Entitled boyfriend asks 19-year-old college student girlfriend to buy him $800 gifts, tells her 4 gifts worth $100 aren't good enough: '$800 is half of my bank account.'

He should not expect a teenager to afford an $800 gift. 

Gift-giving is one of the most criticized love languages. Some people find it shallow to place more value on buying someone a present than on spending time with them, but that fundamentally misunderstands the value of gift-giving. You don't have to buy someone something to be a gift giver. Gift giving can mean baking cookies and giving them to your friends. It can mean giving someone a penny you found on the ground because it was from the year they were born. Gift giving doesn't have to cost more than a cent. It's more about telling the people around you that you're thinking about them and care about them than it is about sinking a lot of dough into a material object. If you're able to find a gift your friend truly loves, it's a good sign you're a good listener and understand them well. 

Not everybody likes to give and receive gifts, and that's okay, too! Some people get a lot more out of Christmas by sending their family members links to the things they want, and acting surprised when they open exactly what they asked for. Wish lists can be helpful for those who are stressed about getting someone a gift they don't like. If you're going to write a wish list, you'd better put some reasonably affordable items on it, or it's virtually useless. Your uncle is probably not going to get you an $800 gift, and he shouldn't be pressured to do so.