My bestie broke both of his arms and wrists two days ago. He’s in his 20s, a gamer, has a pregnant wife and a young kid. Any ideas for gifts I can get to cheer him up? He’ll have no use of his arms for 3 months.
Already got a bidet for him and hooked it up. Looking into accessible gaming controllers, but he said that the pain is so bad rn that even alternative controllers are probably a no go.
Uhhhh
A caring mother…?
Very caring indeed
IYKYK
every fucking thread
We had an opportunity to be different, but it’s not Reddit, it’s us.
You can take the redditor out of Reddit, but you can’t take the Reddit out of the redditor
As soon as I read the title to this, I thought “here we go again”, but I’m amazed there are actual helpful comments and only one reference to the arms broken/mom bit
Supremely refreshing
Mankind knew they could not change society, so instead of reflecting on themselves, they blamed the Beasts
You can, but it might take more than a year.
Ya’ll got perma band, too? Damn bro
I let us all down :(
You just jumped in front of the bullet. We were all thinking it. Or… at least I was. I was busy when I saw this question pop up or it would be my name up there under the spotlight of shame.
All of us.
I wouldn’t be shocked if this question was placed specifically as bait. It which case, the internet is unexpectedly restrained today, not immediately taking it.
I don’t know why, but this moment of self realization is the best thing in this thread.
It’s like a gingerbread man in the gingerbread house comic moment
Good thing I read this before I deleted my original comment.
Why would you do that? Ride or die: the fuck with what others think.
I generally agree with that sentiment but there are the occasional times where upon reflection my own view has changed.
Sometimes the warts on our own faces disgust us the most.
Jerk your buddy off for him since he can’t do that right now
Nothing says you care like a no-homo handie.
A bro-job, for good measure
OP never said they were a man. Maybe it’s a no-hetero handie.
Let’s maybe just leave that to his wife. Or his mother.
OP is obviously a man or else they would be asking how to support the pregnant wife.
Reddit is leaking, lol
Shhh. It’s not like our first thought was “flashlight”
Than one day he had an accident, they had to amputate his arms – and he was sad that day. Yes he was sad that day. He can’t surf, he can’t skate and he sure can’t masturbate no more.
Cleaning service, any house services really, freezer meals, or other little to no prep foods, offer to play with their kid from time to time, help them relieve stress by unburdening them (by taking on chores), instead of providing an escape (video games)
Edit: not dissing video games, but a young one and another on the way is a lot of stress already.
I hadn’t even considered cleaning services or meal kits. Those are a fantastic idea! I’ll reach out to his wife and get her input.
I’m constantly overwhelmed with no broken arms, and just 1 day a week for someone to come in and “reset the mess” is incredible. You should probably talk with his wife and have the “this person is giving you time to do things that prioritize your family” talk, because some people can feel cleaning service is admitting failure in keeping up their home. (Also her talking with the kid about not treating this as an excuse to be messy isn’t bad either)
Every hobby can be considered an escape. But that doesn’t make it bad. Even dads and husbands need “me time” for themselves. So don’t tax his gig so hard-core cruster.
Edit: spelling
LMAO, I know it’s auto correct typos, but:
So don’t tax his gag so hard-core cruster.
Is excellent gibberish.
I get this, I’m a dad, and I know that me time is wonderful, but I also know that if the house is in rough shape because I can’t do anything even if I wanted, that me time becomes an escape instead of a wind down, and the stress returns the moment the screen is off. Help with the house makes it so the relief lasts longer.
That’s a bit of a biased opinion on video games, huh? Maybe some, but certainly not every game and definitely not every gamer is about escapism. Some people destress and chill out with games because they have other responsibilities like kids, work, etc…
I’m in complete agreement, but with two broken arms, they aren’t going to be helping much with house chores (depending on how much mobility they actually have), and having those things done will actually allow for downtime.
Game thought: DDR?
Game thought: DDR?
I feel like there’s a good chance you’d lose your balance with both arms in casts. Maybe not though. It’s a good suggestion!
help them relieve stress by unburdening them…
Uhhhh what are you suggesting here exactly?
Sending his mom over
Thankfully you’re not his mom.
explaining the source, TLDR mom ‘performed deeds’ for son with broken arms.
Oh yeah, with a coconut, right?
No with jumper cables.
luckily they came with their own box.
Something something jolly rancher
I’m just here for the poop knife.
Watch out for falling Mankinds and Undertakers, especially if you are or are near to an announcer’s table.
