Women Corner

Gift Ideas for That Special Guy

September 30th, 2009 |

Most women typically only buy 3-4 gifts a year for their spouses or boyfriends – birthday, Christmas, anniversary and valentines. For some people this is a pretty easy task and they seem to have a natural ability to discern what their man wants. However, if you are alike all the rest of us, picking out presents are often very tough, especially when you’re buying fro the guy that seems to have everything. Here are a few things to keep in mind when picking out presents for the man in your life.

Buying a gift for the guy that has everything can be broken down into two separate categories; Items that he wants and items that he needs. Before starting out, write down a list of his hobbies, things he’ said about his job, heck if you really want some ideas for what to get him just keep a pen and paper by the couch when you guys watch TV. I guarantee he’s already given you a dozen ideas off of ads of TV.

If your boyfriend or husband is the tech-savvy kind of guy then he probably already has all the new cool gadgets. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. Unless he has given you a big hint that there is some kind of gadget that he wants then stay away from trying to buy him that next cool gadget he can’t live without. Unless you are pretty tech savvy yourself and know exactly what he wants or already has then your gift may end up in a closet untouched, or even worse, on the returns shelf. A great idea for a tech savvy guy is to get something that’s “gadgety” but is also personalized…a digital photo frame or custom or hard to find phone or laptop accessory could be a good idea too.

If your guy is a goof and loves to be the joker of the office then a gag gift or something he can use at his desk could be a good idea too. Some of the popular gifts for the office this year are organizers, joke calendars, small devices like mug warmers or coolers (that usually plug into their office computer) or even something to help speed up those long boring days at the office. Be creative.

Now if you want to buy something for your man that he needs….

If your boyfriend or husband is a sports fanatic and loves to get up in the morning to run or lift weights then he probably already has running shoes, exercise equipment and an mp3 player to listen to. However he probably doesn’t have the newest and coolest versions of these things. One of the best gifts I go for my husband was a really nice set of running shoes. He had shoes of course, but when he opened those $150 specialty running shoes he was super happy.

Are there other hobbies he’s into that you could do the same for? A lot of guys (especially younger guys) like video or computer games. Of course he will probably know a lot more about these games than you will so a good idea might be to look into what games are going to be coming out near his birthday and preorder them beforehand. That way when he opens that gift he’ll know that you really put some extra time and effort into getting him something that he really wanted.

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