Some incidents in life are precious and they stay that way throughout your life, no matter how many years pass. A boy got to make a core memory at a football stadium as he gets his jersey signed. A player passing by heard his screams "Can you sign my jersey?" and decided to do it. There couldn't have been a happier coincidence. The little gesture from the player would stay with the boy for life and all it took was a simple sign. The boy called Dawson had the cutest reaction when Las Vegas Raiders player Daniel Carlson signed his jersey and the internet totally loves it. The YouTube short posted by Good Morning America has over 4 million views and people in the comment section have nothing but words of appreciation for Carlson's thoughtful gesture.
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As Carlson was passing close to the stands, Dawson screamed and after hearing him, he came running towards the little kid. The boy couldn't believe what was happening and started taking off his jersey in a hurry while his dad gave the player a pen to sign. The player asked the boy's name and said that it was nice to meet him. The boy told him that he was a huge fan, to which the player replied that he appreciated it. The boy eventually thanked Carlson and the player went away. The boy kept saying "no way" and that he couldn't believe what just happened. He said that it was the best day of his life. It would indeed be the best day of any football fan's life to get noticed like that.
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In the next few clips, the boy was seen screaming and cheering for the team at full force and shouting, "Let's go defense." When you'd think that the video couldn't get any cuter, there were photos of the little boy with his dad in matching jerseys. The day would be a truly memorable one for all his life. People also mentioned in the comments that the man was a great dad to his son and helped him make the best memories possible. People in general were really happy to witness the young fan's moment.
One YouTube user, @Hannodb1961, wrote, "It takes so little to make a kid's day. It's so precious. Edit: This might be a big thing for the fan, but I'm talking from the perspective of the player. Signing a jersey is really no big deal for him." Another user, @MyJc1967, wrote, "To see this young boy in so much joy. This player deserves to be praised for his actions right here. This is what the players need to do more to make sure kids are being blessed. If he grows up playing football he will remember this and he will bless another kid in that same way. Praise God for the wonderful blessing." @seanm3189 pointed out, "Carlson signed the kid's Adams jersey and never broke his smile. Legend." @KOSPhemBoy shared his own experience and wrote, "That young man will never forget that. A player did that for me when I was little and I always keep him in my prayers for his kindness and compassion." It was indeed a great moment to witness.
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Will your current friends still be with you after seven years?
Professor shares how many years a friendship must last before it'll become lifelong
Think of your best friend. How long have you known them? Growing up, children make friends and say they’ll be best friends forever. That’s where “BFF” came from, for crying out loud. But is the concept of the lifelong friend real? If so, how many years of friendship will have to bloom before a friendship goes the distance? Well, a Dutch study may have the answer to that last question.
Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst and his team in the Netherlands did extensive research on friendships and made some interesting findings in his surveys and studies. Mollenhorst found that over half of your friendships will “shed” within seven years. However, the relationships that go past the seven-year mark tend to last. This led to the prevailing theory that most friendships lasting more than seven years would endure throughout a person’s lifetime.
In Mollenhorst’s findings, lifelong friendships seem to come down to one thing: reciprocal effort. The primary reason so many friendships form and fade within seven-year cycles has much to do with a person’s ages and life stages. A lot of people lose touch with elementary and high school friends because so many leave home to attend college. Work friends change when someone gets promoted or finds a better job in a different state. Some friends get married and have children, reducing one-on-one time together, and thus a friendship fades. It’s easy to lose friends, but naturally harder to keep them when you’re no longer in proximity.
Some people on Reddit even wonder if lifelong friendships are actually real or just a romanticized thought nowadays. However, older commenters showed that lifelong friendship is still possible:
“I met my friend on the first day of kindergarten. Maybe not the very first day, but within the first week. We were texting each other stupid memes just yesterday. This year we’ll both celebrate our 58th birthdays.”
“My oldest friend and I met when she was just 5 and I was 9. Next-door neighbors. We're now both over 60 and still talk weekly and visit at least twice a year.”
“I’m 55. I’ve just spent a weekend with friends I met 24 and 32 years ago respectively. I’m also still in touch with my penpal in the States. I was 15 when we started writing to each other.”
“My friends (3 of them) go back to my college days in my 20’s that I still talk to a minimum of once a week. I'm in my early 60s now.”
“We ebb and flow. Sometimes many years will pass as we go through different things and phases. Nobody gets buttsore if we aren’t in touch all the time. In our 50s we don’t try and argue or be petty like we did before. But I love them. I don’t need a weekly lunch to know that. I could make a call right now if I needed something. Same with them.”
Maintaining a friendship for life is never guaranteed, but there are ways, psychotherapists say, that can make a friendship last. It’s not easy, but for a friendship to last, both participants need to make room for patience and place greater weight on their similarities than on the differences that may develop over time. Along with that, it’s helpful to be tolerant of large distances and gaps of time between visits, too. It’s not easy, and it requires both people involved to be equally invested to keep the friendship alive and from becoming stagnant.
As tough as it sounds, it is still possible. You may be a fortunate person who can name several friends you’ve kept for over seven years or over seventy years. But if you’re not, every new friendship you make has the same chance and potential of being lifelong.