My SO has been feeling down and out of it a lot lately, and as the emotionally reserved man he is, there’s not much he let’s me know I can do to make him feel better because he doesn’t want me to stress over him, BUT his birthday is coming up in the next couple of weeks and I’ve been thinking about painting a somewhat huge portrait of him, it’s one of my favourite pictures of him that I took where he’s smiling and happy, to gift it to him for his birthday. Just as something to cheer him up. I love painting, and he knows it so it’s exciting.My problem is that I’m just nervous about his reaction and whether he’d want something like that as a gift. You might think of course it’s nice to receive an artwork of yourself, but I’m just wondering if it’s too much, or too intense of a gift given that 1. I plan on making it large in size, and 2. Noting in mind that he’s more into practical gifts if necessary, but by choice, he’s naturally more of a giver of gifts than a receiver (we usually spend is birthday out > gifts, his preference).I’m a very sentimental person and he’s aware of how much I love my arts so I don’t think it’s weird coming from me, but rather I’m not sure if it’s what he wants ,something that personal and of himself, and it would be a pity if I gave it to him and he didn’t know what to do with it after.And no, I can’t ask him because it’s supposed to be a surprise.So, what would you think? Should I stick to a practical gift? Do you find this idea cheesy? What would you think if you were given something like this? via /r/Gifts https://www.reddit.com/r/Gifts/comments/hxofv6/how_would_you_feel_if_your_gfwife_painted_a/?utm_source=ifttt
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