I'm going to chime in with you on this. I am not a woman who puts much stock in gifts. In fact, I could really care less about gifts. Yes, they are nice...but for me the nicest thing is that I was thought of when my H decided to purchase something for me, it's really not WHAT the gift is.
But I do want someone who is going to stand up for me, who will make me feel protected & safe, someone who shows me he loves me not by what he gives me materially, but by what he does.