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Any one have any ideas for my best friend’s seventeenth birthday?
Star asked:
It’s the first year I’ve met her, but we’re really good friends. I want to get her something special. I mean, she likes to paint–and she does it very well–she also likes reading and interesting jewelry. But, she’s a foreign exchange student and will have to go back to her home at the end of this school year. I won’t see her again for years. So, i want it to be more special than just a book or some pastels. I want it to be memorable. She also likes music, too, and art–photography. She’s a very happy, outgoing person. She likes bright colors. She’s thoughtful. Please help me to make her seventeenth a memorable one!
It’s the first year I’ve met her, but we’re really good friends. I want to get her something special. I mean, she likes to paint–and she does it very well–she also likes reading and interesting jewelry. But, she’s a foreign exchange student and will have to go back to her home at the end of this school year. I won’t see her again for years. So, i want it to be more special than just a book or some pastels. I want it to be memorable. She also likes music, too, and art–photography. She’s a very happy, outgoing person. She likes bright colors. She’s thoughtful. Please help me to make her seventeenth a memorable one!
How do I let down a friend gently when she asked me to buy something?
Lily S asked:
A few days ago, a classmate said that she made jewelry and asked me to buy one from her. Well, I said I’ll take a look at them if she would bring them to school. I was expecting jewelry made from beads, or maybe bracelets braided together. I wasn’t expecting to show me a wrist band made out of paper that she decorated using markers.
A few days ago, a classmate said that she made jewelry and asked me to buy one from her. Well, I said I’ll take a look at them if she would bring them to school. I was expecting jewelry made from beads, or maybe bracelets braided together. I wasn’t expecting to show me a wrist band made out of paper that she decorated using markers.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not appalled by her drawing skills or anything. It’s just that I’m an art student, and her bracelet wasn’t that appealing. When she asked me if I would buy it, I couldn’t think fast enough (I couldn’t say “No, I don’t like it” or simply “No, I won’t buy it” because that would be rude), so I just stalled and said, “Sure, if I bring money tomorrow.”
She’s not really a friend. I met her for only a week or so, so we’re acquaintances. But I don’t really want to buy the bracelet. Is there some clever way to back out of this if she asks me tomorrow, without hurting her feelings?



