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I've received a lot of gifts but the most surprising among all of them was just 500naira(not up to $1) and it was given to me by a young lady.
Way back, I was very good in getting female friends on Facebook, so I met this young lady on Facebook knowing fully well we live in same village. You know, it's easier to talk on chat than face to face.
We became very good friends online, scheduled a date and we met. We talked a lot of random things and the moment was just lovely.
I opened up to her but she refused as usual (it's hard for a lady to accept at first instance). I kept pushing, making her to like me which she fell for it but still refused to give me that "YES" to my request.
Fastforward, the month of May reached and that's my birthday, I began to put things in order for the upcoming birthday. With the help of my siblings, we planned to prepare goat meat pepper soup that day with soft drinks.
My birthday reached and I got a lot of wishes from friends both online and offline but none of them sent gifts which was normal to me because I don't usually receive gifts on my birthday. Less I forget, my crush was among those that wished me happy birthday on Facebook and I took the opportunity to invite her over to my house for the little birthday party that evening. I just invited her with the mindset that she won't come because she's the shy type that doesn't go out.
The time came, all the invitees started to troop in and the atmosphere was just nice. Food and drinks were served to all of them and prayers were being offered by them out of merriment via the sweet food.
Then suddenly, I saw my crush coming with her little sister, for some reasons I became shy because I know the whole house will think we are dating already. To be honest, I didn't expect her to come, I just invited her out of fulfillment of righteousness.
Just as expected, talks started raining from every angle and I made up my mind to man up to be able to withstand all the talks. She was well treated as a first lady in the gathering and I was lucky that there was no music because at a time, we were dragged out to dance as celebrant with his babe. Lol馃槀
It was time for her to go and she called me to a corner and put N500 on my hand as a birthday gift. I was so surprised because N500 was a huge money for a girl of her age and also, 500naira was a big money in that year.
The shock was too much for to that extent I had to plead with her to take her money back because it's too big to accept. She didn't allowed me to say much, she just dragged her sister and worked away. I was left on the spot, with lots of thoughts, love and mixed feelings.
That was the first gift to me on a birthday and it came from someone I never expected. All the people that came for the birthday that day ate, drank and left like that without dropping anything which was normal for me because it's not a new thing on my birthday gatherings, but this lady made the difference.
Funny enough, I concluded that maybe the reason she went far to give me that gift was because she's accepted my proposal, but no, she was still on her stand.
Till today, we never had date but we love our friendship even though we seldom talk now.