The Spa Gift Mistake

I thought I was being nice. Being the perfect boyfriend who recognized when his partner

needed a day of relaxation and pampering. It was a mistake. All of it. And I possess full

ownership of that decision. She’d just been so stressed from work.

She’s in retail, and because of the holidays, the higher-ups had her on deck 6 days

a week, 12 hours a day. She complained to me daily about her aching feet and

tired brain, and from the moment she uttered her first distress call, the idea hatched

in my head. How great would it be, right? The perfect gift.

I didn’t want to just throw out some generic 20 dollar gift card for some foot-soaking in