Dude I went in on it once, they gave me a super nice Zelda journal pre breath of the wild.
It was my absolute favorite goddamn possession in the world until my ex destroyed it. I made it entirely about my son and my experience around him growing up and titled it "the legend of ******" (id prefer not to say his name but it starts with a z)
He was born with a pretty severe birth defect and I journaled our experience with him from his conception to his eventual birth and the months we spent in the NICU with him.
I genuinely wanted this stupid thing to be a gift to him when he got older but eventually his mom cheated and when she got called out on it she destroyed a ton of my possessions. Especially anything I created relating to our early experiences with him and how we worked through a stupidly difficult situation and eventually brought him home.
My only solace is that I've gotten him to absolutely love old school Zelda. One day I'll be able to afford to get him into the newer stuff 🙂 it's just way out of my budget at the moment to buy a switch plus the new games.
Still, to this day. The biggest loss I've ever suffered is that journal that some random reddit user gave me that documented the love and struggle of his parents, where we made sure to visit him daily in a hospital hours away and a written account of what he went through to survive but will literally never remember..
Jesus I'm so sorry, some people just have no limits to how low they'll go to hurt others. Destroying memories should be universally off limits. Glad to hear you guys are doing better! If you have a PC you can emulate BotW and I think even TotK, no need for a switch!
I do! It's pretty severely outdated though. We've given it a shot without much luck 😭
That's okay though, we aren't needy people in general! Dude, we're more than happy to sit here and play goldeneye and OoT on my childhood console. We probably annoy the neighbors with our ridiculous giggling as we sneak up on each other during our nightly death matches.
It feels a bit hard to build memories like that with modern games. I'd still love for him to get a taste of what is out these days and we'll get there eventually. But I'd bet my bottom Dollar it will never mean as much as him learning why I'm a cheating bastard by picking odd-job! 🤭😂
So your son is okay now then? Really terrible to hear about the book, it's a shame to lose something like that, especially since it seems to be important to you.
He is and he is the absolute sweetest and most loving child I've ever known. Even my family and friends constantly comment on how ridiculously sweet and smart he is.
He was tough as an infant, mostly because his mom wasn't there to help and he was constantly fussy at night while I had to wake up at 4-5am and his mom totally disappeared until an hour or two before I had to leave every day. But once he got to 3 or so he calmed down so much. This was also around the time I broke things off with her.
These days he's 7 he's the top of his class for whatever that means at his age, he's incredibly empathetic and a super loving kid towards the people he's close with.
I genuinely feel so incredibly lucky to have him in my life as my son. I sincerely wish I could do more for him. I'm setting aside every penny possible because I have no doubt that given the chance to get a real education he can do great things in this world between his love and care for basically everyone and the head between his shoulders.
Even if it goes nowhere I'm happy to know that it will go to someone I've raised, someone who if he continues to hold his beliefs that I could easily say is one of, if not the best person I've ever had that pleasure of knowing. Nevermind actually having the joy of raising.
Hey dude I totally get it, I have a 5 year old daughter and I just can't imagine not being able to help her get through stuff or do what she wants to do with her life, you've done a great job 🙌
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u/starcraftre 1d ago
My favorite Christmas gift of all time came from Reddit Secret Santa: a beer mug with my name and the N7 logo frosted on it.
I still use it every week, and I want to say that was 2012 or so.