Codependent Collegian

(Toledo, OH) What was intended to be a simple gift has turned into an identity crisis for UT student Randy Hendryk.

"My girlfriend gave me the shirt on my birthday," he said. "When I opened it, I didn't know what to think. I mean, I usually just wear athletic T-shirts."

Hendryk said that he felt "weird" when he put it on.

"I shouldn't read too much into it, but I could tell right away it wasn't me," he said. "I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I told her it was great."

Hendryk's girlfriend, Stacey Montooth, said that she knew he didn't like the shirt.

"He is such a dweeb," she said. "If he didn't like it, I could have taken it back. But he's all 'Oh! It's perfect' and everything."

Montooth was especially annoyed at what she called Hendryk's "passive-agressive routine."

"We were at a party and he said he 'lost' the shirt," she said. "Just before we left I saw it in the bathroom trash can. I never would have bought him the stupid shirt if I had known how insecure he would get over it."

Hendryk, wearing the shirt, interrupted Montooth to ask: "Does Justin Timberlake wear one of these?"