My ex-boyfriend bought me a birthday gift that I didn't want or ask for. How do I say thank you?

[laminute]

I've been trying not to speak, email or text him for almost a year. He emailed a short little note on my birthday and I thought that that was it. But then he presented me with this really thoughtful gift that I really didn't want to accept.

I want to say thank you in a way that is faultlessly polite but at the same time lets him know that the present doesn't change anything. I don't want to encourage him, or give him false hope or anything just because he interprets my politeness as something more.

PLEASE HELP! I'm really stuck.

[enienieni]

hey hi..

1 advice 2 u.. at least don't send him the gift back.. m sure it gonna hurt him a lot.. his intentions may not be 2 give a new start but just to wish you... 1 year time is more den sufficent for anybody to kick his feelings...

do 1 thing.. send him an e-mail reading "hi and thanks for remembering mah b'day.. but m requesting you not to repeat it in future as nothing is left to remember.. bbye.."

such kinda note will surly hurt him much less than sendin d gift back.. and he would also get what is in your mind.. :)

[Quadrophonic84]

"That's a really thoughtful gift, thanks *hisname*. While I see that you put time and thought into this gift, I want you to know that you shouldn't give me anything else in the future. I don't think it's good for either of us to communicate with the other. My intention isn't to hurt your feelings but I need to make this clear. I hope you understand. Goodbye."

[christian2724]

Mail his present back to him with a thank you note. A very brief one.

[ilisamay]

What was the gift?

[laminute]

a live recording of a concert we went to together.

[ilisamay]

Prob send it back because he defiately wants you back unless you want him back? If you do make contact and say thanks

[papercut272]

give him a condom!