What do you do when someone buys you a really expensive gift? I'm overwhelmed at this gift that my girlfriend got me. I love it, but at the same I feel some what guilty because of how expensive it is.
A friend of mine called me today. She's been diagnosed with colon cancer. It runs in her family. I had no really words for her. I think they've caught it early, which is good, better than my dad's circumstances, but I don't think there is anything anyone can tell her that will make her feel better. I tried, but I feel like I failed.
It's days like these when the Yeats poem the Second Coming comes to mind. "Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world"
bromopar:
Damn, that sucks about your friend. With the right treatment though, she should be alright in the end. I've known three people who had colon cancer and two of them are still with us so I call them pretty decent odds. As for the gift in my experience the amount of money doesn't matter as much as the meaning. A gift can cost $5 or $5,000 and have the same meaning to you and she wouldn't be your girlfriend if the meaning didn't matter most.
lokiscoyote:
The friend got the official news today that it is cancer and they will have to remove the tumor. But on the good side, it sounds like they've caught it very early, so she may only need to have surgery and not have to go through chemo. As to my girlfriend and the gift. I'm so lucky that she loves me as much as she does. I think part of my guilt is my own unhappiness with my financial situation. I generally see myself as comfortable with the fact that she makes more than I do, but I hate that I make so little that I can't even contribute to our finances as a couple. But regardless I am very fortunate to have someone who cares so much for me.