We all love joyful surprises. Whether it’s surprising someone or being the one who got surprised, these surprises are always something that can cheer you up. Now these surprises can be even better if gifts are involved. This is what happened when I unexpectedly surprised my best friend with a gift.
I am known to be a very quiet and serious person, (for most things, but not for all) therefore many people don’t ever expect me to show many forms of gratitude, or any kinds of emotions. But it’s Christmas time, so maybe that got me into the holiday spirit. My best friend had asked me if I liked this one jersey he planned on buying. This NBA jersey has one of the best colorways a jersey can have. At that time, I wasn’t planning to get him the jersey so I had told him that he should get it if he really did like it. But then he started questioning whether to buy it or not. This is the exact time my inner Santa turned on.
I really was not planning on getting anybody Christmas gifts as that is not my thing, but I had to show some gratitude to the best friend I’ve had for my high school time. With him questioning himself on whether to buy it or not, I started to persuade him not to get it. This started to work out perfectly. He would not talk about the jersey for a while. During this time, I would buy the jersey and wait for it to ship and wait for the right time to give it to him. I had to get some help with his girl by also trying to make her persuade him into not getting it anymore.
So, time continued to go by. My gift had come, and he had not mentioned the jersey once throughout the time. The time had come for me to bring the jersey to school to give it to him. It was during the small break in between periods in finals week. He took forever to appear at the place where we always hung out, but he would eventually appear. I would kneel, like if I was proposing, and asked if he would like to accept my gift. He was shocked, as were our other friends. Nobody expected me to do something like this. But here I was doing the unexpected. He obviously liked it a lot since this was the jersey he always wanted.
With this being one the only gifts I have given, this is for sure the best gift I have given. I in return received a Giants jersey from him. Maybe I should show more gratitude to the people around me and gratitude could be sent back to me.
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That gift you gave to your friend is very compassionate. Making someone feel happy at an unexpected time makes that person remember that exact moment forever. The trouble of getting him that gift must be really worth it since he is a great friend of yours. I’ve actually experienced the same sort of situation to give a friend something. The way that the friend is smiling and making me smile is a great feeling.
ReplyDeleteGetting your best friend a gift really shows that you care a lot about them, and appreciate the time you’ve spent together. Personally, I don’t think he liked the gift just because it was something he wanted, but because you were the one giving it to him. Your ideology in the last sentence is a great example of the saying “Treat others how you want to be treated.”
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