Okay. I'm about to drop some serious knowledge on women on how to buy gifts for guys. This is the kind of thing that your boyfriend/brother/father/scary molester uncle wants to tell you but can't. I'm not doing it to be a dick, and tomorrow I'm going to write one for guys, who admittedly also need some help in the gift giving area. But I feel for you. I feel for those who are about to have their first Christmas with a boyfriend or girlfriend. This is a very important time. Give a bad gift, and you could be on your way out. So you really better listen up and pay attention. After you read this you have no excuse to get any man in your life clothes.
Do not buy clothes for a man under any circumstances
We do not want clothes. When we were kids, we scoped out the clothes boxes and either opened them up really really fast in order to get to the good stuff, or just tried to pretend like they didn't exist. We don't care how ratty you think our jeans are, we don't want new ones. And we especially don't want YOU to get us them because you'll spend too much money on them and not enough money on the shit we really want. Like DVDs.Do just ask us what we want
We are not you. We do not need to be super surprised with something all gooey and romantic. We want to be able to tell you what we want, and then we want you to get what we asked you for. This is an extremely important rule and it is way too often ignored. Just ask us. We will not be afraid to tell you what we want, and then you don't have to be all paranoid that we don't like what you got us. We will like it. And you. You have to understand that Christmas for us is a time to be a little kid again, so let us do it.Do buy us electronics
But, be careful. Make sure that you do your research and listen in for things that we needlessly repeat over and over. Like, damn, have you seen that Nintendo Wii? I kind of want that. And you can play it, too. It's fun to look like an idiot, right? Wink, wink. Sometimes we'll even say Wink Wink. Because we're corny. But listen to us long enough, or pay attention to what we scope out in Best Buy while you're looking at stupid girl music. Get us a movie that you know we love, or a video game, but ask which one first. There's nothing worse than having to pretend like you like something your girlfriend got you.Do not get us anything practical
Yes, we know that you hate it when our shit is all over the place, but don't get us anything to organize it with. Don't get us a winter coat. Don't get us razors. We don't want things that we need, we want shiny new shit that we do not need at all. We want toys to play with. If you get me Lego's, I will hump you. Even if you are my Great Aunt.Do be creative
Yes, we want what we want. But, and this is a cardinal rule, leave yourself a little room to add in some little gifts from the heart. We actually do like that stuff. We do like you getting us something that we wouldn't have thought of ourselves… but it just can't be the main gift. Use it as a supplement.
So, there you go, some general info on getting guys gifts. Most of the men's magazines you'll read will try to tell you specifics on things, but they're just trying to get advertisers.
