The 14th birthday of Mrs. Sunshine's Nephew is upcoming and he's in that awkward stage of puberty that we've all been at one point in our lives, somewhere in the limbo between being a kid and a young adult. Mrs. Sunshine complained about how difficult it is for her to buy a good present for a boy his age and asked for my advice. The conversation went something like this;Mrs. Sunshine: What would you have wanted when you were his age?
Salaryman: (immediate response without any hesitation) A bottle of cheap white wine and a porno mag, we should get him that!
Mrs. Sunshine: (frowning) I don't think my brother would appreciate us giving him that
Salaryman: (upbeat) No problem, we'll just sneak it to him and tell him to enjoy himself!
Mrs. Sunshine: (frowning harder) Well, in any case we're not going to do that and it's not funny!
Salaryman: (slightly cautiously) You know that I'm only half-joking, right, we'd be his favorite aunt and uncle forever if we give him that?
Mrs. Sunshine: (still frowning) Yes, I do realize that and that makes me even more concerened...
Salaryman: (sighing) Fine, let's get him a boring book about dinosaurs like your brother suggested...
Mrs. Sunshine: (frown replaced by a twinkle in her eye) ...at least now I know what you want for your birthday!
There's always a silver lining I guess!
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I was profoundly confused at first, but I guess by "Mrs. Sunshine's 14th birthday is coming up", you actually mean "Mrs. Sunhine's nephew's 14th birthday is coming up". At least I hope so.
First couple of times I read it, I thought it was Mrs. Sunshine's 14 year old brother, which is only slightly less worrying.
A compromise could be to buy a really huge dinsaur book, cut out the center of the pages to create a secret compartment where he can hide his porno mags and alcohol.
But if he is even mildly intelligent and has internet access (or friends who have such) he should have access to more porn than even a teenage boy could want. And that is an awful lot.
But I am sure that he would really appreciate the sentiment! The amount of data that one can fit onto a tiny USB drive....
Skuld - Yep, missed a bit of a critical part there, didn't I? Amended now, thanks!
Octopus - Would you be less concerned if I had written that her brother is heading into the 40's?
Martin - We did look at the pop-up books until we realized that maybe those are not really for him...
Aimless - I think that the Internet is quite strictly controlled in their house, so might not be as easy as one would think. Nothing like a good old fashioned mag in any case!
Well, a mag is more portable, which is important at times. Maybe just mail him a few.
But I'm sure his friends could slip him a loaded USB. And he should be much better than his parents with computers...
sounds kindof good if you think of it
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