All these words they make no sense
Have you ever felt bad for not much of a good reason? I don't really know how to explain the way I feel but I'll give it a go. There's this piece of music I've been wanting for a while now but never got round to buying or at least tracking it down to buy, it's fairly old and you need a special type of record player to hear it.
Anyway, today I went out for a drink with a really good mate of mine who I love to death and she surprised me with the music, she'd gone out of her way to find it for me and for no other reason but purely out of the kindness of her heart, she bought me it. How do you tell someone who is so excited about having got you something you've been wanting so much, that their gift no longer has much use to you? Thing is, I haven't got the player anymore . . I wouldn't have mentioned it, but she kept bringing it up, asking if she could hear this music I liked so much. In the end I just said really awkwardly, "thank you so much, I love it . . but I don't have anything to play it on", the look on her face, she was so embarrassed and disappointed, I felt terrible.
I spent the next hour or so of our drinking time trying to convince her that I really appreciated her gift, I love it and I intend to track down the player and buy it. She gave me the receipt and told me to exchange it for something . . I couldn't do that, just because I can't use it right now, doesn't mean I don't want it, I really am very grateful! I just wish I could convince her that she doesn't need to feel stupid, she wasn't to know I didn't have the player. I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but I still feel bad, I feel stupid as well, as though it's my fault for not having the player anymore . . to save her feeling so silly. I hate when my mates feel anything less than great, especially when the negative feelings are down to me.
Speaking of gifts, Robbie got me a paid account, thank you mate, that was really kind of you.
- Mark
Anyway, today I went out for a drink with a really good mate of mine who I love to death and she surprised me with the music, she'd gone out of her way to find it for me and for no other reason but purely out of the kindness of her heart, she bought me it. How do you tell someone who is so excited about having got you something you've been wanting so much, that their gift no longer has much use to you? Thing is, I haven't got the player anymore . . I wouldn't have mentioned it, but she kept bringing it up, asking if she could hear this music I liked so much. In the end I just said really awkwardly, "thank you so much, I love it . . but I don't have anything to play it on", the look on her face, she was so embarrassed and disappointed, I felt terrible.
I spent the next hour or so of our drinking time trying to convince her that I really appreciated her gift, I love it and I intend to track down the player and buy it. She gave me the receipt and told me to exchange it for something . . I couldn't do that, just because I can't use it right now, doesn't mean I don't want it, I really am very grateful! I just wish I could convince her that she doesn't need to feel stupid, she wasn't to know I didn't have the player. I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but I still feel bad, I feel stupid as well, as though it's my fault for not having the player anymore . . to save her feeling so silly. I hate when my mates feel anything less than great, especially when the negative feelings are down to me.
Speaking of gifts, Robbie got me a paid account, thank you mate, that was really kind of you.
- Mark