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@feddit.orgDeutsch
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    5 months ago

    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,

  • saltesc@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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.