Plastic Surgery That Will Do Nicely Thank You

@wolfie34 (26771)
United Kingdom
September 19, 2008 11:23am CST
If your best friend gave you a present of an appointment to get plastic surgery done and they'd pay for it would you jump for joy or scream out with anger at them? How would you deal with that person Imagine it's a very close friend you have known for years, but you have never talked about plastic surgery to them But suddenly out the blue they have booked you into the plastic surgeon clinic and told you you could get anything done and they will pay for it, money is no object How would you feel? Would you be angry or happy? Would you give them a hug and tell them they are the best friend they've ever had or would you never talk to them again? Or if you had enough money and wanted to treat your friend who you thought could do with plastic surgery would you surprise them with a gift of plastic surgery?
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26 responses
@sweetie1026 (1718)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
No, i will not be jumping for joy nor scream out with anger at them. But i definitely will be puzzled by the gift. I would be thinking about the real purpose of the gift. Does it mean that there is something terribly wrong with me that even my best friend can't accept me for it? I would most certainly ask my best friend of her intention in giving me the gift? No matter what her intention is, i think i would be offended. It just proves that one way or the other there is something wrong with me.I would rather that she has talked to me about it before coming to the decision of giving me the gift. I will be offended or insulted but i think if she'll be honest enough to tell me the reason why she came out with the idea, then i can accept it (her reason). Anyway, she is my best friend, i may not talk to her for days but we'll still stay as friends.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
19 Sep 08
What a great response! Thank you! You have really thought about it and yes it's true if your best friend can't accept the way you are then are they really a true friend?
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• Philippines
19 Sep 08
Thank you! I would not do it to her either because i know it would be offending in some way and i don't like offending people, much more a friend. Nice day to you, my friend!
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@pumpkinjam (8768)
• United Kingdom
19 Sep 08
I wouldn't think it's the kind of thing a friend would do if it had never been talked about. I mean, surely, if the friend knew you well then they would know whether you would appreciate it or not. Personally, I know my best friend would never offer such a gift because he knows I am fantastic just the way I am! :) I would actually be quite offended if someone gave such a gift having never had reason to think I would want it. I certainly wouldn't give it as a gift to a friend either unless I knew it was something they needed.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
19 Sep 08
Exactly a true friend would know what you like!
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@Debs_place (10520)
• United States
20 Sep 08
Plastic surgery is not my thing, but I do know of someone who was saving money toward a face lift and would ask her husband to contribute to her fund in place of a gift. Of course in a few years, I may change my mind. Now maybe you had had not talked of plastic surgery but expressed unhappiness with one or more parts of your body and your friend only want to make you happy. I don't know the whole situation. I would not give a gift of plastic surgery without doing some talking and investigating into their feelings first.
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@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
20 Sep 08
I think I would be a little suspicious about why they would want to spend that much money on me. I would not be angry, though. I might ask them why they wanted to do it. If I was comfortable with what they said, I might take them up on the offer. However, if I had the money to do it, I would not give plastic surgery as a gift to any of my friends as I just don't feel that is an appropriate gift.
• United States
19 Sep 08
I would be happy because there is something a would not mind getting done. However i would give it back to her because i know that she has been wanting to get something done for a long time, researched it and everything, and she hasn't done it. Yeah if i had the money i would surprise her with plastic surgery.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
19 Sep 08
Thank you for your response, appreciated!
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@apples99 (6556)
• United States
20 Sep 08
I dont know i dont think id be happy because thats kind of insult because why would she offer me a apointment with a plastic surgent and offer to pay for it inless she thought there was something wrong with my look hahaha i mean why else would she do that out of the blue lol i would be kind of like WHAT! hahaha
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@nannacroc (4049)
19 Sep 08
If it was for something I'd been going on about then I'd probably be grateful. If I had never mentioned wanting plastic surgery then they would no longer be a friend I would feel insulted and hurt. If I'd got the money to pay for plastic surgery for a friend I'd pay for therapy for them so they could learn to like themselves.
