Better days and weirder days...

[vashti]

Why don't you offer to take her holiday shopping? You can carry her bags for her, take her to dinner, have an eggnog latte, and tell her what you just said about being worried because you are leaving for a few weeks and how you don't want to blow it with her. Slightly mushy sentiments can go a long way...

[vashti]

I'm not sure if you approve of my advice or not, Aegis. Am I wrong about Mathias' situation?

PS - you you know you will always be the loveforum love-god.

[Junket]

Holiday shopping?

Ew.

I never used to understand the male's tendency to engage in the activity.

But I'm feelin' it now.

I'd rather go for a hike in the woods with somebody special than buy stuff.

Shopping just seems so impersonal...I dunno.

[Gigabitch]

Oh, I don't know about that. Once upon a time, a guy who had a crush on me went shopping with me and my best friend, carried my bags around and said that what he got out of it was the pleasure of watching me have fun. It was surprisingly intimate to have someone just paying rapt attention to me while I did my thing.

Mathias, what are you giving her for Christmas?

[Junket]

Oh, I don't know about that. Once upon a time, a guy who had a crush on me went shopping with me and my best friend, carried my bags around and said that what he got out of it was the pleasure of watching me have fun. It was surprisingly intimate to have someone just paying rapt attention to me while I did my thing.

Mathias, what are you giving her for Christmas?

Sorry, but I wouldn't help but feel like a tool doin' something like that.

A girl can carry her own bags.

[Mathias]

Mathias, what are you giving her for Christmas?

*looks around*

Yipe!

*scared*


Help!

[Gigabitch]

Pull it together, man!

[Mathias]

Pull it together, man!

Haha.

Well, here's the deal. We'll be doing SOMETHING on Friday (the day before I leave), so that's good.

Figuring out what, and if/what I'm getting her for Christmas is another challenge entirely.

[Junket]

Hmm, what a time to get involved, eh?

Small, small, small.

I wouldn't stress too much over it, not yet.

[Gigabitch]

Figuring out what, and if/what I'm getting her for Christmas is another challenge entirely.

I am struggling with this right now as well. It has to be PERFECT.

I think you should give her someting she can go back to again and again while you're gone, but not too intimate. It's too soon for jewelry. Does she like to read? Books have been some of my favorite gifts in the past.

[Junket]

You gotta know somebody to give 'em a book though.

Does she like gum?

I like gum, I could appreciate a pack of gum for Christmas.

[Mathias]

I am struggling with this right now as well. It has to be PERFECT.

I think you should give her someting she can go back to again and again while you're gone, but not too intimate. It's too soon for jewelry. Does she like to read? Books have been some of my favorite gifts in the past.

She loves to read, and that's a good idea...hmm.

And yes, it has to be perfect. Not too over the top, something subtle, but meaningful enough to last her for three weeks.

[Gigabitch]

My bf and I keep trading compilation CD's, but we are both music dorks. For me, that's the best present in the world.

[vashti]

Do you know what authors she likes? It would be helpful in determining her taste.