The answer may surprise you. To start with, I know you committed a no-no when you tried to use this pleasure trip to kill two birds with one stone. If you are trying to be romantic with your LadyLove, you cannot cut a date in two , with a three-hour work break in between. Your choice of rendezvous destinations caused another problem. By choosing Lost Wages, you copied another guy's date idea - which made you look like you put no effort into coming up with a surprise of your own, which diluted the power of your gift.
Gifts are a big deal to women.
Miss Right's Interest Level takes a dip . I'm sorry you had to find this out the hard way, buddy. One other unfortunate aspect of your gift mimicry, Harold, is that you inadvertently played a losing game of one-upmanship. In your sweetie's mind, you were trying to match another man's moves, which gave you an air of jealousy and possessiveness. She will deduct points from her Interest Level due to your apparent lack of confidence and self-control.