I bought this for my best friend's birthday, who lives in Australia, and she just loved it. She liked it so much that she had her picture taken with it on just to show me via email. We have not been able to see each other in over 10 years and both of us are getting up in age (me in my 60s and her in her 70s), and I am so afraid I will never see her again so I wanted to give her something special to always remember me by. We are like sisters and I know she will always cherish this friendship necklace and think of me every time she looks at it. I don't think I could have given her anything else that she would have liked as much. Just wished it didn't take so long to ship something to Australia because she did not receive it until after her birthday even though I bought and had it shipped almost 3 weeks before her birthday. So my advice to you is if you buy this lovely friendship necklace and want it shipped over seas for a special occasion, have it shipped with at least a month a head of time.