I have a friend, you know, I care about the guy but in all honesty, he isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer. He is self-centered and self-absorbed as well.

He met this girl when they where in high school, in grade 10 and she falls in love with him and they start to date, and she gives her life to him. They seem like a perfect match, they are both attractive people, but she is much deeper than him, she is much more understanding and more thoughtful.

They spend a while together, 10 years and they are still going out. He cheats on her; she finds out and forgives him. Time goes on and he cheats again and she goes into denial, actually saying to me, if I tell her he did cheat, she would believe it. I basically tell her I can’t get involved but I did say to her I am pretty sure she knew the answer already anyway. She picked to not believe it, although, I think she knew it was true but it was just easier to deal with it this way.

At one point, I was having a conversation with him, and basically he was saying that he would never buy his girlfriend a dildo because he is afraid to LOSE her to it! He honestly said, “If she had that, what would she need me for?” I remember thinking, is this guy for real? I had to try and explain it to him why she would still want to be with him if she had a dildo. In the end, he still didn’t get it, he couldn’t see her still wanting or needing him if she just had a fake penis to play with.

He told me once to that he didn’t find her attractive at all. I mean, she is very good looking if you ask me, she is dirty blond and she has a slim build, she is a beautiful woman in the stereo-typical fashion but he doesn’t find her attractive and still just kept spending his life with her.

More time has gone on, and it is over 20 years they have been together, they are married now and have two kids.

I went to visit them yesterday and he wanted to go buy some stuff for his truck, I went with him and he spends $150 bucks on his truck for basically junk, and gets a $10 gift card and says ‘OH, yeah, it’s Nat’s birthday today and I haven’t got her anything yet” It is about 12 noon at this point. I am shocked, he has this woman that loves him no matter what, unconditionally, and he wants to give her this free reward card for her birthday, after spending a huge amount of cash on his truck.

I have to explain to him, the card says it has to be used in only 5 days, how is she going to feel when she sees all these posters saying ‘SPEND $150 dollars or more and get a FREE $10 gift card!” Fail? I think so.

SO, I talked him out of that, and he really has no idea what to get her. I have to say, dude, I am sure she has been talking a lot about something, woman usually drop hints when it is close to their birthday. OHHH YEAHH, then it dawns on him, she has been talking a lot about wanting a jewellery box lately!

Off we go to find one, and I see this cute little nick-nack store and we look in there. $120, $180, he says there is NO way he is spending that kind of money for something like that, for her. Remember, he just spent $150 on his damn TRUCK! I basically find this little one and he loves it, it is $11 bucks, perfect he says! It has a spot on top to put a 4x7 photo and I say, buy two romantic cards and cut one and put it in the photo frame on the top of the box. He is looking threw and is asking me to pick the cards for his wife who he has been with for over 20 years now.

I pick two, the one for the box has a picture of a flower garden and says. “Love is just the start” He says, I don’t get it? I say, just buy the damn thing and let put it in and wrap it up.

He asked me to stay for supper, I told him, this is suppose to be for the two of you, but he says that his kids will be there and stuff, so I stay. He gives her the gift and she totally loves it, btw, under $20 for it all with both cards. Money is not what matters, it is the thought that counts, too bad it is MY FUCKING THOUGHTS!