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Quick question!! Valentines gift problem
So my boyfriend has already told me what he has bought me for Valentine's day...tickets to see my favourite band which probably cost quite abit of money.
I'm now very stuck as to what to buy him-should I stick to smaller gifts like other people do or d I buy a gift of equal value to mine?
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I'm not sure how old you both are since you have not stated that or how long you have been together, but the thought "it's the thought that counts" comes to my mind.
Make him a scrapbook of you two. Pictures, movie ticket stubs, quotes, lyrics, etc. Anything that you two did together that made you happy. He'd love that.
Make him a CD, (yeah I know CD who does that haha) But make him a CD of all the songs that make you think of him. If you guys have a "song" make sure that is on there. Whenever he thinks of it, he will think of you. :)
52 things I like about you. Get a deck of playing cards (52 in a deck!!) and on each card, write something that you love about him! Whenever he is having a bad day, he can look at it and read it and he will know that someone cares/loves him.
Make him dinner or better yet, make dinner together.
ABCs. 26 letters. 26 reasons. Start with letter A and go on. It's like the 52 things I like about you but every letter of the alphabet starts off the sentence. (For example E: Every day you make me smile. B: Butterflies go crazy every time you say my name) I don't know, those were just examples!
Be thoughtful, be creative, be you. Your boyfriend will love it.
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You've already been given good advice but I want to come at it from a different angle. Your boyfriend must really love you to give you such a wonderful gift.
Have you ever heard the the 5 different love languages? Everyone is prominent in one over the rest so the love language that reassures one person that they are loved will differ from what another persons love language is. And so, some gifts will be thoughtful but not be something purchased. The thing to figure out is what each others love language is and here is a list:
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Although the author mentions these in context of a spouse, since everyone has a love language, it works for children too, family members, friends, etc...
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Have you ever heard the saying about gifts; that it is the thought that counts.
If you put a lot of thought into the gift you purchased and that gifts represent you and how you feel. Then the cost of the gift is not important. He has purchased you what amounts to a memory or something of intrinsic value. Meaning once used it is gone but maybe not forgotten.
You on the other hand may have purchased him something he can use and look at and see you and how you feel about him every time he uses it. He bought you something he felt you would enjoy. You have purchased something for him to remember you by. They are as equal as they are different.
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