Posted on 01/02/2018 11:15:44 AM PST by nickcarraway
During the holiday season, it has become a tradition for most people to open their presents under the tree on Christmas morning. But one man in Eton, Canada opted not to open his for 47 years.
Adrian Pearce first shared his story in a Facebook post on Dec. 18, stating that he received the gift from his former flame. She dumped him and vowed not to unwrap it. He also shared a photo of the gift-giver.
"The yellowed Cellotape (that's what it was called then) will loosen a bit more, the corners will fray yet again and I will drag it out next season to enjoy the mystery of what lies inside," Pearce wrote. In another post on Saturday, Pearce revealed more details about his former partner, which he named as Vicki Allen. He narrated that she left him for an older guy named Wolf.
"She gave me a present at the same time and I took the present home. I had a long walk home and I was all upset and angry, and all the things you feel when somebody breaks up with you," he said in an interview with CBC News.
Because of his anger, he swore never to open the present, and carries that promise until today.
Even years after their falling out, he still put the gift under the tree in the presence of his wife and children, much to her ire. Eventually, his wife said the gift is not allowed to be placed there anymore.
This year, he thought of finally tearing off the wrapper to reveal what was hidden after all these years, but he eventually decided against the idea.
He also recalled a time when he obtained Allen's phone number, through her sister, after their break-up. "I was almost shaking I was so nervous," Pearce said in the report, recalling the moment that he dialed the number, through which his ex-girlfriend can no longer be connected.
As for Pearce's wife, he said that she was now okay with the gift. He even thought of finally ripping open the gift wrap together with his wife on the 50th anniversary of when the gift was given.
"I kept it initially because I guess I had hopes that we would get back together and open it together. Now it's just become a habit after 47 years of looking at it and having the pleasure of not opening it," he explained.
I consider this unmanly and pathetic. Guess he was an early snowflake.
His determination never to open it parallels mine never to watch another NFL game (at least while the current commissioner and thirty-two owners remain). If I, too, make it 47 years, I’ll be 115.
Is Vicki still single? See if there is a phone number inside. Make sure it has 7 digits.
What a pathetic zeta male. Grow a pair.
The only reason I can think of as to the WHY he hung on to this is she must have been, ahem, “talented.”
that is what I thought...
what the hell was/is the point...?
let it go, already...sheesh..
I sure hope it wasn’t a puppy.
When I broke up from my last girlfriend, I made it a point to leave every gift she ever gave to me, behind.
The wife probably opened the package long ago to see what was in it, then re-wrapped it. For all we know, the ex-boyfriend did as well.
This marriage could be a “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf”-type situation.
She looks bored in the picture.
Or is that a picture of his wife looking at him sitting out the present again?
None of my childhood toys survived. All them were destroyed in combat.
“In combat” HAHAHAA!
There is a lot of things to be known and remembered for in life. This ain’t one of those things you want, especially on international news....
Pensive? Stoic? Oblivious? Nihilistic?
A hollow framed frame for sea monkeys. Or an ant farm.
What is wrong with this guy? I got dumped by a girlfriend, and threw away everything that had to do with her within a couple of days.
Boy, were they ever surprised when LEOs rang the doorbell to arrest him for 3 murders!
He had long told everyone - including her - that Wife #1 took their two young sons and disappeared with no word as to where. But in actuality he'd murdered them in bed with an axe or hatchet, and their bodies had been wrapped in heavy plastic bags all those years, until non-payment of monthly rental fees resulted in the unit's contents being bought in a white elephant sale.
I had a friend who got dumped by his girlfriend. She left clothes, jewelry and the like at his house. He burned it all in his fireplace.
There was NO making up after that.
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