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To feel giddily excited about giving my daughter this gift

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Everythingwillbeok · 13/02/2015 16:07

My DD has always had whatever I could provide....sometimes more than her friends sometimes less.

But she's never had a decent phone not the be all and end all i know,but phones are pretty important to teenagers aren't they?

By the way this isn't a stealth boast or anything like that.

She's always had hand me downs or second hand ones.On the only occasion she had a new one from a shop it wasnt a very good one.The one she has at the moment is one off ebay she bought with her money.

So last weekend a relative said she could have her old iPhone which was very kind of her and she dropped it off on Saturday but its scratched badly and the screen is smashed right across.

I think the relative was thinking she could get a new case and repair the screen but to be honest I was gutted when I saw the state of it....she accepted it and was grateful and Is talking about doing extra hours at work to pay for it to be repaired.But was so excited she rushed home to get the phone and her face when she saw it broke my heart.Shes not deprived or anything she has a kindle fire and a lovely bedroom but a nice phone just hasn't been on my list of priorities.

So I've bit the bullet and bought her anew iPhone 6. A gold one its bloody lovely! I'm going to give it her tomorrow and make out its a little valentines gift!

She's 17 by the way. She'll never in a million years expect one.

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Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 14/02/2015 11:20

Oh my goodness Plomino, that's made me well up (in a good way!) Grin

ThinkIveBeenHacked · 14/02/2015 11:21

Love this!

Bet you cant wait to see the look on her face!

Mandatorymongoose · 14/02/2015 13:41

Ah dammit now I'm crying about ponies. I can't even blame pregnancy hormones. Looking forward to the phone update!

namechangeafternamechange · 14/02/2015 13:45

Everything It's past 1pm......tell us what happened Grin

AlpacaMyBags · 14/02/2015 13:51

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jnl0612 · 14/02/2015 13:58

I bet she loved it

ClumsyNinja · 14/02/2015 14:03

Plomino, that's a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing. x

Tinkerball · 14/02/2015 14:04

I'm a bit teary here at the pony story!

TakingTheStairs · 14/02/2015 14:13

The pony story has made me teary, as has the lovely child crying with happiness with her iPhone.
Looking forward to the OP's update

margaritasbythesea · 14/02/2015 14:21

I want to know what happened!

PotOfYoghurt · 14/02/2015 14:30

What a lovely thread this is.

SuperWifeANDMum · 14/02/2015 14:31

Everythingwillbeok what a wonderful mum you are this made me tear up. She's going to be absolutely thrilled. Please update when you give her the iPhone.

Plomino this made me tear up also. What a lovely story. I can only imagine your reaction when you received your pony.

MinionDave · 14/02/2015 14:54

Place marking! I want to know what the reaction was, totally love this thread Smile

FourAndDone · 14/02/2015 14:59

Place marking. This is so lovely!!Smile

slithytove · 14/02/2015 15:08

No up date?

MadameJosephine · 14/02/2015 15:13

Did she get out of bed in time?

sosix · 14/02/2015 15:20

I get you op. Hope she loved it.

CatThiefKeith · 14/02/2015 15:25

Lurking for an update too...

SuchSweetSorrow · 14/02/2015 15:27

So lovely! Marking place

AddToBasket · 14/02/2015 15:28

So looking forward to an update!

SeeChooJimmy · 14/02/2015 15:30

Oh how lovely!! I can't wait to hear how she reacted, you sound a lovely mum op.

when dd1 got her I phone I swear she screamed at a level only the dog could hear, tears everywhere too Grin

SpringTimeIsComing · 14/02/2015 15:32

Glad I'm not the only one checking this thread for an update.

lunar1 · 14/02/2015 15:40

Just checking in for an update!

EverySingleTime · 14/02/2015 15:40

Hope she loved it OP

judypoops · 14/02/2015 15:42

Can't wait to hear the update!