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[augustine]

I'll be exiting Hermitville soon, but I've had a very important relationship with a woman here for a while. It has kind of been an on and off thing, but she is the most loyal, kind hearted person I've ever met (with the best Asian butt I've ever seen-- fitness freak, mmm, gonna miss it). She cooked for me, cleaned constantly, provided me with what must have amounted to over $2,000 in gifts and general apartment amenities, and actually encouraged me to see other women on the side, though that blew up in my face a few times and caused me minor injuries. Basically, she has pretty much been my best and most stable friend/lover in the time I've spent here.

She's just a really good, honest person who found me a great apartment, fought the shady companies I worked for, and was always there for me when I needed her, and will continue to be until I leave. So, I woke up today realizing that I need to honor her charity with something meaningful. However, I'm a retard when it comes to giving people gifts. She's one of those girls who lives in an animal world, where her life essentially revolves around feeding stray cats and, as she puts it, being a "pet detective" and finding other peoples' lost animals. Her Kakao picture is her with her dead dog who apparently can never be replaced.

Anyway, I was talking to her about getting her a new dog or cat to replace me, "big doggie", but she's so specific about certain breeds and I just don't know anything about that shit. I'm likely the worst gift giver ever and the best idea I've had is to get a jeweler to make a necklace with her name on it... but that sounds even worse typing it out than it did previously when the idea entered my head. See, that's the best stupid idea I can think of. I want this one to make an impact. Must be better than the wall-mounted talking fish I gave my mom a few years ago. Any ideas? Hit me with it.

[Savant]

Why are you letting her go?

[radcon]

How about a plane ticket to where you are going and a key to your new apartment.

[augustine]

I just have to leave and I don't think it would work out elsewhere. Nor does she, for what it's worth.

[Julius]

[Savant]

@Julius

Yes, the OP is very trollish in nature but it had decent punctuation and a right amount of reality to make it somewhat believable. A little heavy on the fiction but not badly written.

[augustine]

I'm not trolling in the least bit and you can automatically assume that about me if I'm creating my own thread. What I said was true. She's done a lot for me and I want to give her something memorable.

And, Julius, don't assume so much.

[cdninkorea]

How about an all-expenses paid trip somewhere, like Jeju or somewhere tropical in another country? You could book the flight and hotel in her name and give her a bunch of the local currency. This wouldn't be cheap, but if she's meant that much to you (and helped you with so many financial difficulties)...

[augustine]

Never had any financial difficulties really, she just gave me a lot of stuff. As much as I'd like to do that though, she hates the beach and it's been like pulling toenails getting her to go on vacations with me in the past. Not sure if there's time for that as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

[Nolos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvZpjIvgAMI

[Julius]

There's something about this nonsense that just doesn't sit right.

[augustine]

[Gravity Wins]

OP, ignore Julius. He's just being a *beep*. Or, as you said, he has no idea how relationships work. To speak of relationships in terms of "reciprocating an investment" is pretty damn creepy.

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Back to the topic, which isn't relationship advice (as some of the lonely cynics above tried to make it), but gift advice. Don't buy a dog. Do you really want this girl to be thinking about you for the whole lifespan of the dog? To tell everyone she knows about a new dog, from you? Well, maybe that's what you want. But I doubt it'd make the transition any easier.

Get her a new phone or something. A consumeristic item she'll, like, use, then replace in a few years.

[augustine]

Hah, the dog thing was not meant as me trying to create some canine memento of myself; it was as simple as, 'she likes dogs, dogs are good companions, maybe I should get her one' in my head. Like I said, I'm a bad gift giver. I know I used the word "replace" but I guess that was just poor wording. We've both accepted the moving on part, I doubt either of us will be hung up for long. Input noted, GW.

[Died By Bear]

What's the budget?