It’s always been about giving….

Well in a few days it will be christmas time, a time of music, fun and enjoyment. First off I wish you the internet and all it’s inhabitants a good and merry christmas. Now let me get to my story.

If you know me personally you know that my relationship with my inlaw’s has not always been the best; my mother-inlaw was fine as good as that can be expected but it worked, my father-inlaw was another story altogether. I asked for his daughters hand in marriage 4 years ago as of 12/14 and since then it was always a shaky one. During the first year or two he made me nervous whenever we spoke, he was shorter and tinyer then me but still this was my wife’s dad, it made me nervous ok!

As time went on and other things I can’t divulge here happened our relationship started to change, he started talking more to me, laughing more with me, making fun of me as family members tend to do. He started to treat me more and more like a son it just felt good (backstory: I grew up with no father so this was a welcome change) Things got better and better and I feel now like I am a part of the family as before I felt like I was just an addition.

Now we come to present day: The other day we were all sitting down to eat and dad-in-law remarked to my wife about his love for super mario bros. How he played that in 1985 and beyond and so enjoyed it and wondered if there was anything new. He saw a commercial regarding mario but didn’t quite understand it so we told him about the wii and there was a new one and went on and on. Discussing this brought such a glimmer to his eye, he was smiling from ear to ear and told us more about how much he loved the original and the ones that followed. He talked for a bit and then the night went on, I told my wife you know I really would love to get him a Wii for christmas and get him Super Mario Galaxy, my wife said that would be great I know he would love it. So I set about to find one. I used Wiitracker, I looked at amazon for weeks and nothing I couldn’t afford the hundreds WiiTracker was listing for, I was starting to get discouraged.

The other day I was watching twitter as I tend to do during the work day and noticed this tweet. I inquired as to how this was possible, he eventually divulged something he was doing to find a Wii which was to following this “person.” The reason I say “person” is because this is infact a bot powered by Amazon Webservices. So I added it to my list of people to follow and today I got this I jumped on it. I flew to amazon typed in all my info and purchased the unit I was elated. Then I started thinking “DO I really want to give up on a system I have been looking for over a year, will he appreciate it.” “I think I should keep it.” I talked it over with my wife and she said it’s your choice I am not asking you to give it to him. I sat there and thought, what do I do; I finally decided Christmas is not about what you get, remember the smile he had when you discussed the new mario, remember how happy he was. So I decided to forgoe my selfishness in keeping it and give it to someone who would love it more than I could.

So yes folks I got a Wii after a year of searching and I am giving it away. But it feels o so good to do it.

–jay