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The speaker shares that the best gift they ever received was their own computer. They had wanted one since they were 13 and would write it down for every birthday and Christmas. Their parents had limitations, but eventually surprised them with a computer, possibly as a way to make up for not being able to be there during Christmas and because the speaker was doing well in school. There were multiple factors that led to them receiving the gift. what's the best gift you've ever received so I feel like the best gift I've ever received could be kind of seen as superficial but to me it meant a lot it kind of started when I was about 11 12 living in the UK with my parents it's just me I'm an only child we're in the UK Brighton technically the whole area kind of a long story that but basically I'm an only child didn't have any siblings so I guess you could say I was spoiled a normal amount that would be for an only child but I wouldn't say I'm like a spoiled kid yeah you know my parents have a lot of limits and this was definitely a hard limit for a very long time but I loved like playing games on the computer specifically the Sims franchise I was obsessed with like the Sims 1, the Sims 2, even the Sims 3. And you played this on whose computer? The family computer. So it was like a universally used computer. My dad introduced me to the Sims 1 and he loved me ever since I played that game but basically a lot of people I knew who was in my little community you know they had really nice computers and what allowed them to like do really cool stuff and I was like I want that but I didn't have that inspiration until I was about 13 and I was going to school and my cousin had just entered the sixth form which is like kind of like your equivalent to your last few years of high school in terms of age and she got her own laptop and I was like whoa like laptops exist like I didn't think that was a thing and it inspired me to like want my own computer instead of just having the family computer yeah so what I would do with every birthday every Christmas anything that you know had a list I would like write down I want a computer. And this started at 13? About 13 I would say. Because 13, about 12 to like 13 is like kind of beginning of high school and she has already left at that point because we went to the same high school for like a year. Because she was in her last year and I was coming in so we have about four year age gap so I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents would not listen to me my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents would not listen to me my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents would not listen to me my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So I would write it down, write it down and my parents had this thing where they would like take a couple of things off my list and give them to me and I was like okay I want my own computer. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So around that time they were probably planning on giving me a computer and I basically ruined my chances at that point which is understandable. So your parents obviously couldn't come during Christmas right? So your parents obviously couldn't come during Christmas right? Were they thinking about this before or since they couldn't make it to Christmas that was the way? Were they thinking about this before or since they couldn't make it to Christmas that was the way? They've always known I wanted one and maybe this partly was to make up for not being there. They've always known I wanted one and maybe this partly was to make up for not being there. But I think they just wanted to make my dream come true. But I think they just wanted to make my dream come true. Especially because I was doing so well at school so maybe they thought I finally earned it as well. Especially because I was doing so well at school so maybe they thought I finally earned it as well. I think there was a multitude of factors as to why I got it. I think there was a multitude of factors as to why I got it. I think there was a multitude of factors as to why I got it.