I've been with my girlfriend Natasha for nearly 4 months, and it is her birthday in 2 weeks time. I want to give her something really special, and have thought of the perfect gift.
I am going to take the powder blue xbox 360 controller i used to unlock all of the gamerpoints on Treyarch's masterpiece, Call of Duty: World at War, and make a ring out of it. I want to do it so that the A button sticks out like a little emerald.
So i guess i have two questions.
1. If you were lucky enough to be romantically involved with me, would you enjoy this present?
Natasha knows how much my 1500/1500 gs on WaW means to me and how difficult it was to achieve. To complete the Heart of the Reich level on veteran the controller had to become a part of me. So to make a ring out of it would be like cutting off my own hand and making a ring out of that. It's as pure an expression of love as i can think right now.
2. Does anyone know of any places that will make jewelry out of weird items like this?
I forgot to mention that Nat and i met in video game store (where she works as a manager). She isn't particularly into video games, but she is very much into that kind of... faux geek culture, like many casual female gamers.
@Valentin_Seleznyov: To be honest dude, as a relationship advisor myself, and from personal experience, NEVER EVER go full love on the first birthday. The first events together, like your first Christmas, birthday etc may seem special, but NEVER EVER get too intense on the first one - like "cut off your hand" and make it into a locket intense - because most of the time relationships end and secondly because girls generally don't like to have that much pressure put on them. Kinda like a girl saying I love you on the third date. Sure you should remember it and everything, and buy a nice gift like a book or a little trinket, but giving something that important and meaningful is basically like saying "I want to spend the rest of my life with you" and that's too much. Because if you think it's not saying that, you're wrong. It not a "Oh you like jewellery with buttons in it", it's a "I'm sacrificing a part of myself on your altar". And sacrifice (IE, your controller) means love. In addition, the gift is more about you than her.
Girls want to fix a guy. So your first birthday with her should be sweet, but flawed - but still something she generally likes. Buy something which shows you were looking but didn't know EXACTLY what she wanted. Like something but in the wrong colour. Be on time, treat her nicely, but the gift is key. Personal experience excerpt - my first "love" I knew about 6 months and our first Christmas together was going to be special. I spent mucho dollar on jewellery, she had only bought a $5 rock, she got spooked because I was so intense. Long story short, she left for another guy. I'd leave the controller for next year or Christmas - if you really do love each other, then it can wait for then, but if it all falls apart, then at least you didn't sacrifice a part of yourself for her pointlessly.
BUT if you DO still want to go ahead with the gift (nonononononooo!) pretty much any jeweller should be able to do the piece for you. It WILL be expensive if you want it done with any class. Your best bet is a slightly quirkier store rather than a top-notch one. Check them out online. Well there's my 2-cents worth! Good luck! : )
Fuck yeah never will I be able to make a joke like that again!
However, no is my opinion. After 4 months you should be taking her out and getting her something a little more "cute". As the dude above said, getting someone a ring after 4 months....
Spawnman: Thanks for the response, and the issue you raised is pretty much my one big concern. I don't want to come off as too intense... but at the end of the day it's a piece of plastic. Not a platinum band with a seven carrot diamond. I'm sure she'll take the ring in the manner intended.
Although we've only been going out for four months, things have moved really fast, but even still... the ring would just be a silly little gift and i'd get her something a little more "conventional" too.
This is the first thread on Giantbomb that has genuinely made me burst into laughter! It's a lovely gesture and I hope she likes it and I wish you all the best luck with your relationship. It's just also hilarious .
The more i think about it though... the more this would make the perfect engagement ring, if i were to wait and the relationship were to progress that far.
The idea of turning Betty (that's what i named the controller after i retired it) into a ring came into my head a while ago, and i'm excited to actually do it. But maybe i should wait. I don't know.
