Buying presents for guys is 1000% harder than buying for girls, don’t you think? At least it is if you’re not buying on an unlimited budget, and especially if you’re buying for a friend not a partner.
The things guys like seem to be a lot more expensive, on average – ‘big boy toys’ like x-boxes, phones, playstations, car stuff etc. Anything cheaper that they want, they tend to go out and buy straight away (even when it’s right before their birthday, which is incredibly frustrating). You can always go with the old standby – alcohol – but for milestone birthdays like 21, 30, 40, 50 etc, its nice to give a keeper present, not something that’ll probably be gone by the end of the night.
Don’t get me wrong here – I’m not saying that girls don’t like expensive things too. Of course we do. But there are more options in various price ranges for us – jewellery, homewares, clothes etc, that don’t always have to be expensive. Can you imagine the look on a guy’s face if you gave him a platter for his birthday??
Although it can be done, finding a nice present for a reasonable price (that the person will actually like and use) usually takes a lot more searching for boys than girls.
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a bottle of Jim Bean will do for any man... except for me... I would prefer a box of green tea instead...
uh huh...
besides - a bottle isn't a "keeper" present suitable for a milestone birthday.
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