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lessismore  ·  4637 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Point of the Tamagotchi was to Watch Things Die
Wow!! Tamagotchi. A blast from that past. I waited in line for hours in front of FAO Schwarz in San Francisco on the day of release. The line was very similar to what you would see at an Apple store the morning of a big release. I was lucky and managed to get two of them and gave the precious white one to this girl I was madly infatuated with. We had a bet to see whose Tamagotchi would live longer. If I won, she would cook dinner for me and if she won, I would cook dinner for her. Being the competitive person that I am, there was no way I was going to lose. Besides, I didn't want her to find out that I could hardly make a proper bowl of instant noodle. I absolutely had to win if I was ever to win her over. I took super great care of my Tamagotchi. Rain or shine, I took care of the little one. Made sure that it was well looked after. I even set alarms at night to wake me up every few hours to make sure that I didn't neglect my digital ticket to everlasting love.

Everything was going great a month into it. My sweet angel was taking great care of her Tamagotchi and I was doing the same with mine. Each night, we would talk for a couple of hours on the phone about the most important things and the most inconsequential nothings and compare notes on our digital pets. Everything was going perfectly. I was really getting to know her. The more I learned about her, the more infatuated I got with her. I found out how happy she was as a little girl in Vietnam living with her loving parents and her sweet grandparents. I also found out how scared she was when the soldiers came and destroyed just about everything that her family had. I learned of their perilous journey to Malaysia where she lived for two months. She told me of the beautiful sceneries by the beach during the day and the recurring helling nightmares at night during the whole two months there.

Man, thinking about the Tamagotchi sure is depressing. I think I am going to read to get my mine off it.





thenewgreen  ·  4637 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Well....? What happened with the girl? Did love blossom?
lessismore  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
The rest of the story is not really a place I want to visit again. Let's just say that love did not blossom and I ended up not dating for 15 years.
thenewgreen  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
nuff said. I'll tip a glass to lost love. It's never easy. Thanks for sharing lessismore. Who knew Tomagotchi could lead to such things?
mk  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Wow. That was not the response I imagined to get from that post.

But you're killing us, lessismore. What happened?!

lessismore  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
We went our separate ways and I ended up not dating for 15 years which is when I met my wife.
mk  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Oof.

Well, sad story but happy ending.

brohug

lessismore  ·  4636 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Thanks. :)