@Valentin_Seleznyov: Things always move fast - you've got to make it go slower. Trust me, go with a less intense gift this time and it'll work out fine. If she takes it the way you meant it then she'll get that making " a ring out of it would be like cutting off my own hand and making a ring out of that. It's as pure an expression of love as i can think right now." If she doesn't get the true meaning, then it will just make you annoyed because you created this important thing for nothing.
From what I can hear, you sound kinda like how I was. You're in this wonderful new relationship with a girl you think you'll love forever. You may very well do so, but I hate to break it to you, it's not looking good for anyone these days. But you're definitely thinking about things. You remember how long you've been together, you remember her birthday - you care enough to try and make the gift as meaningful as possible. This is more than what most guys do. You obviously care a lot. "I don't want to come off as too intense... but at the end of the day it's a piece of plastic" we both know it's more than just a piece of plastic, or else you wouldn't be thinking of doing it - already you're changing your mind to make things suit her better. You've just got to reserve some things for yourself. You sound like a great guy, but the one thing you're not thinking of the big picture. It may seem like a small insignificant object, but it's the small things which count. Don't try to over think it and make everything perfect. Just chill and don't try to pack a life's worth of live and importance into such a short time. Get her a cutesie little gift and take her to the movies or something. Make out and then cuddle. The world won't collapse if it isn't perfect and a moment worth remembering - honestly, you don't even remember birthdays once you get older unfortunately - in fact, a slightly underwhelming birthday or event makes things better. My saying is always that the years you are happiest mean nothing; it's the years you are totally miserable which you learn from. Same goes for relationships. You keep everything perfect for a girl and she has nothing to change in you (girls need to think they have something to change in you) than it loses its edge, its danger. If you don't do things perfectly, then you get a chance to problem solve and grow TOGETHER, because you're making things right as a couple.
If you wanna send me a PM, you can. I'd be happy to give you some more advice. After all, it's what the Spawn Man does. ; )
EDIT: JSYK, I wrote this before you replied above lol. Yeah, definitely wait dude. Although remember, the ring would probably mean more to you than her (especially since you named it and all lol!) so if it DOES get to that engagement stage, then you should have learned about doing things which mean nothing to you, but everything to her. That's love.
But seriously, DO NOT be thinking of engagement after only 4 months dude! OMG, you sound exactly like I did when I was in your position. I had planned our wedding and everything. If you did do it (nonononononooo!), you could make it into a wedding ring for you instead and make one with something really important to her for her ring and then swap? But like I said - 4 moths is waay too soon to be thinking of marriage dude. You have your whole life ahead of you. Puppy love seems like the real thing, but like the guy below me says (in a slightly cold way...), it doesn't always last. Female gamers especially. I've dated 2 so far, and things just end badly - they generally don't know themselves very well so try to adapt in a boy's world. When they grow, they try and reinvent themselves and that means getting rid of you. And since you talk of "f aux geek culture, like many casual female gamers" then you know that a lot of girl gamers fit into certain categories like that...
I guess the idea is going back on the shelf for the time being then. If the relationship lasts, it'll make a much more suitable anniversary present. It came to me one night and i guess i got a little bit carried away. Oh well.
While i'm here - i have been working on a theory that dressing as your in-game character increases your in-game performance. Would it be okay to submit a discussion about it?
@Valentin_Seleznyov: Erm, I guess lol. I think the thing which increases your performance the most is staying in character and making a real story out of it. If your character doesn't like guns, then he should use any. If he cares about them, he wouldn't betray them. Stuff like that.
Holy fuck, I didn't think this thread could go any higher on the awesome scale@Valentin_Seleznyov said:
" I guess the idea is going back on the shelf for the time being then. If the relationship lasts, it'll make a much more suitable anniversary present. It came to me one night and i guess i got a little bit carried away. Oh well. While i'm here - i have been working on a theory that dressing as your in-game character increases your in-game performance. Would it be okay to submit a discussion about it? "
" Is your Nat type open? Fuck yeah never will I be able to make a joke like that again! However, no is my opinion. After 4 months you should be taking her out and getting her something a little more "cute". As the dude above said, getting someone a ring after 4 months.... "
Okay as a lot of people have stated I don't know if this is for real or not since it's a really crazy idea but let's just pretend it is.
