Memories- To Smash or Not to Smash, That is the Question
Ok, so if you can read this I am trying to figure out how the average person would react and less how the specific individual would react. So generalities and personal feelings are relevant but background isn't that important.
Okay so while Pat and I were scoping out the new and exciting toys at KB and thinking about board games for a gift for someone Pat mentioned an old X-men board game he used to own and how he remembered it as being fun but he didn't play it enough. I remembered the game and started talking about it - although I seemed to remember it slightly differently. (It turns out they were two different games but very similar.) Well he turns 21 in March and he went all out for getting everyone their 21st birthday gifts. He got everyone an engraved flask - mine says Smeagol on one side and Gollum on the other. So now I need to step it up and get him something cool too. So I researched the game and found out his was X-Men Under Siege and mine was X-Men Alert. So I am thinking about getting him both. This way there are a lot of repeat character pieces so I can attempt to paint them and if it doesn't turn out well both games still work. And he can eventually combine the two in new ways. This is just part of his gift. However, I have looked up some of the reviews and they seem to be a bit negative (although he is a big X-men fan).
So is it a good idea or a bad idea to get someone a gift of a cherished/fond/good childhood memory, or any memory for that matter? I ask this because a lot of good memories are only so good because we let them grow into something better than they were when you start to forget the vivid detail. What if you have a feeling it really won't live up to expectations? Is it worth the feeling of wow this was sooooo gooood risking the eventual realization that no it isn't versus not getting it at all?
Okay so while Pat and I were scoping out the new and exciting toys at KB and thinking about board games for a gift for someone Pat mentioned an old X-men board game he used to own and how he remembered it as being fun but he didn't play it enough. I remembered the game and started talking about it - although I seemed to remember it slightly differently. (It turns out they were two different games but very similar.) Well he turns 21 in March and he went all out for getting everyone their 21st birthday gifts. He got everyone an engraved flask - mine says Smeagol on one side and Gollum on the other. So now I need to step it up and get him something cool too. So I researched the game and found out his was X-Men Under Siege and mine was X-Men Alert. So I am thinking about getting him both. This way there are a lot of repeat character pieces so I can attempt to paint them and if it doesn't turn out well both games still work. And he can eventually combine the two in new ways. This is just part of his gift. However, I have looked up some of the reviews and they seem to be a bit negative (although he is a big X-men fan).
So is it a good idea or a bad idea to get someone a gift of a cherished/fond/good childhood memory, or any memory for that matter? I ask this because a lot of good memories are only so good because we let them grow into something better than they were when you start to forget the vivid detail. What if you have a feeling it really won't live up to expectations? Is it worth the feeling of wow this was sooooo gooood risking the eventual realization that no it isn't versus not getting it at all?