Sentimental Gift Ideas For Your Boyfriend
Give him something made from the two of you: the texts you have sent since the first one, a letter that says what you never say out loud, or a repeat of the night it started. Eight ideas follow.
Eight Ideas For Him
1. Every Text You Have Sent Each Other As A Book
The whole conversation, in order, with both names, set as pages of type like a novel. How it works.
2. The First Message On A Card
Scroll back to the first text, print it, and put it in a frame or inside the book's cover.
3. A Letter
One page, by hand, with three specific memories in it. Specific is the whole trick.
4. A Map Of Where You Met
A print of the block, the bar, the campus or the app's city, with the date in the corner.
5. A Repeat Of The First Date
Same place, same order, a card with the date on it. If the place has closed, the card can say where you would have gone.
6. A Playlist With A Reason For Each Song
Twelve songs, and one line for each about when it played.
7. A Jar Of Reasons
Folded notes, one for each week of next year. Inside jokes count.
8. A Book Of A Long-Distance Stretch
If you spent months apart, the texts from that stretch are the record of it. Pick those dates and print only them.
What is a sentimental gift for a boyfriend who says he wants nothing?
Give him the conversation you two have been having since you met, printed as a book. He did not ask for it because he does not know it can exist. Every message is there, in order, with both names, and nothing is rewritten.
Will he find it too much?
A book of texts reads as funny as often as it reads as romantic, because it is mostly logistics, memes and dinner plans. You read every page before it prints and can take out anything you would rather he not reread.
Can I make it without him finding out?
Yes, only one person in the conversation makes the book, and we never contact anyone else in it. The parcel has no prices on the slip. Keeping it a surprise has the details.
What if we have only been together a few months?
A few months of daily texting is usually plenty for a book, and a short one makes a good first-anniversary or first-Christmas gift. The price is the same for any length up to the 700 pages included.
How long does a printed book take?
A printed book arrives about two weeks after you approve it, and no delivery date is promised. For a gift that has to be in hand on the day, give the digital edition or a gift card: both arrive the same day.
What does it cost?
The paperback is $49 and the hardcover is $89, with free US shipping. The digital edition is included with every printed book, or $19 by itself.
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If You Want It As A Book
Pick the whole conversation or a stretch of dates, design the cover, and write a dedication if you want one. Or start with the free receipt.