my wife /my room mate

[Yoyowife]

It's probably because she didn't make a big deal out of it and you were trying to downplay the uncomfortable situation. I do things like that when I'm uncomfortable. Later I could have come up with good responses like "I hope you like it, I really tried to get you something I thought you would like." and think why couldn't I have said something like that. But you know what they say hindsight is 20/20. I've certainly been there, done that.