A friend of mine is turning 18 later this week and I'd like to get her some type of present. Any ideas for gifts for someone who loves running? And don't say shoes 
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Gift Ideas
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I know its a little out there… but maybe a sports bra??
Will give life altering advice for a cup of frothy cappuccino
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A pedometer. Awesome headphones if she runs with an ipod. Cute water canteen or bottle.
Otherwise, maybe buy her a good movie. Not running related movies. Don't buy her "Chariots of Fire" lol.
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Something special
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hahahahaha it's like you read my mind Z!
but seriously Kairo, get her that!
or like a candle or something
so she can run with it
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I know its a little out there… but maybe a sports bra??
Yeah, I'm not sure how she'd react to that
. And besides, I don't have the required information, if you catch my drift 
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@Insider2000:A pedometer. Awesome headphones if she runs with an ipod. Cute water canteen or bottle.
Otherwise, maybe buy her a good movie. Not running related movies. Don't buy her "Chariots of Fire" lol.A canteen might be pretty cool. I wonder if you can get engravings on a canteen…
@Zyordius:Something special
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hahahahaha it's like you read my mind Z!
but seriously Kairo, get her that!
or like a candle or something
so she can run with it
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Anyway, I think I'm pretty much decided already, and it's nothing that's been suggested in this thread.
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Ear-buds, a sport's hat, or an iPod. Something to listen to.
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I'd say a nice spa-wellness-massage treatment. She'd be happy twice, the moment she gets the gift and the moment she enjoys the treatment.
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A condom!
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A nice unique t-shirt would be good too. Lots of great originals on Threadless T's site as well as places like wootshirt.com.
It's so sweet of you to ask for advice! She'd be charmed knowing that, I bet.
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Well, I got her a pair of sunglasses and a card. Hopefully I'm giving them to her tomorrow even though she hasn't answered my message.
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That's a nice idea too, Kairouseki. Good for you. I hope she likes them. Update us, if you can. Enquiring minds want to know, lol.
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Well, since IStBC wanted to know, I'll post what happened.
I finally got around to seeing her, since both me and her work during the week and our schedules are out of sync. She works from 11-5 and I work from 3:30-midnight. I get there and ring her doorbell and she answers and comes outside. I tell her to close her eyes and she does and I put the sunglasses on her. She sort of lights up, she seemed to really like them. And then I gave her the card, which she read right there. Now, I had pretty much filled up the entirety of the white space of the card with a note. I do like her and I guess I let her know in the card, though I didn't explicitly say it. She sort of let out an "Awwwww" and then hugged me. She said nobody'd ever written so much for her and she really would like to stay friends as well, but she just wants to be friends. I said no problem and we talked for a few minutes about how our summers were going. I gave her another hug and left.
God, this sounds like a bad soap opera.
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daw ^^ your having more luck than I am. Lucky man.
and i really enjoyed the story. what a nice thought to end on before i go to bed.
hi five for good guys.
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The girl he likes just told him that "she just wants to be friends".
I don't think he's a lucky man.NNID: julsjacket
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Who knows? She could change her mind in a few years. I don't really want a relationship right now anyway. I'm just glad that she liked my gift
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The girl he likes just told him that "she just wants to be friends".
I don't think he's a lucky man.gotta work your way up slowly. don't wanna scare the person off like your desperate or an attention hoar. sometimes love needs time to grow. it doesn't hit you right off the bat. the fact that she was very flattered and tickled pink is a good sign. besides he's the one that brought up the friend thing in his card. she was just responding to it. maybe she's too shy right now.
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Well if you weren't looking for an immediate relationship then I guess it turned out really well that you can be good friends XD Congrats~~
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Aw! that was a very sweet way to give her the gift and all–and very brave to be the first to say anything. Thanks for sharing your story after asking for advice.
FTR I have a couple of friends who ended up married to guys who didn't seem right at first, then "grew" on them as time went by. Have you known her long, Kairoseki? If not, then I say don't give up just yet. She may just have never thought of you "that" way yet, and your note put it out there and planted a seed, you know? You don't wanna waste your life waiting for something that may be not meant to be, but you also don't want to give up too soon in case that seed needs time to germinate. And if you yourself aren't ready for a relationship, then maybe its moving at just the right pace, anyway.
ETA this is really pretty much what everyone else said--but anyway. Good luck and congrats on the closer friendship
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Known her about 2 years.
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@Kairouseki:
Known her about 2 years.
Well, that's not really all that long. I think there's still hope. Give it a bit, then reevaluate.
(but, you know, if some other cutie pie comes along in the meantime, you are still free…)
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