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Glimflicker is offline Glimflicker Post #1  October 5,2009, 12:37pm
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To spark a discussion, I thought that I'd ask what everyone's favorite gift that you have given. Technically, I haven't given the gift that I'm going to describe yet. That will change in a couple of days, so please forgive me.

I planned a very elaborate present for the woman I've been talking to, and thought that I would share the story to help calm my nerves. I'd like to think that it's thoughtful, so you get the full back story as well! As a warning, this is probably going to be quite lengthy.

The two of us met around three years ago. My best friend and roommate was dating her best friend and roommate. Our two best friends are now married and we have been around each other countless times due to this. There has always been quite a bit of chemistry between us, but the timing has never worked out to pursue a relationship together. She was in town a few weeks ago [we live ~1.5 hours apart] and we flirted back and forth then decided to do a dinner date. We had a great time together at dinner and have been talking a little bit each day for the past two weeks.

A random story specific to the gift: She was the designated driver when we had a split guys/girls night out earlier this year. The club that they went to put a giant blue stamp on the back of her right hand to mark that she was a DD [waives entry fee and prevents alcohol purchase]. At the end of the night, the stamp had bled and her hand was almost completely blue. As she's blonde, I've jokingly called her Smurfette ever since.

Her birthday is tomorrow [October 6th], and she took the week off to visit a friend of hers in New York City. It's her first time in NYC, and it looks like scheduling is going to prevent her from seeing a show on Broadway. She expressed a lot of interest in seeing Phantom of the Opera, so naturally she is disappointed that it isn't going to work out. Little does she know that I started pulling strings behind the scenes last week.

Another thing to note is that she has already received all of her birthday presents from her family. Her mother's birthday was last Friday, and there was a shared family birthday party. I gave her a hard time about not being able to open anything on her actual birthday, and she very deftly acted surprised that there wouldn't be something from me to open (I have a history of buying her small things that remind me of her such as a Smurfette shirt and a duplicate blanket to one of mine that she always steals). I tried to play it off, but there was a definite seed planted that I might be plotting something. Whoops!

This is really confusing without names, so bear with me here: My best friend's wife knows the friend that she is staying with. After my friend's wife explained the plan to the friend that she's staying with, she (friend) wanted to speak directly to me about scheduling and planning. She decided that the 6th [her birthday, which I originally wanted to avoid to prevent overshadowing plans they might have previously made] was the best night due to the fact that they are 'going out on the town,' so they will already be dressed up and it will catch her completely off-guard. The idea grew on me, and I decided to call the box office and see if I could order tickets as a gift to be left in her name at Will Call.

This is where my ideas and expectations began to get shattered by the actual events that transpired. The lady that I talked to from the box office said that it wasn't an issue to leave them in her name at Will Call, but her computer was rebooting so I could either stay on the line and wait or call back. I decided to wait it out and rather than put me on hold, she asked what the story behind the tickets was. I explained the birthday surprise to her and she thought that it was quite awesome, so after checking with her supervisor I was offered two tickets [one for her friend, too] right at center stage in the third row of the orchestra for a discounted price. These were far better seats than I was looking at online (rear mezzanine) at only a slightly more expensive price, so I went ahead and got them. It wasn't until I went back and looked at the seating chart that I truly understood how great the seats were.

I told her friend about the tickets and she was absolutely floored. The next thing she asked me was how I wanted to tell her about the tickets. I had focused all my effort on getting the tickets and didn't have anything in mind for the delivery, so back to the drawing board I went. I had no clue how it was going to be possible for the surprise to last until she saw the Phantom of the Opera marquee on Broadway. I asked around for ideas, and the most common thing I heard was flowers. Flowers seemed too easy at first, but after a moment of clarity it became obvious that it was the perfect solution--the flowers are just a diversion!

I needed the flowers to be thoughtful enough to satisfy her curiosity and leave her completely unaware that there is more, so I started looking at hundreds of arrangements on many, many websites. After a while, I decided on a blue and white arrangement for the Smurfette tie-in. By the way, are purple irises really blue? Eventually, I found an arrangement that I really liked and had it scheduled to be delivered on her birthday. The note says something along the lines of "I guess you got something on your birthday after all. Happy Birthday, Smurfette. "

I've shared the details with both her friends and mine (and several people I met while traveling back from Los Angeles this past week), and the reactions have been absolutely positive. I've been waiting since Thursday for tomorrow to arrive, and I feel like a kid at Christmas again. Obviously I'd like to date her, but the only real thing I wanted out of this was to put a smile on her face. It's disappointing that I won't get to see her reaction, but I can't think of another gift I've ever given that made me giddy like this.

