My boyfriend turned 30 on Tuesday. Unfortunately we couldn't be together for his birthday, but he's coming to visit in 15 days and I wanted to make something special for him.
I came up with this idea. Basically, my hometown still feels like a random destination to him, as he doesn't understand the language, doesn't know anyone aside from my family and a couple of friends, and he comes here so rarely he doesn't even have time to meet people. In comparison, I'm far more independent in London, I have a few friends of my own there and find it a lot more familiar.
So I wanted to create the feeling like this is a familiar place to him, like people know him and he's welcome here like an old friend. So what I thought was I'd treat it just like any other weekend visit, we go out, take a walk downtown, have an ice cream, see some sights etc. But I place my friends (the ones he doesn't know) and acquaintances on strategic locations along the route we'll be going to, and each of them waves at him, greets him by his name, as if he were an old friend they haven't seen in a while. While completely ignoring me, as if it's him they know and not me.
I realise it might freak him out at first, but I'm sure he'll put 2 and 2 together and know I had something to do with it. But I absolutely must keep on my poker face and play dumb. Even when he guesses what's going on, he still won't know what's coming up next and who'll be the next person to say hi. I hope it'll make him feel special in a way, like he's some sort of celebrity, like they've been expecting him.
I talked to some of the people who'd be taking part and they all loved it. I wanted to share the idea with you here, and also ask for your opinion on two things:
1) What do you think of it?
2) Do you think I should throw a surprise party at the end with everyone who participated? Or is it better to just leave it as it is, play dumb and keep him guessing what was that all about?
I came up with this idea. Basically, my hometown still feels like a random destination to him, as he doesn't understand the language, doesn't know anyone aside from my family and a couple of friends, and he comes here so rarely he doesn't even have time to meet people. In comparison, I'm far more independent in London, I have a few friends of my own there and find it a lot more familiar.
So I wanted to create the feeling like this is a familiar place to him, like people know him and he's welcome here like an old friend. So what I thought was I'd treat it just like any other weekend visit, we go out, take a walk downtown, have an ice cream, see some sights etc. But I place my friends (the ones he doesn't know) and acquaintances on strategic locations along the route we'll be going to, and each of them waves at him, greets him by his name, as if he were an old friend they haven't seen in a while. While completely ignoring me, as if it's him they know and not me.
I realise it might freak him out at first, but I'm sure he'll put 2 and 2 together and know I had something to do with it. But I absolutely must keep on my poker face and play dumb. Even when he guesses what's going on, he still won't know what's coming up next and who'll be the next person to say hi. I hope it'll make him feel special in a way, like he's some sort of celebrity, like they've been expecting him.
I talked to some of the people who'd be taking part and they all loved it. I wanted to share the idea with you here, and also ask for your opinion on two things:
1) What do you think of it?
2) Do you think I should throw a surprise party at the end with everyone who participated? Or is it better to just leave it as it is, play dumb and keep him guessing what was that all about?
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