My New Pen.........a Wee Story.

[Ian the Jock]

I've posted a pic or 2 of my new pen on the "show us your pens" thread, but I thought I'd bore you all to death with the story behind it.

 

Last week, at some point, my lovely wife Laura must've been raking, or more likely, cleaning around my desk, as out of the blue she stated that she thought I should stop buying pens as I have more pens than she's ever seen in her life....fair enough, I do have quite a few now, however, I also knew that I had a few Heros and others on the way from recent ebay purchases, so I kinda half laughed and said "aye maybe you're right"....gulp.

Anyway

On Wednesday morning I returned from walking the dog to find 2 parcels sitting on the stairs as the Postie had been.

One was a pack of cello bags that I was waiting on, and the other had the look of a package containing a pen box...oh dear.

My plan was just to blank them, make my tea, then lift the packages on the way upstairs to work.....a fine plan.

 

It all went up in the air when Laura walked in and said, here's some parcels for you, I think one is the bags that you're waiting on, but I don't know what this other one is, and handed it to me.

I could still make a recovery though..."honest, luv, I completely forgot about them, I must have ordered them ages ago and you know how long they take from China".....hmmm I might get away with it.

Then

To my surprise (not that it WAS a pen box) but, that there was a note on the box that read

"JUST BECAUSE I LOVE YOU, AND YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME. LAURA X"

I opened the box to find the most gorgeous pen, and I was close to tears.

 

Pics of the said pen now, with more story to follow.

 

 

The thing is, Laura knows absolutely nothing about pens, but had received one of those "groupon" offers via e-mail (usually 2 for 1 vouchers, cheap overnighters etc) that she's signed up to, and this offer was for a fountain pen at 74% off. She checked it out, read the reviews, decided it was a good deal and bought me it.

A Thomas Earnshaw "Regency" and a lovely pen it is too, a very well made pen with an obvious feeling of quality.

The point is that, the pen is really secondary, to the thought behind it.

Laura had been in my pen case checking out all of my pens with my loupe to make sure I didn't have the pen before buying it, which I find brilliant in itself, as she has shown no interest whatsoever in my pen madness, yet she's obviously been paying a wee bit of attention at some point (How did she know I had a loupe?).

The offer was one of these timed 12 hour offers and after she bought the pen the offer closed, and now can't be purchased at the price she paid....in fact I can't find it for any less than slightly more than double what Laura paid.

So not only does she love me, but she bought me a special pen to say it, and played a blinder at the same time.

The pen is now a " very special" pen (as we all know, there's a lot more to fountain pens than just filling it with ink and writing, they evoke all sorts of emotions for all sorts of reasons) and although now very special, it is nowhere near as special as the person who bought it....and no pen, or anything else for that matter, ever will be.

 

Cheers

Ian

 

P.S. Still a damn fine pen though..

Edited July 10, 2015 by Ian the Jock

[Ceilidh]

Awesome story!!!

[Runnin_Ute]

Congrats!

 

I started reading this and thought "doesn't he know about shipping to the office"? But this is better.

[Ian the Jock]

Congrats!

 

I started reading this and thought "doesn't he know about shipping to the office"? But this is better.

Hahaha my office is upstairs at home, so I've got to be really "canny".

 

Ian

[Manalto]

 

The point is that the pen is really secondary to the thought behind it.

 

 

Of course it is. She sees the enjoyment you get from your interest in pens and showed her support in the loveliest way. You married the right woman, my friend. Thanks for sharing this story. I was only bored for some of it.

Edited July 10, 2015 by Manalto

[Manalto]

Duplicate post.

Edited July 10, 2015 by Manalto

[madden11]

This is the best story ever! I'm inspired to go find a soggy fish for my darling husband...

[bbs]

Wonderful story, lucky you - with your marriage and your pen!

 

Hope you're not going to neglect your beautiful red Delta Vintage now though

Edited July 10, 2015 by bbs

[inkstainedruth]

What a great story.

My husband has point blank told me he'll never buy me a pen because he doesn't know what to get me. But he doesn't complain *too* much about me going to pen shows.

Of course I haven't brought up the FPN inks yet....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth

[mmg122]

Congratulations Ian for a great pen...and even better partner for life! Take good care of that pen...it's beyond special.

[J_MM]

Laura sounds like a keeper. Nevertheless, get yourself a post office box for the incoming pens!

[fly_us]

Wow, i read the whole story. Its long but beautiful.

[pen2paper]

Your dear one is so thoughtful, likewise in your own words honoring her.

[trandy]

What a wonderful story....you're a very lucky man.

[FayeV]

Congrats!!! Great story. She is definitely a keeper.

[tkmorrison]

That's a lovely story. Makes me think I should treat my wife to a surprise package to make up for all my ribbing of her online shopping indulgences.

[Manalto]

That's a lovely story. Makes me think I should treat my wife to a surprise package to make up for all my ribbing of her online shopping indulgences.

 

You'd better. Ribbing gets old really fast.

[Ian the Jock]

Thanks everyone for the lovely comments...I'm tempted to show her, but then she'd know all about FPN and I'd really be for it..

I know all too well that if Laura is my answer, then I definitely asked the right question.

 

bbs.....Not a chance of the Delta being neglected, as I make a point of using it every day....even if just to write down nonsense and rubbish.

 

Thanks everyone for reading me wee story....I thought it would be a bit more interesting than "My wife bought me a pen"

 

So, now that I've shown myself to be a "Big Saftie" and Laura to be an Angel....Whaddya think of the pen?

 

Ian

 

[Runnin_Ute]

Hahaha my office is upstairs at home, so I've got to be really "canny".

 

Ian

Didn't think of the home office situation. ...

 

 

Regardless, enjoy your wonderful gift from your wife.

[Scribblesoften]

This is a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing it.