I was in university and met this really cute girl, Emily. I really liked her but since we met right before our graduation and she had to go back to her home country, I decided to keep my feelings inside me. But when graduation day came, Emily gave me a gift of homemade chocolate. Idiot me decided not to open the box and eventually, I completely forgot about it. And now I think not opening it was the biggest mistake of my life.
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Share on FacebookStill being a coward. 'Emily' has probably felt really stupid for her gift for years. This guy could at the very least explain and apologize. Not because he still wants to be with her, but to assuage the way Emily must still feel. That kind of brush-off/rejection doesn't dissapear.
Agreed. I'm sure she'd like it cleared up and to get some closure on it.
Load More Replies...I don't understand people who don't open gifts. My husband is one of them. He sits there with boxes of stuff piled up. He has an idea of what's inside, but leaves them sitting there. Eventually, he'll open them and find stale chocolates (which he would have eaten) or other goodies.
im not saying this didnt happen, buttttt.... how do you "forget" about a gift wrapped box in your fridge for two years? a fridge you probably open multiple times a day and stare at this box? your current gf or past gf never asked about the box or insisted on opening it? Also, as someone else said you could reach out and explain the situation, as we all go back mentally to moments that made us feel really stupid, and i bet this one is a repeat guest for her....
Yes, he had to have cleaned the fridge more than one in two years. And if someone else had done it they would have either thrown the box away or asked him about it. Colour me skeptical.
Load More Replies...We are the sum total of our successes, failures, choices, and mistakes. While it's true that both you and Emily have moved on and at least you now realize what a missed opportunity it was, you at least owe her an explanation. The reality is that you weren't ready for her at the time, and she may have dodged a bullet. Sack up, tell her, and apologize. She needs to know it wasn't about her.
idiot. This guy is no man but a coward and the gal clearly did better. Feel bad for his current girlfriend to be with a coward
Key info needed: Would Emily have been able to stay had you found the note, and admitted you felt the same way? Or could you have gone with her? What made you think the box was more of a gift than its contents? Even if it was all handmade, it's what's inside that counts. And how do you know someone for long enough to think you love them, but not long enough to recognise when you've said/done something to upset them? Tack on all the other valid questions from the others here, and if you can answer them, you might have a story that generates some sympathy towards yourself. At the moment, I can't feel bad for you, because if Emily had really meant anything to you, you would have opened her gift. Sorry, bud.
When he said that he had liked the chocolates, he was caught in a lie and didn't know it. Honesty is the best policy - but we all try to be diplomatic.
I guess he didn’t think he could keep the box after he opened it? I feel really frustrated with him. Sort of like “Boo hoo whatever ya big big dumb baby”. Not really sure why was so visceral.
I can say only one thing about this story. Opportunities may come along unexpectedly sometimes, that's life. But they can also be 'made'. I do not presume to know the author's life as it stands now, or the life of 'Emily' however I do know this, barring a commitment to someone else... Every day is a new opportunity, and nothing is lost by reaching out, telling the truth, and trying again. Most times in life, missing an opportunity means you just missed it that day, the next morning is a fresh one, so take THAT day. Just a thought, do with it what you will.
Those stories are lame. You have better things to do than making videos of them and us watching. There are people with real problems out there like the father that knit his son's school bag from plastic bags because he couldn't afford to buy one and the kids that pass the river in a plastic bag to go to school. Focus on stories like those, not these first world high school dramas.
So you are blaming him for being apathetic and not having any guts when the two of you tiptoed around out of respect for your EX! Blimey. Priorities, anyone.
Load More Replies...Still being a coward. 'Emily' has probably felt really stupid for her gift for years. This guy could at the very least explain and apologize. Not because he still wants to be with her, but to assuage the way Emily must still feel. That kind of brush-off/rejection doesn't dissapear.
Agreed. I'm sure she'd like it cleared up and to get some closure on it.
Load More Replies...I don't understand people who don't open gifts. My husband is one of them. He sits there with boxes of stuff piled up. He has an idea of what's inside, but leaves them sitting there. Eventually, he'll open them and find stale chocolates (which he would have eaten) or other goodies.
im not saying this didnt happen, buttttt.... how do you "forget" about a gift wrapped box in your fridge for two years? a fridge you probably open multiple times a day and stare at this box? your current gf or past gf never asked about the box or insisted on opening it? Also, as someone else said you could reach out and explain the situation, as we all go back mentally to moments that made us feel really stupid, and i bet this one is a repeat guest for her....
Yes, he had to have cleaned the fridge more than one in two years. And if someone else had done it they would have either thrown the box away or asked him about it. Colour me skeptical.
Load More Replies...We are the sum total of our successes, failures, choices, and mistakes. While it's true that both you and Emily have moved on and at least you now realize what a missed opportunity it was, you at least owe her an explanation. The reality is that you weren't ready for her at the time, and she may have dodged a bullet. Sack up, tell her, and apologize. She needs to know it wasn't about her.
idiot. This guy is no man but a coward and the gal clearly did better. Feel bad for his current girlfriend to be with a coward
Key info needed: Would Emily have been able to stay had you found the note, and admitted you felt the same way? Or could you have gone with her? What made you think the box was more of a gift than its contents? Even if it was all handmade, it's what's inside that counts. And how do you know someone for long enough to think you love them, but not long enough to recognise when you've said/done something to upset them? Tack on all the other valid questions from the others here, and if you can answer them, you might have a story that generates some sympathy towards yourself. At the moment, I can't feel bad for you, because if Emily had really meant anything to you, you would have opened her gift. Sorry, bud.
When he said that he had liked the chocolates, he was caught in a lie and didn't know it. Honesty is the best policy - but we all try to be diplomatic.
I guess he didn’t think he could keep the box after he opened it? I feel really frustrated with him. Sort of like “Boo hoo whatever ya big big dumb baby”. Not really sure why was so visceral.
I can say only one thing about this story. Opportunities may come along unexpectedly sometimes, that's life. But they can also be 'made'. I do not presume to know the author's life as it stands now, or the life of 'Emily' however I do know this, barring a commitment to someone else... Every day is a new opportunity, and nothing is lost by reaching out, telling the truth, and trying again. Most times in life, missing an opportunity means you just missed it that day, the next morning is a fresh one, so take THAT day. Just a thought, do with it what you will.
Those stories are lame. You have better things to do than making videos of them and us watching. There are people with real problems out there like the father that knit his son's school bag from plastic bags because he couldn't afford to buy one and the kids that pass the river in a plastic bag to go to school. Focus on stories like those, not these first world high school dramas.
So you are blaming him for being apathetic and not having any guts when the two of you tiptoed around out of respect for your EX! Blimey. Priorities, anyone.
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