Christmas gift idea for my friend?

Am I obligated to give a gift to my best friend's girlfriend?

• My very good friend of ten years and myself have been exchanging gifts for the last few years and it has been always just him and I in the exchange. I have been with my husband for 11 years (including time when we were dating), yet as I said the gift exchange is just with my friend and myself, which my husband is fine with because my friend is like a brother. So, he has, for the first time in a long time, a girlfriend for the holidays. The girlfriend seems good. She makes him happy and does not seem to have any issues that I know about, which makes me truly happy for him. As of today, I have only met her three times and I know she is going to be around for possibily forever because after only six months, they got engaged last night. I am fine with this and am happy for him. Back to the gift giving issue, about a month ago, my friend says something along the lines of I am going to love what he and the girlfriend got my husband and myself for Christanaukka (I am Catholic and my friend is Jewish... Christmas+Hanaukka). I was caught off guard by this because, like I said, the gift exchange has always been just my friend and I and at that time, I had only met the girl twice and did not know anything about her... still do not much. Then to add to it, he said that they got me a gift as well. I do not feel that I need to get her a gift nor do I feel my husband and I need to get them a couple's fit. I do feel a little guilty about it but I very few things about her and other than some idea chit chat on the three times I met her, I do not talk to her (not that I am stuck up, they live in Baltimore, we are in DC, and I just do not know her). Am I wrong?

• Answer:

  Just continue your tradition. It' been a very long time that you've been giving gifts to each other every year and it won't seem strange hopefully if you don't get her a gift. It is really hard to say whether or not you and your husband should give them a couples gift because you know you will feel weird if they come over and give you guys a gift but you don't have one for them. I say do your personal one just you and him and suck it up and get the couple one as well. It sucks but you are almost forced to.