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Lucretia Mott
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So my boyfriend had Crohn's Disease, and it's been acting up lately. They just put him on a bunch of medication, his stomach is constantly hurting, and he can only eat Ensure.

I really want to do something super great and awesome tomorrow, because he really deserves to have a nice day between all the doctors visits and agony.

The problem is-- well there are several. First, I can't take him out to a nice dinner, which was my immediate thought. Second, I don't have, well, any money, really. We can't go anywhere because we don't have a car.

So we're limited to cheap things to do where he lives: New Haven. I don't know New Haven super well, but there are a few art museums at Yale [I don't think this is the best idea] a movie theater... and um Yale, I guess.

Another thing you should know is we're both mega nerds: he's a theoretical physicist, I'm a CS student. We both also like cats and bad television.

SO......does anyone have any suggestions?

tl;dr Boyfriend is sick and can't eat; I'm poor and can't buy him nice things; we're nerds in New Haven and I don't know what to do for Valentines Day.

silverqe
   silverqe on Feb 13 '10 at 11:59am
I'm going to be in West Hartford today!!! You should hang out with US. Us being me and my bf.
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:02pm
Yeah come on down! You can meet the kittens!
SuperRyan
SuperRyan on Feb 13 '10 at 12:03pm
I think watching bad tv shows and laughing at them together would make for a nice Valentine's Day
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:04pm
But I wanted to do something kind of special and out of the ordinary...that's like and err'day activity.
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:06pm
Oh he also can't drink alcohol because one of the meds.
SuperRyan
SuperRyan on Feb 13 '10 at 12:11pm
Go look for the secret meeting places for Skull & Bones on the Yale campus.



That's like some National Treasure stuff!
xiv
   xiv on Feb 13 '10 at 12:11pm
make those err'day activity special somehow.
juliejeremiah
juliejeremiah on Feb 13 '10 at 12:12pm
Build a fort in the living room. Like a real big bitchin' one.
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:21pm
Hahaha we don't even HAVE a living room!! Haha..I wish we could do that one though.
dannodepf
dannodepf on Feb 13 '10 at 12:30pm
My mom has crohn's too. She went years without a diagnosis, and ended up having like a foot and a half of intestines taken out. What a weird disease.



We aren't really doing anything for Valentine's day. I use the day as a reminder to make sure to do romantic things every day of the year BUT V-day.
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:33pm
I just never want to pass up an opportunity to celebrate and have fun. I'm fine with any excuse Halmark wants to give me.
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott on Feb 13 '10 at 12:44pm
OMG OKAY I GOT IT. I'm going to send him on a secret scavenger hunt to lots of neat places in new haven and at each one he'll pick something up to bring home, like a pack of his favorite cigarettes or gummi bears or something to bring back for us to do, and while he's gone for those hours I'm going to clean his [shithole] apartment.



I rock!!! Now I just need to figure out where to send him and what clues to give him and stuff. Damn I wish I had this idea yesterday.
SuperRyan
SuperRyan on Feb 13 '10 at 12:53pm
cool idea!
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