<human>: I broke up with my ex-boyfriend about a month ago. We both agreed that it was the right thing to do, making it mutual in some sense, but there's no doubt that I was the one who heavily pushed for the break up. I think he would have tried to make things work, had I not been so set on splitting up.

He and I are still on good terms and talk relatively frequently. His birthday is coming up in 1-2 weeks and I want to get him a gift. I already recently got him a gift, however, to congratulate him on a promotion. His promotion gift was a surprise gift, and the birthday gift would be a surprise as well. The gifts aren't anything huge, on the order of about $25-$45.

While we were dating, I used to get him small, fun gifts all the time as a nice gesture. Would sending a birthday gift throw us back into awkward territory? The birthday gift is similar to a gift I got him for our anniversary a while back (an analogy would be like getting the sequel to a book.) Mostly I'm afraid that it'll seem like I'm trying to throw him bait, keeping him hanging on, so that he'll continue to stick around even though I've effectively dumped him. That's really not the case - I just want to get him a birthday gift because I think he'll like it.

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<bot>: My boyfriend and I broke up a month ago, but we're still friends. His birthday is next week. Can I get him a gift without it being weird/cruel?