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another christmas question!
my boyfriend is flying into town for christmas. we have been together for 6 months. he will be in town till january 5th or such. i have already done surprises for him, dressed up, scrapbook, gifts of things he likes, went to dinner/breakfast/lunch and all that fun stuff. my budget is low but i want him to have a great time while he is here. so ANY ideas could be great. i've seen and read your previous advice to ppl and its great so if you can help at all, id really aprreciate it! thank you soo much!
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First, thank you for your kind words, it's good to know my words are not lost to everyone.
When we were young, (My wife and I), we were always low on money, so you've come to the right person. This time of year, ice skating was always fun. You can do it outdoors, if you're in the right climate, or at an indoor arena. I always liked the out door rinks, half the fun is warming up together in the warming house.
Renting snowshoes can be a lot of fun, if you can find a place that's not too expensive, sledding is fun too. A lot of people don't know that you can rent ice fishing houses too, if your into fishing. That can be good fun, it gives you a lot of time to talk and just "be".
Building snow sculptures can be fun too, during a particularly cold winter one year; I built a snow person lounging in a snow lawn chair. I have attempted an ice castle by cutting the bottoms off of milk jugs and freezing water in them. A little snow and water and you can make walls of the ice bricks. I tried this several years, but both years we had sudden warm spells and I couldn't get the blocks to freeze. It takes a long time to get enough bricks frozen, so start making them early. I'd suggest naked snow angels, but you've only been together for six months, LOL.
I'm not sure what level your relationship is at, but some of the state parks around here have small cabins that you can rent and stay at for some winter camping. They have heaters, beds and I don't think they cost that much. Rent some snow shoes, or cross country skies, if you are really physical people, that could be a wonderful week-end.
If you are in a warmer climate, I'm not really sure I can help you much, I've lived in the frozen north all my life. If you would care to drop me an email with some more detail about your surroundings and the two of you, I may be able to help some more. I know romance is always a plus when trying to make memories, but you would be amazed at what you consider romantic as time goes on. What has always meant the most to me is, the secrets. When my only trusts me with something she has never trusted anyone with, it means the world to me. Take your boy friend somewhere and let him in, even if it's just in his mind. Take from your childhood and tell him of a secret crush, or something embarrassing that happened to you. Take care of the degree though, don't tell him something too deep, but remember, vulnerability, reveals character in the other party, as well as, exposes our capacity to love another.
I hope I helped, be well, please write me if you care to.
In addition:
I'll give you an interesting idea: some years back I decided to make a quilt, yeah, I know, I'm a man, but, I'm a creative man. I wanted to make use of some old clothes we had around, namely, pairs of pants. I took all the worn out pairs of pants from my whole family and cut the legs off, then cut the seem as well. I sewed them all together, then put a backing and border around them. I put some batting inside, sewed an old bed cover to the back and pockets was born.
I'm not suggesting that you go to this length, but if you have an old pair of pants around, cut the legs off or even use a pair of shorts. Frame them in some cloth and figure out a way to hang them, either as a wall hanging, or perhaps on the back of a door. As you spend this Christmas together, pick up little things, anything, such as a rock, anything that symbolizes the things you did together and put them in the pockets. For the back pocket, get a small note pad and write a small journal, include the things you two did. I have something I started last Christmas I call UPV boxes. That stands for Unique, Precious and Valuable. I asked that my family members put things in there that made them feel unique precious and valuable and share that with someone this coming Christmas. Do that for your guy, write about what makes you feel this way and those things that reminded you of how UPV you are. Tell him of the things that make him UPV and add small reminders of this that he can hold in his hand while you are apart, besides, this way, he can always get in your pants, lol.
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