最近，新加坡一對情侶帶來了一個像《麥琪的禮物》那樣暖心的故事。 《麥琪的禮物》是歐·亨利的短篇小說，講述了一對普通美國夫妻的故事。
為了準備給對方的聖誕禮物，女主德拉賣掉了自己一頭美麗的秀髮，男主吉姆賣掉了祖傳三代的金表。
聖誕節那一天，德拉收到了一個玳瑁做的鑲了寶石的梳子，而吉姆收到了一條白金表鏈。
兩個人都竭盡全力為對方捨棄了最寶貴的東西，可是換來的禮物卻毫無用處了。
（麥琪的禮物插圖。圖源：Medium）
新加坡這對情侶的故事，同樣帶著心酸與感動。
女生是國大學生，男生剛剛步入職場。
男生工作一整年為女生買了一部iPhone 12手機作為生日禮物，而收到禮物的女生卻開心不起來……
女生在「國大悄悄話」臉書主頁上這樣寫到：
以下是原文翻譯：
今天，我收到了一個非常昂貴的禮物，是我男朋友送的一部iPhone。說實話，收到禮物的時候，我的心都沉下來了。這是他第一次送給我生日禮物。過去幾年生日，我一直跟他說我不要任何生日禮物，跟我寫一張生日卡片就夠了。所以他也總是會給寫我生日卡片。
我一直用的都是一個舊的安卓手機，有一次隨便提了一下iPhone還不錯。是的我確實覺得iPhone不錯也希望有一部自己的iPhone，但是說實話當我收到iPhone的時候，我感到很懊惱。我從來沒想過他會送給我一個禮物，我也真的很驚訝自己不感到開心。
我很心痛自己的生日禮物用的是他辛苦賺來的錢。他過去一年自從畢業後一直工作很辛苦，長時間工作幾乎沒有休息。我更希望他自己把這筆錢存起來或者跟自己買點什麼東西。
一開始我想跟他說我有一點懊惱他浪費了這麼多錢。但是我突然意識到他這麼做就像我也會給我的爸媽買禮物。每一次我給爸媽買禮物，他們都會生氣，就算那個禮物是他們喜歡的。
我跟父母買禮物的時候從來沒有想那麼多，我只是試圖讓他們開心，但是他們卻總是責備我浪費錢。
我父母對我的愛是那麼純粹、那麼無條件。他們寧願我自己把錢存起來花在自己身上，而不是跟他們買禮物。
就像我試圖通過跟爸媽買禮物讓他們開心，我的男朋友也是想買這個手機讓我開心。他自己仍在在用一個舊電話，但是卻願意把辛苦掙來的錢花在我身上，而不是跟自己換個新手機。
成長路上，我經常看到我的長姐開心地炫耀自己男朋友送的名牌包和手機。我總以為每個女生在收到男朋友昂貴禮物之後都會感到開心。但是現在我意識到，當你愛一個人的時候，你不會因為收到來自他們的昂貴禮物而開心，因為你寧願他們把錢花在自己身上。
（由新加坡眼翻譯）
下面附上女生原文。
Today, I received a very expensive birthdaygift, which is an iphone gifted by my bf. Honestly, when I saw the phone, myheart sunk. This is the first time he has gotten me abirthday present. For the past few years together, I have always told him thatI do not want any birthday present. I would always ask for a birthday cardinstead. So, he would always give me a birthday card for all my birthdays. All along I have been using an old androidphone and I have casually mentioned that I think iphone is nice. Yes I do thinkthat iphone is nice and I would love to own an iphone but honestly I felt veryupset when I received the iphone. I have never expected that he would get me apresent and I』m really surprised that I don』t feel happy at all. It really pains me to know that my birthdaygift is bought using his hard earned money. He has been working so hard for thepast year since graduating, all the long working hours with very little rest. Iwould rather he save up that money for himself or buy himself something niceinstead. Initially I wanted to tell him that I amvery upset that he wasted so much money. But I suddenly realise that he wasbehaving just like me because I would also occasionally buy gifts for myparents. But every single time I bought a gift for my parents, they would getangry at me for buying them a gift, even if it was a gift that they like. I have never given much thought when buyinggifts for my parents. I was just trying to make them happy but they wouldalways scold me for wasting money. My parents』 love for me is so pure andunconditional. They would rather I spend my money on myself instead of buyinggifts for them. Just like how I tried to make my parentshappy by buying them gifts, my bf was just trying to make me happy by giftingme the phone. He’s still using an old phone and he rarely buys anything forhimself but he rather spend his hard earned money on me instead of getting anew phone for himself. Growing up, I have frequently seen my oldersister happily showing off the branded bags and the mobile phones that her bfbought for her. I have always thought that every girl would be happy to receiveexpensive gifts from their boyfriend. But now I realised... when you lovesomeone, you won』t feel happy when you receive an expensive gift from thembecause you would rather they had spent that money on themselves. （原文來自NUSWhispers臉書主頁） 這條帖子一發出，很快就收到了許多網友的點贊和評論。 「啊，你太善良了，你的男朋友真的很幸運。祝福你們。」
「感謝他的最好的方式就是用好他送的禮物，珍惜它。也許可以存錢在他的下一個生日買給他一個他真的想要的東西。」
「一讀到就覺得特別積極…真的感激那些把別人放在自己之前的人…我也希望自己的另一半能經常這麼做。」
你對這個故事有什麼看法呢？如果是你收到iPhone 12會開心嗎？