I’ve broken a lot of bones.
Get him stuff that helps the family so he doesn’t feel useless and guilty. That’s number 1. It’s awful to feel like a burden to everyone, and that doesn’t go away no matter what is said to you.
Second, stretch bands to put around limbs and pull. It feels amazing. You don’t realise how little you move and how little muscle you use while subconsciously “nursing” a broken bone.
Something insanely complex that involves both arms to use or solve. It’s just funny as shit. But also, I swear I recover faster.
Just no train blueprints for Mr Glass over here
Haha. I think my bone density is fine, I just ask a lot more of them than normal…
Bones: “This could break us.”
Brain: “Yeah, “could” but won’t. I got you.”
collective being does a thing that will be amazing or moronic depending on outcome in the next few seconds
what do you do that demands so much from your bones, just out of interest?
Various “extreme” sports
i would get him a cheap violin and a bag of individually wrapped candy
Calm down satan
theres so many terrible possibilities though!
Harmonica holder
My robot friend can do anything!
Gag gift. Since he broke both arms, and wrists, he hopefully can still hold something lightweight.
Love this idea and absolutely adding this to the list
Tape it to his cast.
He’ll learn to shimmy with the best of em!
You don’t give your friend a thing, you give his poor wife something. A bidet goes so long and pregnancy itself is hard.
Seriously: Offer her to do some chores like shopping, gift them some take-away gift cards,etc. The situation will put a serious strain on their relationship,
A Jump rope
If you’re a great friend you will add a set of maracas
/s
Oh no.
Me who is 51, active boarder (skate, snow, surf, downhill) since the mid eighties, and has never broken a bone, reading this:
I miss r/neverbrokeabone
Is it possible to break a bone surfing? I always assumed the water just catches you.
Absolutely. You can break your back or snap your neck. What causes a good surf break is a deep sea swell suddenly hitting a shallow. The best breaks tend to happen either over reefs or if the shore has a steep incline (see not Florida). If you are surfing over reefs or rocky bottom, the base of the wave might only be inches deep while the crest is feet tall with a lot of weight and power. One of the most dangerous wipeouts is when you are late and the lip of the wave flips you over, you fall on the rocks, and then a literal building heigh mountain of water lands on you smacking you into the rock, grinding into it, tumbling around into it and, for shits and giggles, not letting you come up for air.
PS: The break for this Olympics was absolutely fucking bonkers.
My dad cracked three ribs while surfing in his 20s. He caught a wave much larger than normal, fell off his board near the top and landed flat on his back.
Didn’t you just win a medal for GB?
If you meant for going bald, then yes.
That made my month. Thank you for sharing!
Can I ask how that happened?
I think what he and his family needs is help with chores. How well you can help with that depends on how far away you are.
He locked himself out of his house and crawled up on his roof to try to get in a window, but all of the windows were locked. He tried to get back down and the ladder toppled. He fell 12 ft and had curled into a ball to protect his head and torso, but his arms were shattered. He’s lucky he got away without a concussion or broken ribs.
Then you should absolutely add one of those rock hide-a-key things to your list just for a laugh.
Lmao that’s perfect
Or, if you’re feeling a bit spendy, a keypad lock (find out if they use Schlage or Kwikset or some other key brand to match their existing keys). One of the best ways to prevent being locked out of the house.
Yale makes a nicer keypad deadboot
Thanks to stories like this - If I lock myself out of the house, I’m going to break a window before I climb onto the roof!
Oh suggest this is a good time to get some walks in. It’ll at least be some exercise, we’re all short on steps, some fresh air and sun. Just a couple 10 minute walks a day is easy. After meals is supposed to be a good time to help insulin response.
In all seriousness, if you want to be helpful the best thing you can do is spend some time with him in person. He can tell you what he needs, and you can show him you care. If I got seriously crippled like this I probably would start thinking that none of my friends will make time for me because I have become a burden. Prove that nasty self-talk wrong!
Sadly I’m 3 timezones away.
I’d say audio books, but you can get them the Libby app and a library card and they’ll have tens of thousands available for free.
The catch with Libby is that usually all the good books have hold times. This isn’t an issue when you’ve been using Libby for awhile, you put a bunch of books on hold and you reach a point where you always have something available. But it can take weeks/months as a new user to get to that point where you are constantly having waitlisted books coming available.
Audiobookbay + bugmenot
Libro.fm for stuff not at the library
