Afters years of expectation, hope and disappointment, all it took was one simple, heartfelt gift to show me he was the one
Well read … Daisy Buchanan’s first edition of The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitfordgetting presents. I know it is supposed to be more blessed to give than to receive. I know that 50% of allgifts are grudging Secret Santa purchases, and 100% of those are always the third item in a Boots 3-for-2 special – a Soap & Glory shower puff. And I know I’m too old and too ugly for stockings and surprises. First, I’m at a truly privileged point in my life where I already have everything I already need.
A very sporty boyfriend presented me with tickets to Twickenham, suggesting that I make the next year “the one where you get into rugby”. A very posh boyfriend gave me a battered box containing magnolia hand soap and matching moisturiser. I recognised it from his mother’s emergency present cupboard. There was the inevitable red, rash-rousing underwear, the T-shirt promoting protein supplements, and the Michael Bolton CD, which was an inside joke. With a different girlfriend.
Christmas 2011 came, and the man I was seeing sent me a slightly disappointing token of his esteem – a text message. At the beginning of 2012, I decided things had to change.
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