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
19 Sep 08
It depends whether I am willing to do the operation or not. If I have never mentioned with my friends that I need to do an operation I might take it as an offense. Especially if the operation involved is correcting a physical appearance which I am not aware of that needs to be corrected.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
19 Sep 08
[i]I will tell her that I just get the cash..hahaha..I will not go for it, I am scared of any surgery and I am just happy with myself..Will asked for a refund though..hahahhaha ANyway, I will not do it with a friend even if I know she loves it or whatever, i will maybe give her money if I have all those money and she can do anything she likes![/i]
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@ailema4ever (2668)
• Finland
19 Sep 08
First of all, I'll feel angry...but if we're such good friends, then she would know already that I wouldn't like that kind of gift. However, let's just say that it happens...even though I feel angry at first, I'll thank her and joke, "What if you just give me the money? I could use it for other better purposes" HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE HE... And NO, I wouldn't surprise anyone with a gift of plastic surgery, UNLESS that person has gone through such a horrible accident so that the body and face are ruined and I have enough money to do so.
@ladysakurax (1161)
• Canada
19 Sep 08
hmm interesting question. Well I would be disappointed. At the moment, I feel great in my skin and I am happy with what i have. If my best friend give me this gift, I would think like,"do you think I am ugly?" it's like giving a deodorant or a set of soaps to someone out of the blue..lol yeh I'll take it badly. But I don't think it's something drastic enough to end a friendship. I'll refuse it politely and say that I don't need it. But let's say there's something which really of my body that upsets me..and you..can be noticed by everyone, then it's a personnal choice. I know that guys don't express themselves alot in this kind of way but not all men are the same. If I had a burn and that surgery could fix it up, talkign about serious wounds here, then I will really appreciate it. :P did you get that as a gift hehe?
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@Humbug25 (12540)
19 Sep 08
Hi there wolfie34 First of all I think I would ask them if they didn't like me the way I am and what they thought I needed doing!! I would then say thanks but no thanks but I'd like a holiday thank you very much!! If it was a good friend I wouldn't have a problem with their very generous gesture and probably laugh about it. If it was a friend I didn't know so well then I feel a bit offended but then they wouldn't be paying for it in the first place right?
@dhisaw (304)
• United States
19 Sep 08
I think that if my best friend gave me a gift of plastic surgery I dont think I would jump for joy or be angry. I actually dont know how I feel on that. I think that I would tell them thank you but i am not sure that I would actually use it. I would probably have to talk to them and tell them that i would not think that i would use it and that they did not have to do that but thank you anyways.
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@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
i appreciate her kindness but i'll turn down the offer... i'll say thanks and tell her the reason why i don't like to get a plastic surgery even if its all expense paid.. i am certain that my best friend would understand for whatever reason i have...
@eaforeman6 (8979)
• United States
24 Sep 08
I would say thank you and pass! If its not a surgery that I have to have then I dont want one! I would be pretty surprised about it but nowdays that is not such an unusual gift with so many people getting plastic surgery!It would be strange coming from someone that you havent seen in that long and arent close to!
@earthsong (589)
• United States
20 Sep 08
I think it depends on whether you had ever complained about something about yourself to that friend. Did you complain about your nose, or your chest, or celulite? If so I think I would jump for joy and thank them. If that had never been the case I think I might be offended. But I'd take them up on it too LOL I don't know that I'd ever spend the money on myself to get plastic surgery, but If one of my good friends said "here, money is no object" I'd be heading there.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
21 Sep 08
I would jump for joy. I would love to have a tummy tuck so if one of my friends or anybody else wanted to pay for it, I would be so happy I think I would cry. I would definitely jump on it. My sister's boyfriend paid for her to have a boob job and a tummy tuck because she asked him to. He said no problem. I told her to ask him to pay for me to have a tummy tuck, but no way. I guess her having it done was for him as well as for her. hehe Seriously, I'm not that vain so if someone thought I needed one bad enough that they offered to pay for it, I would do it and thank them for a very long time.
@lazeebee (5461)
• Malaysia
20 Sep 08
Hi Wolfie, I would most probably thank them, and if they really want to spend the money on me, then cancel the plastic surgery and give me the cash instead. I'm really happy with the way I look! And if I have enough money, I don't think I would want to give this type of surprise to a friend. Most probably I would feel them out first - try to work the idea into the conversation, so that I would know their feelings!
@Sparkee73 (125)
• United States
20 Sep 08
Let's see...I think I'd probably roll my crossed eyes, put my hands on my giant, un-liposuctioned hips, stick my too-long, grotesque tongue out at her while looking down my huge, bulbous nose and say, "And just what the heck is wrong with the way I look???!!!". LOL :-)
• China
20 Sep 08
It is very good idea, i will very thanful for my friend, and i and my friend will togather to have plastic surgery, because became younger are our wish, we do together , we will encourage each other.