My boyfriend is a millionaire and all I’ve ever wanted… but now I’ve seen the Christmas present he bought me I’m questioning everything

A ‘frustrated’ young woman has shared her distress after feeling ‘underappreciated’ by her boyfriend over the festive period.

The anonymous poster shared her story on Reddit and explained her dilemma: Despite their otherwise “great” relationship, her millionaire boyfriend’s bond with his mother leaves her feeling sidelined.

This year’s Christmas gifts are a particular sore point after a little snooping revealed that her boyfriend bought her a sweatshirt from her university – the same gift he gives his sister – while his mother was spoiled with jewelry worth more than $ 1,000.

‘I was moving the packages into our living room when I noticed a [gift tag] which said ‘to mom’ and a receipt from a luxury jewelry brand,” she wrote.

Her frustration over the “terrible” gift her boyfriend gave her stems partly from his mother’s past reactions.

‘He once gave me a love knot ring, which was super sweet, but when he told his mother she was shocked. Since then, it feels like he’s afraid to give me anything meaningful,” she explained.

“His mom is definitely a ‘classic boy mom’, like no one is better than mom,” she wrote, adding, “He doesn’t really seem to realize it, which is also annoying.”

‘I find it strange that he gave me and his sister the same gift. For me it’s just a sweatshirt, for her it’s a chic piece of jewelry.’

And this isn’t the first time the mother’s influence has cast a shadow over the relationship, with the young woman claiming things have been ‘tense’ from day one.

“The first time I met her, I made oatmeal chia banana bread because I was told she eats very clean. She didn’t eat any of it,” the friend said. “No problem, but I made it especially for her, so I felt weird.”

The tension escalated when her boyfriend revealed that after their first meeting, his mother accused her of trying to “set him up” and “follow him to his next city with no plans of her own.”

“This was all said after a meeting with me where I told her about my career goals and getting my master’s degree,” she explained, calling the assumptions “frustrating and untrue.”

Since then, she has endured icy family dinners and comments as if she were sitting alone at her boyfriend’s concert, repeatedly making her feel unwelcome.

To make matters worse, his mother even bragged about breaking up his last relationship.

“I thought she was joking,” the poster wrote, “but she wasn’t.”

The Christmas gifts brought out all these feelings, especially after a challenging year with a painful miscarriage.

Many suggested that the real problem was not the gifts, but the friend’s inability to set boundaries

“It was incredibly emotionally taxing,” she said. “I think the soon-to-be mother of your child deserves a beautiful, thoughtful gift.”

Many commenters on Reddit sympathized, suggesting that the real problem wasn’t the gifts, but the boyfriend’s inability to set boundaries with his mother.

Some advised the girlfriend to reconsider the relationship.

“This isn’t going to get better,” one commenter warned. “You should have dumped him after the literal first time you met his mother. She made things up about you, and it affected him, causing him to treat you poorly as a result of her influence.

“It’s still happening, and you’ve put up with it for three years. Not anymore.’

Another pointed out the deeper issue of misplaced priorities: “You will never have a healthy relationship with this man because his mother doesn’t like you, and he will always submit to his mother.

“Honestly, no woman will ever be good enough for him, except her in her (and his) eyes.”

Others highlighted how the friend’s behavior reflected his inability to meet his partner’s needs.

‘For someone you have been in a relationship with for three years, this indicates that the relationship does not have a good future. Maybe it’s best for you to part ways. Managing parents is hard enough, even when they are not openly hostile.”

Some commentators put it bluntly: ‘Never marry a mama’s boy. You’ll regret it.’