By not getting your girlfriend a present for an anniversary, you are not up a creek and dead to rights.

She isn’t entirely in a rage about this, as long as you are keen on making it up to her.

Making it up to her is as elementary as giving her a special day at home, where you make her a lovely dinner, or give her a wonderful massage.

You don’t have to run out and buy her an extravagant gift.

She is perfectly happy with you giving her your attention or pampering her.

Avoid apologizing profusely to her.

Apologizing profusely sends her the message that you have done an egregiously bad act in not giving her an anniversary present.

In constantly apologizing, you keep drawing attention to the act of not giving her an anniversary present.

When you keep drawing attention to it, you make it appear worse.

Refrain from apologizing.

Anniversaries aren’t the only occasions where a boyfriend shows that he cares about his girlfriend.

Do nice gestures for your girlfriend on a daily basis.

This doesn’t mean that you have to shower her with gifts and serenade her every day.

An act as effortless as cuddling with her demonstrates that you love and appreciate your girlfriend.

Telling her how much you appreciate her in your life is yet another effortless way to be nice to your girlfriend.

Spend time helping her out with chores or taking the initiative to do them yourself.

It is the little gestures that you do that make the difference.

As you do these loving acts, they add up, and you build goodwill.

By being a boyfriend of this caliber on a daily basis, she won’t care all that much if you don’t give her a present on a future anniversary.

After all, these daily loving acts demonstrate that she means a lot to you.

For now, if your girlfriend is upset about not receiving a present from you for an anniversary, tell her how much you care about her.

That’s what she wants to hear, for her reassurance.

A reassurance that you care about her.

Assuring her that you care about her is especially critical if you haven’t been a supportive boyfriend.

In not receiving an anniversary present from you, she sees this as reinforcement that you don’t care about her that much.

Reassure her that this isn’t the case.

This isn’t enough to get you off the hook though.

Back up your words with an action plan.

Make it your mission to show her how much you care for her each and every day.

As aforementioned, you don’t have to go overboard with this.

Doing subtle gestures each and every day to reassure her is sufficient.

Tell her that you love her and be affectionate.

Let her speak her mind, and listen.

Give her regular bubble baths and feet rubs.

Write her love letters, and surprise her with her favorite treats.

By using your imagination and applying yourself, there is no limit to the number of romantic gestures available to you.

This is how you make up for it.