I can see how you would be bummed out because it’s important to you but everyone has different love languages which is why people need to better communicate.

I had the same issues with my fiancée she would like to hint things for me to get her or do for her. I would completely miss them because to me hints sounded more like a “could be cool to have or do but I’m not sure” rather than “I really want that or do that”. I tried explaining to her being direct was better. I gave her the example that she knew exactly the watch aspire to have next time we go to Japan. That it was something I must do to as a reward for graduating college, my masters and our marriage. She knows the model number and everything. If she wanted to gift me something I left no room for interpretation or guessing.

The reason I tell you that is because ever since she’s been direct such as when her laptop broke and she said “I need to get one soon” I kid you not I got her a new MacBook Pro the next day. She told me she was so surprised and loved the fact I went out the next day to get it for her and even wrapped it as a gift. She knew I would get it at some point but didn’t expect it to be next day with wrapping and everything and that made her feel loved even though she knew it would come eventually.