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I Got You a Drawer
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Sue knows that Bob is going to give her a present — a really romantic present. After hours (or days) of giddy anticipation and increasingly extravagant guesses, she arrives at Bob's apartment for the big moment. With a big smile, Bob walks over to his dresser and pulls out one of the drawers, but when Sue moves closer in to peer into the drawer it's completely and totally empty. The big gift was nothing? Is this some kind of joke? A cruel kiss-off? Nope — Bob's gift is the drawer. Used for showing the escalation of a relationship with characters who so far have been emotionally guarded or whose previous relationships have all been strictly casual, but who now want to show their lover that they're ready to let them into their lives. Often carries the implication of exclusivity, if it did not exist already. May also mark the slide from Friends with Benefits into an actual relationship. It's a move with repercussions. Not only does offering a drawer allow Sue the practical expedient of leaving clothes at Bob's place indefinitely, but the gift of a drawer also carries symbolic resonance, since dresser drawers (especially the sock drawer) are not only for the keeping of one's most personal garments, but are also proverbially places where people stash away secret valuables and important mementos — a solid, protective, intimate space to store things of sentimental meaning. Plus, a drawer opens up — just like Bob is doing. Cute, huh? The drawer can signify a shift into a long-term relationship. Leaving a toothbrush says the lover is sleeping over for the time being, but giving a drawer implies shared space and time and the prospect of a future together — and a permanent end to the walk of shame. On the flip side, could also mean that the carefully compartmentalized space of a dresser drawer is the only part of Bob's life he's ready to open up to Sue. If the intimacy upgrade is unwanted, it might lead to the awkwardness of an unwanted gift. Examples |
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On Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, this trope becomes a Brick Joke in season 24. When Amanda mentions that Carisi is coming over to her place, Fin expresses surprise that they aren't living together yet, as they've been dating for more than a year. Amanda says he has a drawer. At their wedding reception a few episodes later, Fin asks if Carisi has graduated to something more than a drawer, and Carisi jokes they are "still negotiating." | |
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Happens in 50/50 (2011), when Adam offers his girlfriend a drawer at the beginning of the movie. | |
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On Gilmore Girls, Luke not only offers Rachel a drawer but throws in keys as well. | |
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After regular visits involving his hauling his stuff to her place in a big backpack, Sydney gives Vaughn a drawer toward the end of season 2 on Alias, a gesture that makes Vaughn very happy and Weiss a little envious. | |
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Arrow. In "Burned", Laurel Lance comes home and busts her boyfriend Tommy Merlyn drawing up a list of Reasons Why I Deserve A Drawer. | |
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In House, Chase flags the meaning of not having been given a drawer in his season 5 sleepover relationship with Cameron. | |
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On the American Queer as Folk, Brian—a player who's been resisting real relationships for years—confirms his offer for Justin to move in by mutely pulling out an emptied dresser drawer. | |
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Roxie gives Chad a drawer on the shortlived series Eastwick — though it's not clear if she still has a drawer for her ex-husband as well. | |
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Mentioned on Pushing Daisies. Vivian comes to her P.I. acquaintaince Emerson Cod for help finding her disappeared beau, Dwight Dixon. Emerson, who has his own reasons for declining the request, asks a number of questions about how intimate their relationship is (including whether or not Dwight has given her a sock drawer) and suggests that Dwight has merely ghosted her rather than disappeared. | |
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As a sign he is ready to be more serious with Carol Hathaway, Dr. Ross actually asks for a drawer on ER. | |
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On Samantha Who?, Sam seeks to get her foot in the door with handsome lad Kevin by suggesting the gift of a drawer, since he happens to have one that's already empty. | |
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Rebecca gets Josh a drawer at her place on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Being Rebecca, she goes overboard, making it light up and play "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin every time it's opened. This ends up being too much for Josh, who thinks she's being too intense too soon. | |
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Burn Notice: A close variant in "Bloodlines". After Fiona is forced to move out of her house, one of the criteria for a new place is that there has to be room for her souvenir snowglobe collection. At the end of the episode, Michael offers her a board of lumber as a present, which is to be a shelf for the snowglobes in his loft. He finally spits it out after some fumbling: "I want you to move in." | |
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In Friends, Chandler, who was always trying to fend off Janice in their earlier encounters, now has feelings for her but paralyzed by his fear of commitment. When Joey tells him to face his fears, he goes all in, and the gift of a drawer is only the first in a series of increasingly over-the-top commitment-filled gestures that backfire badly. In this case, it's literally the gift of a drawer — he gives her some contact paper and then hands her the actual drawer itself. | |
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