I got my spouse their dream gift this year

There are at least two people I tell everything: my spouse and my best friend. Well my best friend already knows and my spouse can’t know for seven more days and if I don’t scream about it, I’m going to explode So now you’re all in on it!

This year has been both really hard and really fun. Hard cause at the start- a lot of bad things happened. I’ll spare you the details, we’re recovering. My spouse is a practical man to a fault, I always poke fun at him cause the first Christmas we spent together he got me a pack of black socks cause I said I needed them. It was incredibly sweet, I’m the first and only long term relationship he’s had, and I knew then that no matter what- he wants to take care of me. He’s helped me when I was in and out of the hospital even caution tmi: Helping me go to the bathroom when I couldn’t walk. I kept apologizing profusely, I’m sorry he has to help with something so gross He told me to hush, that this is what you do when you love someone. He’s driven me to entire different towns to get my surgeries done, he breaks his back every day to provide for us. He makes me feel special. He’s the practical one, I’m the sentimental one. I always want to get him something he WANTS rather than he needs, since he rarely will allow himself to splurge on things. Usually if it’s something fun or cool I have to convince him it’s okay to treat himself. He deserves so much, I wish he could see he is not only allowed to feel happy but he DESERVES it.

So onto the surprise, sorry to get all sappy there

He said he wanted two things A new watch, which I got him- engraved and everything. And the second thing he wanted was a PS5 Which we’ve been putting off because of finances. Well I managed to find one on sale and a payment plan so I could factor it into the budget When I say he has no idea I mean it He has no clue It’s wrapped right now under our tree

I almost panicked because when talking about games he was saying how he hasn’t played consoles in a while and how he hasn’t seen anything recently he likes. Oh no right? Well okay this is a little bad I started a LITTLE tiff like “hey if you don’t like your presents this year can you pretend to like them?” And after a little back and forth he finally confesses “I promise I’ll like whatever but what I want is impossible so I’m not gonna worry about it” “Well what DO you want?” “All I can think of is a PS5 and like I said- it’s impossible”

So haHA! I got it in the bag

The KICKER tho? No joke two days ago our PS4 started acting up, and we might have to get it repaired if we want it to work. So I keep dropping lots of little “I’m really sorry about the ps4 :(“ Heh chump doesn’t even know I’m gonna drop this Yuletide bomb

My friend is in on it and at Christmas they’re FIRST gonna give him a game for the ps5 and be like Ooooh nooo I got you a game for the wrong system bummer I’ll have to exchange it for you And then WHAM PS5 HAPPY HOLIDAYS BITCH

AUGH I’m so excited 7 days it’s over for him (in a good way) I can’t wait for him to get his gift It’s the least I could get him, this man has literally saved my life

Sorry if this is like Not how these posts are supposed to go or if this is out of the norm but I needed to scream about it or I’m gonna spill the secret early

UPDATE

AHHHHHH!! Okay! I waited until everyone is in a food coma Guys it was everything I hoped for and more!

So to the person who told me to check if it was a digital one or not THANK YOU so much. It is a digital one BUT it’s okay my friend is helping order a disk drive attachment for it for his birthday.

Regardless, guys he loved it! He was stunned, I caught on video his reaction. It was the whole “you did NOT” reaction I wanted and I couldn’t stop smiling and crying all night. I read him the post too when we were alone so I could make sure he knows exactly why I wanted to spoil him this year.

Thank you guys for sharing this with me, everyone was so nice and sharing their own stories, saying how excited they were to see how he reacts. It made it really special that for just a moment everyone knew how great of a guy my spouse is. Thank you all again and i will try to link the stupid little video I made. I swear he and I watched it 5 times to see his reaction. He gives the cutest little side eye at the “why, is it fragile?”

Thank you again and happy holidays guys! I need a NAPHe is all our spouse now and here’s his reaction