History Main / IGotYouADrawer

-->'''Chandler:''' Well, wait there's, more. See, the contact paper is to go into your brand new drawer. ''(gives her a drawer)'' See, the drawer actually goes in my dresser.\\

'''Chandler:''' Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because, you're my girlfriend, and that's what girlfriends should, should get.\\
-->'''Janice:''' Well, I gotta buy a vowel. Because, oh my Gawd! Who would've thought that someday, Chandler Bing would buy me a drawer?

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* ''Series/{{Castle}}'': Halfway through their first season as a (secret) couple, Castle and Beckett exchange romantic Valentine's Day gifts. After Castle's goes awry (he accidentally slips his gift, a pair of beautiful earrings, into Beckett's boss's blazer instead of hers, leading to a wacky misunderstanding), we get the big reveal of Beckett's gift: a drawer. Of course, this being Castle, it takes him a minute to get it, and he feels all around the inside for his promised romantic present.
* On ''Series/{{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.

* On ''Series/{{House}}'', Chase flags the meaning of ''not'' having been given a drawer in his season 5 sleepover relationship with Cameron.

* Halfway through their first season as a (secret) couple, Series/{{Castle}} and Beckett exchange romantic Valentine's Day gifts. After Castle's goes awry (he accidentally slips his gift, a pair of beautiful earrings, into Beckett's boss's blazer instead of hers, leading to a wacky misunderstanding), we get the big reveal of Beckett's gift: a drawer. Of course, this being Castle, it takes him a minute to get it, and he feels all around the inside for his promised romantic present.

-->'''Chandler:''' Well, wait there's, more. See, the contact paper is to go into your brand new drawer. ''(gives her a drawer)'' See, the drawer actually goes in my dresser.
-->'''Janice:''' Oh, you didn't have to do this.
-->'''Chandler:''' Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because, you're my girlfriend, and that's what girlfriends should, should get.

-->'''Weiss:''' Do you know how spoiled you are? You know, a drawer! I wish I had a girlfriend to say 'Hey, do you want a drawer?\\'

->'''Male Fish:''' I couldn't afford a present this year, so I got you this box.\\
'''Female Fish:''' That's what I got you!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Idiot Box"

-->'''Weiss:''' Do you know how spoiled you are? You know, a drawer! I wish I had a girlfriend to say 'Hey, do you want a drawer?'
-->'''Vaughn:''' I'll give you a drawer at my place.
-->'''Weiss:''' I don't want a drawer at your place.
* On the American ''Series/QueerAsFolk'', 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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-->--''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', "Idiot Box"

-->'''Chandler:''' Well, wait there’s, more. See, the contact paper is to go into your brand new drawer. ''(gives her a drawer)'' See, the drawer actually goes in my dresser.
-->'''Janice:''' Oh, you didn’t have to do this.
-->'''Chandler:''' Yes, I did. Yes, I did. Because, you’re my girlfriend, and that’s what girlfriends should, should get.
-->'''Janice:''' Well, I gotta buy a vowel. Because, oh my Gawd! Who would’ve thought that someday, Chandler Bing would buy me a drawer?

* Happens in ''Film/FiftyFifty'', when Adam offers his girlfriend a drawer at the beginning of the movie.

* Mentioned on ''Series/PushingDaisies''. 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 requests, 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.

Used for showing the [[RelationshipUpgrade 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. May also mark the slide from FriendsWithBenefits into an actual relationship.

* ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. In "Burned", Laurel Lance comes to home and busts her boyfriend Tommy Merlyn drawing up a list of Reasons Why I Deserve A Drawer.

[[folder:Fan-Fiction]]
* Given how cautious both of them are about emotions, it's an attractive trope for anyone pairing up Sam and Jack from ''Series/StargateSG1''--as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8531668/25/Beyond-Entrapment here]], for example.
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** For the record, by the end of the episode, Carol gave Doug a drawer.

* Rebecca gets Josh a drawer at her place on ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''. 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.

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.

* On ''Series/{{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.

-->'''Janice:''' Well, I gotta buy a vowel. Because, oh my Gawd! Who, would’ve thought that someday, Chandler Bing would buy me a drawer.

-->'''Ross:''' A drawer. Something you keep your clothes in--something that i can put my clothes in.

* On ''Series/GilmoreGirls'', Luke not only offers Rachel a drawer, but throws in keys as well.
* Rebecca gets Josh a drawer at her place on ''Series/CrazyExGirlfriend''. Being Rebecca, she goes overboard, making it light up and play "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin everytime it's opened. This ends up being too much for Josh who thinks she's being too intense too soon.

[[folder:Real Life]]
* Sometimes recommended by those giving advice on love as a gesture that's both heartfelt and inexpensive. One example of the case for giving a drawer is [[http://planetlovematch.suggestedby.us/how-to-show-you-care-give-him-a-drawer/ here.]]
* And [[http://thecollegecrush.com/812/ here]]'s what to do when it happens to you!
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* Back in 2007 on the HowardStern Show, Robin joked that Howard gave Beth a drawer at his place and not too long after that she left her apartment after burning it down.

[[caption-width-right:350:Poor [[Series/{{Castle}} dope]] thinks there's something in there for him.]]

* Happens in ''FiftyFifty'', when Adam offers his girlfriend a drawer at the beginning of the movie.

* On the American ''QueerAsFolk'', 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.
* On ''SamanthaWho'', 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.

* Halfway through their first season as a (secret) couple, {{Castle}} and Beckett exchange romantic Valentine's Day gifts. After Castle's goes awry (he accidentally slips his gift, a pair of beautiful earrings, into Beckett's boss's blazer instead of hers, leading to a wacky misunderstanding), we get the big reveal of Beckett's gift: a drawer. Of course, this being Castle, it takes him a minute to get it, and he feels all around the inside for his promised romantic present.

* 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.
* On ''GilmoreGirls'', Luke not only offers Rachel a drawer, but throws in keys as well.

* Given how cautious both of them are about emotions, it's an attractive trope for anyone pairing up Sam and Jack from ''StargateSG1''--as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8531668/25/Beyond-Entrapment here]], for example.

Used for showing the [[RelationshipUpgrade 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. Not only does it 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?