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Conference vaxcat::friends

Title:Welcome to Friends!
Moderator:POWDML::VENTURA
Created:Mon Mar 09 1992
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:437
Total number of notes:35174

412.0. "How to show real thanks" by PCBUOA::LBASSETT (Design) Wed May 15 1996 20:32

    I need some ideas on how to thank a friend that has went way above and 
    beyond for me.  This person has really come through for me in the roughest
    few months I've ever been through and I want to properly thank him. 
    Thank you from the bottom of my heart just doesn't begin to cover it.
    
    Linda
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412.1NETCAD::DREYERwho wrote the game of love?Wed May 15 1996 20:485
Linda,

Be there for him when he needs it, that's the best thanks you can give him!!

Lola
412.2PCBUOA::LBASSETTDesignWed May 15 1996 21:195
    Yup!  I've already told him that no matter what I'd always be there for
    him.  I don't wish that he'll ever need me and he probably never will
    but until he does I must find a way to say thank you.  
    
    Being there for him when/if he ever needs me is a given.
412.3Couple of ideasNETCAD::DREYERwho wrote the game of love?Wed May 15 1996 21:5712
	To me, that's the ultimate thank you.  There are, of course other ways
	you can thank someone...a lovely romantic weekend away with you
	catering totally to him (if this is a romantic relationship), a
	beautiful piece of gold jewelry that will last forever and remind him of
	your appreciation every time he looks at it, a gift certificate to
	his favorite store, a gift certificate for a massage/facial/pamper 
	session, a home cooked meal of his favorite foods, a donation made
	to his favorite charity in his name.

	Just a few suggestions to get things rolling here!

	Lola
412.4POWDML::VENTURAI'm not fat, I'm pregnant!Wed May 15 1996 23:1613
    hmm... A friend of mine has been VERY supportive to me during this
    pregnancy, especially financially.  She doesn't want anything in
    return, but what I did was made up a nice basket with all my own home
    made jams and jellies, and a home made banana bread, and gave it to her
    with a thank you card.  I'm also thinking of surprising her and taking
    her out to dinner.  Might be an option for you?  Maybe show up at his
    house and say "let's go, we're going out to dinner".  Or make
    arrangements for you to meet him for dinner, and slip away just before
    the bill is brought to the table and talk to the waitress and pay her
    without him even seeing the bill??
    
    Holly
    
412.5HOMEMADE stuff beats anything STORE-BOUGHTCSCMA::GEDDISChampion of the FREEDOM OF SPEECHWed May 15 1996 23:4518
    Holls...
    
    	IMHO, I think the "homemade" gift-type idea is the best thing
    going! I think it means so much more to someone if the person giving
    put forth that little extra effort to make something uniquely for them
    that no one else could purchase. However, if he's helped her through an
    intensely tough time perhaps something more permenant would be in order
    that's pertinant to their level of friendship such as, say, something
    crocheted, painted, crafted, etc, that'll last for as long as he's
    willing to keep it. I think that'll also re-enforce her committment to
    him to be there for him if he should ever need her as well. I know that
    a lot of things people have given me in the past have helped me through
    some particularly rough times in my life - or even just the memories of
    the gift(s).
    
    	Just my humble opinion, though! Take it for what it's worth!!!
    
    STRETCH
412.6POWDML::VENTURAI'm not fat, I'm pregnant!Thu May 16 1996 02:1710
    Unfortunately, not everyone is "crafty", and can make something like
    that.  Personally, I have some crafts I can do, but nothing that I'd
    really want to give as a momentous gift.  
    
    So.. Linda, if you're not crafty (BTW, Hi there!!  How's the
    kitties??), something store bought might be nice.  Maybe a figurine or
    something you know he collects?  
    
    Holly