parkin made me cry yesterday. i was chatting with him online in the afternoon, and after i read his words, my eyes started tearing up. i was flabbergasted by what he wrote and had to call him.
but let me back up this story just a bit before i tell you why he made me cry. for the past couple of days, parkin has been researching for our trip to hong kong in november. he's been talking to his travel agent, finding the cheapest fares, and looking online for the best hotels and locations to stay... he's been working hard to plan the best trip. unfortunately, like always, money is a huge issue for me. he wanted to stay at the marimimar hotel, but the prudential is cheaper. the problem with prudential is that they only offer two twin beds where as marimar has full/queen size beds as well as being in a better location along the strip. prudential is a 3 star hotel and marimar is 4. he's been trying to persuade me to stay at marimar, but the price difference convinced me to choose prudential. i know that i disappointed him with my decision, but with my situation, it was the best choice for the time being.
so as we were chatting about the trip, i told him that i decided on prudential. he wrote back and told me that he wasn't going to pay me back the money he owed me from the past month or so. *hmph* that's not cool! in my head, i was thinking that he didn't want to pay me back since i was being stingy with my money wanting to stay at prudential instead of marimar. i was afraid that an online arguement was about to commence.
parkin: i decided not to pay you what i owe.
is that cool?
sarah: but you owe me like $60-70 bucks. i need it to pay some bills.
parkin: nah
sarah: :(
parkin: but you must agree to all the terms.
1. i don't owe you anything
2. as a birfday present, i'll pay for $250 of your cost to hong kong
3. as a xmas present, i'll pay for $250 of your cost to hong kong
sarah: :-O (the tears begin to blur my vision now)
4. you will buy me a bowl of noodles in hong kong
5. feel free to buy me a shirt in hong kong
i could not believe what he just wrote, and as the tears started streaming down my face, i called him to see if he was kidding with me, but he wasn't. it's too much! i don't even expect him to spend that much on my birfday or christmas gifts. he's basically offering to pay for more than half of the cost of the trip with airfare and 7 days hotel. *shaking head and smiling* wow, he's too good to me, and i told him that. he replied with, "i love you"
sarah: ok honey, you drive a hard bargain.
parkin: lub of my life
sarah: *blushing*