First off I've had boyfriends buy me jewelry pretty early on in a relationship but this was never a ring, it was a necklace or bracelet, things with meaning but not that much meaning. Could you not turn your idea of a ring into one of those instead? Unless you want it to be something special like I think you said about an engagement ring? Personally, I don't think it quite suits as an engagement ring but I'm not your girlfriend so maybe she'd love it. Either way, it's up to you how early on in a relationship you give someone something meaningful as only you can tell what your feelings for each other are. But don't think you're stuck on something to buy that is just as good as this idea for her birthday because only you can compare the presents, she doesn't know about this one yet.
3. I appreciate the symbology of a ring, and it is perhaps too significant to give somebody after only 4 months. Perhaps it would best be suited as an aniverssary gift.
Thanks for the feedback. You've all been a big help.
Good luck making it past a year with that ideal. Oral sex is not like Santa Clause. It has been proven that most relationships that do not involve foreplay in their sexual encounters are short lived. Marriages are far shorter. Cheating is common. So you may want to give up on the "Mama taught me never to eat anything I can't eat with a spoon and fork approach." Anyway, before this conversation delves to deep in your sex life and to far from the topic.
Definitely save the ring idea for later down the road. While the gift would be heart felt, it is a bit too "sweet" for this early in the game. Since you seem to be a nerd and all like many of us. I will try to sum this up in a way you can understand it.
If Mario, were to collect all his coins, and buy Princess Peach a nice dress or maybe a bag of mushrooms on there 5th meeting. She would think it was sweet and be happy. If he brought her the head of Bowser in a clear plastic bag... not so sweet. However after a couple years of being harassed by bowser, and several video games later... PERFECT GIFT.
Hold off on the controller slaughter, maybe... for a one year anniversary? After all it would fit the "Hey we met in a game store." Plus... never go with plastic on your wedding day... unless the plastic is the credit card your paying with.
MORE AWESOME. I don't even care if this thread is fake, it's fucking amazing. Anyone who would go to the trouble of having a custom ring made for their girlfriend but wouldn't go down on her for a bit to get the juices going is clearly a mental. Please get some pictures up of you or something, i'm pissing laughter tears.
"So i gave her my card (Okay, it’s a sky card, but i have a bunch that i have scribbled my name and cell phone number on the back of). She was clearly dazzled by my natural charm, and called me a few hours ago."
Read the blog, he gave her a fucking sky card with his number on. This is the best day of my life.
" I worked for Sky at the time. It's not as if i walk around with somebody elses business card! As for oral sex... i just think that there are better orifices to use. "
So like... you would rather stick your tongue in her ear? o.O
" I worked for Sky at the time. It's not as if i walk around with somebody elses business card! As for oral sex... i just think that there are better orifices to use. "
There are definitely other options, but not to the same effect as those wonderful "tulips" down below. Seriously from my own experience, going down on a girl and doing it well will net you fantastic results. Basically you're buttering them up to the point that they are completely delirious, and at that point you pretty much can do whatever you want. Hell the act alone could potentially give you access to otherwise inaccessible orifices.
On top of that, they will think you are some amazing sex deity sent down to earth to pleasure them and them alone. If you can keep that up, I can safely say that any girl will want to stay with you forever. Show them the attention and let them know you want to hear them moan, you will be in for life yo.
If it's the funky taste that bothers you, pop in a breath mint or something similar. Chicks fucking love the tingly feeling it leaves behind AND you have a fresh breath! Everyone wins!
Oh yeah and just take her out to a nice place, and get her something cute but not over the top expensive or intense in feelings or whatever. If you take it slow and follow my words, you'll have an incredibly happy girlfriend that WILL brag about your sexy time exploits to her friends.
" I worked for Sky at the time. It's not as if i walk around with somebody elses business card! As for oral sex... i just think that there are better orifices to use. "
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