For her birthday, the woman felt deeply hurt when her husband gave her just a shower gel. “The gift felt cheap and thoughtless to me,” she admitted, especially since they didn’t have financial problems. She even checked their bank account to be sure—and confirmed he could’ve easily bought something nicer, like flowers.

Worse, the shower gel had a scent she disliked. Feeling “hurt and misunderstood,” she cried and poured it down the toilet without confronting him.

Later, her husband came home and asked cheerfully, “Did you find it?” She was confused.

To her shock, he had hidden a ring inside the bottle cap—a surprise gift meant to be discovered. Since she had thrown the gel away, he had to retrieve the ring from the toilet.

What first seemed like a careless gift was actually a thoughtful and creative gesture. In the end, she realized, “I had misjudged him.”