Ladies... it's happened. A man has surprised me by being consistently thoughtful and generous and kind.

Backstory: this guy and I started seeing each other right before the pandemic hit. I had been FDS'ing for about a month at this time and followed the handbook to a T from the get-go with him. He impressed me originally by doing the normal things; always paying for dates (pre-lockdown), opening all doors, pulling out chairs, not being sexually aggressive, remembering things I told him, texting me daily...the lot of it.

I was still suspicious (because, men), but I knew this man had a lot more potential than the usual scrote. For the last four months he's been bringing me groceries, energy drinks, offering to run errands so I don't go out in the pandemic dystopia unless I absolutely have to, etc.

Three weeks ago, he bought me a kitten. I'd had my eye on a more expensive breed. He found her, sent me pictures asking if I was interested in her, and contacted the breeder. When the day came to get her, he came to pick me up so we could go together. When I got in the car, he opened his center console to "show me something" and out popped the sweetest, cutest freaking kitten you've ever seen: https://imgur.com/a/8ytHKvy

Then. TODAY. Oh my god, you guys.

I have a mild obsession with RGB. I have a Razer RGB keyboard, mouse, mousepad, a Razer laptop with RGB keys, all Hue chroma lights around my house, and my favorite: 9 Nanoleaf panels above my desk. (If you don't know what Nanoleaf panels are, give it a google, be entranced, and get some.) I've told this man how, in an ideal world, my entire house would just be plastered in Nanoleaf panels.

Today, I got home, and saw a panel in my window. "That's weird," I thought. "One of my panels must have fallen off the wall. Don't know why he'd put it in the window though...weirdo."

Then there was another panel on my keyboard, with a sticky note with my name on it, and a "30" in the corner. And a random letter in another corner. What the f was going on?? I counted the panels on the wall. Still 9. I honestly had to count a couple times, thought I was going crazy.

Then I found the "4" panel, with "The" written on it, next to my phone charger. Oh shit, I had been given a scavenger hunt of Nanoleaf panels.

Eventually I found all 30 of them. Yes, 30. In the microwave, in the shower caddy, under a pair of heels, in the silverware drawer, under my pillow. The sticky notes, when placed in order, had a really sweet message. The random letters in the corners, spelled out a message to check my air vent. In the air vent were the power cords and connectors for the lights, AS WELL AS A DRESS. I had shown him this dress online for like, two minutes, two months ago. He bought it and kept it until today, when he stashed it in my air vent. After freaking out and thanking him over text, he let me know that, no, he didn't get me 30 panels. He got me 60. He just couldn't find 30 more hiding places.

My apartment is about to be RGB Rave Central.

I'm still in shock, honestly. Who does this even happen to?? Why aren't they all like this???

Ladies, get yourself a man that will drown you in all the colors of the rainbow, and buy you dresses and kittens. They're out there.