Well jazzfanz if your goal was to make a guy look like a lil bitch in front of his co-workers then job well done.
I start work each morning at 6am but i have not been late to work in like probably 5 years (have not called off work in over a year) or more because I leave really early and get to work at 5:37 each morning (seriously, 5:37 exactly pretty much every day. its kind of wierd) and chill in the breakroom on jazzfanz catching up on threads.
Well this morning I didn't get to this particular thread until right as my 6am transition meeting was starting. I opened this thread and read through the posts and got tears in my eyes during the meeting and a few people noticed. Honestly, though I really dont care that people noticed. Im an emotional softy and not embarrassed about it.
Im blown away and overwhelmed by this gesture. I have talked a bit with wes mantooth (CL) about this over the last week or so, so he has already heard some of what i will post.
He had asked me where my wife was registered and I told him and he said he was thinking about getting us something. I thought that was pretty damn amazing of him. At that point I had no idea what was actually being started.
He later on told me that he asked a few other jazzfanz if they wanted to contribute and told me that some did and he told me some of the names of those mentioned in the OP. I was shocked. I told my wife about it and she asked "why would some guys on the internet buy stuff for Shiloh (the babys name) and us?" My answer was simply, because they are my friends. I feel that this is true.
Its so amazing that this has happened. More amazing because this is a bunch of GUYS doing this. I am a man and being a man I rarely buy gifts for my guy friends and vice versa. My wife buys gifts for everybody under sun for every occasion. I just dont think that is how allot of men are. And of course my wife will be having a baby shower and my sisters and her sisters and her friends and our moms will all buy her gifts for the baby shower.
I doubt any of my guy friends in real life that i have known for years and years will get me anything. And Im 100% fine with that. I have no expectation that they will or that they should. As gameface knows (and he feels the same way), I am bah humbug around christmas and hate it when people buy me gifts cause then im obligated to buy gifts for them.
Well in this case im extremely grateful for what you guys have done (especially you, CL. I will never forget) and I do feel some obligation in this case too. Im obligated to realize how great people can be and how great a gesture like this can make someone feel. I feel obligated to pay the good deeds forward. If I see a person whose car is stuck in the snow then i feel obligated to push them out. If someone needs some help then I should help them. I have always been the type to break up a fight or help someone with car trouble, volunteer my time, help someone move, etc. (If any of you ever need help with moving or laying sod or doing sprinkling system or something or something where you need a hand, dont hesitate to ask. Not saying that i guarantee i will help but the chances are good that i will) I like to make people happy. This just shows how effective doing good deeds can be.
When i was thanking CL in a text he responded humbly by saying "dont thank me yet, you might get this stuff and it might be a pile of ****." Well, my wife and i went and looked at the registry and saw what had been purchased. You guys bought so much stuff that cost so much money. Its too much. We thank you so much.
One way that i will be thanking everyone for this is that when the stuff gets delivered Im going to get nude and with the gifts arranged to cover the fractable regions and take a picture to post in this thread. I know that is what you all want and I aim to please.
