for his family we tried on one watch or two and then went home. Come Christmas Day, he didn’t get me anything. He had neglected to go back to the mall to pick something up for me or even buy a gift card, hand make a gift , etc. and because it’s stressed him out, he’s been avoiding me the days leading up to Christmas.

Thoughts? Do I break up with him? His birthday was just a month prior and I also got him a nice gift and took him for dinner.

He didn’t tell me prior to Christmas Day, like Christmas Eve that he had forgotten to get me a gift. So I am feeling humiliated opening gifts in front of his family when he didn’t get me anything. It’s the first year he didn’t get me anything at all.

I know it could be mainly due to his mental health and anxiety to go shopping to the mall. But im feeling really sad over this.