My boyfriend organized a surprise birthday party for me. He’s been planning this for MONTHS and I’ve been 110% clueless.

He made me believe that he had to work today all day — 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm. My parents, who were also in on it, told me they were busy, so I had to spend my birthday by myself. I was actually pretty sad when I got a message from my dad around 6:00 pm, asking me if I wanted to have pizza with him and Mom tonight at their place.

When I arrived, my dad took me to the dining area, and they had prepared this really cute party, Stitch-themed (I love Stitch), complete with a bunch of food and drinks.

There were only a total of fifteen people, including my family, as well as my close friends. To my left there was my family and to my right were my friends, some of them who I hadn’t had the chance to hang out or even chat with for months. I said hi to everyone and hugged them all, and my mom told me to come check an audio file [Boyfriend] had sent me through her phone, so she could play it when the time was right.

As soon as she said that and I turned around, [Boyfriend] showed up all of a sudden, out of nowhere. I’d had hopes that I could spend some time with him today, but I knew he had to work (or so I believed), so I didn’t put much thought into it. When he suddenly showed up, I hugged him tight and actually burst into tears (which were probably exacerbated by the fact that I’m extra emotional due to a very inconveniently timed PMS).

Then, I noticed his gift. He had gotten in contact with an artist friend of mine (who was also at the party) and commissioned an illustration of me with all of my late and current pets. He’d had it framed and placed it where it could be seen easily, and I noticed it right away and nearly cried again.

I was basically wearing my pajamas, so I told [Boyfriend] quietly that I wanted to change clothes real quick (even though I was coincidentally wearing a Stitch shirt, which was awesome). and I went upstairs to change. This man had even thought of this sort of detail and had laid out a change of clothes for me on the bed.

We all talked and ate and drank and had fun for hours. We got into the pool, swam a bit, and laughed some more.

[Boyfriend] had found out about my favourite flavors of cake and got me not one, but two of them, plus snacks and other food and drinks, including stuff for those who don’t drink soda.

He even took into consideration my severe ADHD and how long it would take for me to get exhausted from socializing. By midnight, everyone was gone and everything was decently cleaned.

We then went upstairs, had a bath together, and played Hyrule Warriors until both of us were too tired to continue.

[Boyfriend] doesn’t earn much, and he’s super hardworking, yet he managed to find the time to organize such a sweet thing just to see me happy. He also doesn’t care about his birthdays because every single time, something bad has happened on his birthday before we met a year and a half ago, but he told me that he wanted to show me that he cares about my birthday and wanted me to see how much he cares about me.

He spent good money on the commission and even wondered if the price was fair because he felt it was too cheap for the quality and trouble. As an artist who has had to deal with customers who were the exact opposite, this hit me really hard and I was so, so proud of him.

I can see the amount of effort he put into this.

I’m currently typing this while he sleeps next to me. He’s snoring, loudly grinding his teeth, and basically practicing kickboxing on me in his sleep, but right now, I don’t even care. I had to tell someone about this because my love for this guy is overflowing, and I can’t imagine my life without him anymore. I’m so, so happy. I’m never letting go of this man.