Tight arsed birthdays
One of the guys at work did this, still take the piss out of him about it :)

His wife was looking at buying him some present for his birthday. He hadn't asked for much, but she knew he like his gaming so she went out and spent a good £400 on an Xbox 360 Premium and a few top-end games for him. His birthday arrives and he is over the moon.
"Awesome" thinks his missus, "it's my birthday next month, he should really spoil me".
So it approaches her birthday and he goes out shopping. He buys the gift and hides it, then on her birthday surprises her with a £20 chocolate fountain and a little bag of fruit.
She wasn't impressed. It most probs didn't help matters that she was on a diet at the time too, meaning that the chocolate fountain went to him and the kids and leaving her with the fruit.
As you can imagine, she made damn sure everyone who knew him found out about the tight-arsedness and he embarrasedly splashed out on a compensation gift for her, but the damage had already been done. And as you all know, whereas an elephant never forgets a woman will never let you forget. He's gotta live with it for life.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 28 Oct 2008, 17:42, Reply)