{"id":20105,"date":"2021-02-07T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T02:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/?p=20105"},"modified":"2021-02-07T19:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T02:31:43","slug":"valentines-day-gifts-for-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/valentines-day-gifts-for-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Gifts for Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20045\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-87-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-87-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-87-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>One time in 6th grade, (after getting ready for an hour before the game) I sat with friends at the top of the bleachers at the varsity basketball game. BC had asked me out earlier that week + rumor had it he was going to hold my hand tonight. AND HE DID. But I will never forget how fast my heart sank to the floor when I saw my Dad turn around from the flight of bleachers below + peek his head above the ledge so he could see me. Beyond busted. I still get sick to my stomach when I think about it + I think that may be the last time I ever held a boy&#8217;s hand in public, until now. Don&#8217;t let me paint the wrong picture of myself &#8211; I was into boys, I just didn&#8217;t give it away publicly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20042\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-83.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<em>QUEUE LOOK AT ME NOW BY CHRIS BROWN\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20037\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-49.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3 times I remember thinking Jon was the one for me:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The first text he asked me to confirm whether or not I put ketchup on my scrambled eggs.<\/li>\n<li>He dead serious lit a candle in the cup holder of his car AFTER he picked me up for a skiing date.<\/li>\n<li>He hates public affection as much as I did while dating.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20039\" src=\"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Gparrish-47.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day my loves! SHOP GIFT IDEAS FOR YOUR SWEETIE BELOW!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">One time in 6th grade, (after getting ready for an hour before the game) I sat with friends at the top of the bleachers at the varsity basketball game. BC had asked me out earlier that week + rumor had it he was going to hold my hand tonight. AND HE DID. But I will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":20128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"smash-guide-single.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[713,695],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gift-guide","category-holidays-family"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/IMG_9496.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5mhS8-5eh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20105"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20134,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20105\/revisions\/20134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theparrishplace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}