Hello Ladies! Ok, so I have a kind of random "problem" regarding BF's upcoming birthday. Here is some back story - BF was a big time football player in high school, one of the best players, made records, little kids wanted to be him, the whole nine yards. He had some game footage from him glory days that he was really excited to show me, and when we were at his parent's house a while back and he finally remembered to ask him mom about it, she said she thought she had thrown them away. I know. He was upset about it but didn't want to give his mom too hard a time. Still, I could tell he was sad that he couldn't share that with me, and knowing him I am SURE he was thinking about how he would have liked to show our kids one day.
So, a while later, I tracked down the current coach and athletic director of the town he played for, and they said that sure enough, they did have a lot of the games from his high school years, namely his junior and senior year. So happy! The thing is, I am not techy enough to do any kind of recording, but FBIL (my sister's fiance) is, and he told me that because of the format of the tapes, many will need to be recorded in real time. AKA, if they are 2 hour games, we will have to sit and record for 2 hours for that one game. So, here is my question - do I try to make a best guess at what one or two of the important games may be and give that to him for his bday, or do I tell him about this so that he can come with us and decide which games he wants? I really wanted to be able to hand him something and have that surprise for him on his bday, but I also don't want it to be a let down because I picked unimportant games. What should I do?