Originally Posted by
Ancien Maestro
I don't like your dilemma.
There's no dilemma. Play dumb and act surprised. Gift-giving cuts both ways. The gf is going to enormous trouble to engineer the "surprise." Give her the gift of appreciation.
"Integrity and truthfulness" don't enter into the gift-giving zone. Do you open her Christmas present to you and tell her, truthfully, you hate it? For that matter do you confirm those jeans make her look fat? Be smart, not relentlessly truthful.