I'll definitely post a follow-up with what happens after her birthday! Oh, and here's to hoping that she doesn't read this site, haha.
 
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When I was married, I wrapped up one of my 7 months old son's "loaded" diapers and labled it "To" Daddy". I had great fun watching him open it

Almost as much fun a the Giant dildo I gave his mother.
 
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Believe it or not it was a sweatshirt. I had been dating this woman for like six weeks and her birthday came up... I had a shirt made special with the logo of her newly formed company on it... she lived that business...

I never saw anyone so excited over a shirt...
 
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My ex BF's favourite author is Karen Blixen (known as Isak Dinesen as well) and his favourite book by her is "Out of Africa".
I managed to find a 1st Edition in mint condition from 1937 in the original language (Danish). I wrote a romantic poem in Danish in it with a fountain pen and added a photo of me when I was 17, a photo he had always loved. He said he had never been given such a precious gift in his life.
 
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ennoidyam wrote :
When I was married, I wrapped up one of my 7 months old son's "loaded" diapers and labled it "To" Daddy". I had great fun watching him open it

Almost as much fun a the Giant dildo I gave his mother.
I bet that in school you were the one most likely to be banned... lol
 
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Godiva chocolates.
 
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I had a boss once named Brian. That year I was the one designated out of our group of coworkers to get the boss' Christmas gift. I remembered a conversation with him where he mentioned that his all-time favorite movie was "Life of Brian."

On eBay I happened to come across someone selling authentic "stones" from the stoning scene in the movie (if you are a Monty Python fan you know the scene). I bought a stone which came with a certificate of authenticity. I mounted it in a shadow box frame with the numbered certificate.

He had totally forgotten mentioning that was his favorite movie, and was totally blown away by the gift. He made the mistake of telling his wife it was the best gift he'd ever received!
 
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Also... I once seriously dated a guy who had lost his teenage son in an accident. His way of connecting with his son was to focus on the brightest star in the sky and talk to him.

In a Signals catalog I saw where you could buy a poster called "Night Sky Over..." and it would be a photo of the night sky over whatever city you wanted and whatever time you designated, with a personalized caption added. I ordered one of the night and time his son died, with the words "The night (name) became one with the stars."

I'm usually pretty good at picking out very personal and meaningful gifts. Unfortunately I've never been in a relationship with someone who also had that knack (but "worst gifts" would be another thread...)
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ennoidyam: Hmmm, I've had seemingly harmless posts moderated and that one got through for you--Congratulations! What was your ex-husband's reaction to the diaper?

DennisWisconsin: I had a similar experience when I made a website for my father's new company a few years back. People that truly live their jobs can't help but be overwhelmed by something like that.

Mokkesofie: That's ridiculously awesome, was he speechless? I don't know how I'd react if I received something that specific and thoughtful.

Gr8Guyn2008: Why, did you get to keep them?

Wonderwoman402: Those are both beyond great gifts, but I'd give the nod to the poster. Did your boss' wife harbor more anger at you or him, though?

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Still waiting for the flowers to be delivered to the apartment, and it's making me quite impatient to say the least. She went shopping yesterday and got a really cute black dress to wear out tonight and her excitement seems to be peaking. I just wish the flowers would hurry up and get there so that the tickets really blindside her later.
 
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While I wait to give a gift to a good man (i.e a "keeper").....

My youngest brother married this past August. At the bridal shower.....I had given a picture of my youngest brother..... (i.e. taken to a professional service so as to present this gift in the best possible form).....to his then fiancee. The snapshot was taken when he was a young boy at his First Holy Communion. It is the kind of photograph that, although you may not know who he is while looking at the photo, brings a smile to your face because of his expression. Above the picture of him, in text, appeared,".....*name of brothers' fiancee, now wife* is my helpmate". I waited for days to give this to her then.

I wish all threaders well.
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