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WE MADE IT!

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Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

I tried searching "gifts for gf", for comparison. These are kind of less terrible, if only because this time there's no fart-jar, but they're also kind of weirder. Friendship bracelets again, jewellery... And a glass teddybear in a jewellery box? And an oddly bulky glass ornamental rose, to just... stand up somewhere? Then a mug with the message "You make my knob throb". Points for rhyming, I suppose.

Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

Had a boyfriend (as an adult) who bought me some Valentine’s Day thing with a large teddy bear, a preserved red rose, and some completely unsuitable nylon lacy knickers and bra that he claimed he ‘had’ to order to get the bear and rose.

I was baffled. What about me made you think I wanted these things?

Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

Hahaha, oh no! D: I'd find that so creepy, it'd make me feel interchangeable with the imaginary Girlfriend of pop culture, who seems to have quite a grim lot in life...

My bf gets me the weirdest gifts sometimes, though his choices tend to be just strange rather than tacky. Today he brought me back a box of "women's tea" because he found it funny that people were gendering tea, and he said it looked tastier than the "man tea". (It's this stuff, good luck getting through that blurb: https://www.yogitea.com/en/products/yogi-tea/womens-tea/ 🤢). The women's is described as "vibrant, compassionate, wonderful". The men's is described as "strong, down to earth, spicy". So if I'd been in the shop I'd have refused to spend money on any of their products on principle. But now the sexist "women's" tea is bought, and he likes the taste better than I do, so now it's his tea. Tbf he also brought back some genmaicha for me, which actually should be nice. I think the weirdest gift I've got from him is a bright blue hat shaped like a cat, with ears, that's tiny. And he knew it was too small because it was too small for *him* and my head's bigger. He said he just kind of hoped it might grow on the walk from the shop...

I normally buy him poptarts and chocolate. Tbf he does buy me pastries all the time, so the weird gifts don't feel frustrating, as they would if they were *always* weird. I just feel a bit mean because he'll be like "I got you a present!" and I'm torn between "yay, present!" and "this is going to be something weird, isn't it..." and I don't want him to feel bad about my reception. xD

Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

But otoh, I don't censor myself; you buy me a weird gift, I will say it's a weird gift.

Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

I need to live like this. Truly an inspiration lol.

Re: How's life?

[(Anonymous)]

xD I don't know why anyone puts up with me, really. On any given weekend, I wake up and make strange squawking noises until my bf makes me tea, acquires a pastry for me, or both. Then throughout the day, I periodically wail until I am stroked on the head. He says he indulges me because I remind him of his old pet cats.