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Gifts for my best friend who broke both of his arms?

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.

philpo ,

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,

communism ,
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Jerk your buddy off for him since he can’t do that right now

cheesymoonshadow ,
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Nothing says you care like a no-homo handie.

communism ,
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OP never said they were a man. Maybe it’s a no-hetero handie.

sik0fewl ,

Let’s maybe just leave that to his wife. Or his mother.

Emtity_13 ,

/s

Emtity_13 ,

A Jump rope

Emtity_13 ,

/s

dutchkimble ,

A beer helmet!

Maggoty ,

God no, not while your body is healing that kind of stuff.

DirigibleProtein ,

Rubik’s cube

apotheotic ,

Firstly, my sympathies for your friend’s horrible situation

Secondly, don’t let him near anyone’s mother.

pastermil ,

Thankfully you’re not his mom.

TriflingToad ,

explaining the source, TLDR mom ‘performed deeds’ for son with broken arms.

intensely_human ,

Juggling balls.

Then spend a lot of time hanging out with him while he recovers.

JoMiran ,
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Me who is 51, active boarder (skate, snow, surf, downhill) since the mid eighties, and has never broken a bone, reafing this:
https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/d831608d-b407-433a-8c53-643348c8cc37.png

I miss r/neverbrokeabone

RestlessNotions ,

As someone mentioned, an Alexa speaker. You mentioned a young kid and Amazon Kids has some great audio games you can play. I’ve had a blast either playing along with my kiddo or just watching him. Plus you can connect them for use as an intercom.

Occasional outings and a change of scenery might be appreciated as time goes on.

10_0 ,

Folding doors, you can just kick them open because they have a hinge in the middle. Bin with foot-lever.

10_0 ,

Chessboard, bro can play a tournament by calling his move and having his opponent move his piece. Queen to e7, checkmate, and his opponent has no choice but to move his piece!

Drunemeton ,
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A GoFund me page!

If that’s something you want to do and/or help manage for them, make sure to set it up in the one of their name(s) for tax purposes.

saltesc ,

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.

tetris11 ,
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Just no train blueprints for Mr Glass over here

saltesc ,

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.”

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