holiday gifts

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Registered: 11-23-2005
holiday gifts
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Sat, 12-03-2005 - 7:13pm

Here's my dilemma: What to get a friend I'm really interested in for the holidays.

This is the same guy that I was dating for a little over a month before he disappeared for a year and contacted me about a month ago. We've talked literally every day since...emails and short phone calls during the day and two + hour conversations at night where we only hang up because it's so late on his end of the country (he's in NY, I'm in CA). He's asked me to meet him in Vegas for a day or two at the beginning of the new year and has invited me to NY over President's Day weekend. He talks a lot about future things we'll do together, which leads me to think he's as interested as I am about rekindling what we had last year. Couple that with his invites and desire to stay in communication, and I can't help but think he's interested in being more than "just friends." He has definitely expressed that he "likes" and is "more than just a little fond" of me. Am I crazy, or is he possibly thinking long term here? I've known him since February 2004, so I definitely "get" him; but I just don't know if he's on the same page as I am. Yes, I can admit that he seriously has "the one" potential.

I'm starting to get off track...sorry. Whether I'm in a romantic relationship is somewhat secondary to my main issue for this post: I'm not sure what to get him for the holidays. I don't want to jump the gun and go overboard (as would be my inclination). And, while, I don't want to go over the top, I don't want to aim too low. What would be the right balance? Help! Thanks.

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Registered: 04-15-2003
Sat, 12-10-2005 - 2:28pm
Maybe tickets for a show the two of you can see together in Vegas - they're not cheap, believe me! And it's a fun gift you both can enjoy.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 12-10-2005 - 6:44pm

I wouldn't get him anything. You're not in a relationship now...you have the possibility of one in the future, but given his track record, it may or may not actually happen.

There's always Valentine's Day if the two of you really do rekindle things...or next Christmas, for that matter.

Sheri