the fail/connect thing has happened to me tons of times. also the tamagotchis have given presents to no one. one would say fail, and one would connect. then the connected one would go off the screen and it would say the "away" thing.
Well I did the connect thing and my female "mated" but the male had a "fail" message. She ended up having the two tamababies and the second "jumped" to thin air (supposed to be the male tama). Argh!!! I'm pi**ed! My female now has a baby and my male doesn't