Christmas gifts early in a relationship
12-14-14, 07:07 PM
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Christmas gifts early in a relationship
So, the smart thing to do would be to never, ever start dating anybody between Labor Day and Valentine's Day -- that way, by the time major gift holidays roll around, you've been in a relationship long enough to avoid the awkwardness.
But I'm not a smart man, and I've been seeing a woman for about a month now. Which is long enough that I feel like I want to get her something for Christmas, but not long enough that I want to get her something big. Or that I have any idea at all what to get her.
Help me, Otters.
But I'm not a smart man, and I've been seeing a woman for about a month now. Which is long enough that I feel like I want to get her something for Christmas, but not long enough that I want to get her something big. Or that I have any idea at all what to get her.
Help me, Otters.
12-14-14, 07:13 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Originally Posted by Bandoman
Diamond ring.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/gg-cert...1-db381930d139
How can you pass up a deal like that?
12-14-14, 07:43 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
In the other thread, a majority of members suggested that Gatordeb give a man a blowjob for Christmas.
So in this thread, people should suggest a mink coat, a diamond bracelet, or a sportscar.
So in this thread, people should suggest a mink coat, a diamond bracelet, or a sportscar.
12-14-14, 08:11 PM
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I think my answer in the thread about baby gifts applies here, too.
Otherwise...
Think about something she told you she likes and get that. It shows you listen, you're quirky and you're a bit sentimental. She mentions red scarves? Get a red scarf. She likes Frozen? Get her a little Frozen trinket. She drank you under the table at a local pub on your first date? Buy a snifter from that pub. She likes a particular writer? Get her one of their books in a format she doesn't have, like audio or film adaptation. She mentioned something she misses about summer? Find a way to present that in a cute way, like a diorama she can put on her desk at work.
Otherwise...
Think about something she told you she likes and get that. It shows you listen, you're quirky and you're a bit sentimental. She mentions red scarves? Get a red scarf. She likes Frozen? Get her a little Frozen trinket. She drank you under the table at a local pub on your first date? Buy a snifter from that pub. She likes a particular writer? Get her one of their books in a format she doesn't have, like audio or film adaptation. She mentioned something she misses about summer? Find a way to present that in a cute way, like a diorama she can put on her desk at work.
12-14-14, 08:14 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Originally Posted by story
I think my answer in the thread about baby gifts applies here, too.
Otherwise...
Think about something she told you she likes and get that. It shows you listen, you're quirky and you're a bit sentimental. She mentions red scarves? Get a red scarf. She likes Frozen? Get her a little Frozen trinket. She drank you under the table at a local pub on your first date? Buy a snifter from that pub. She likes a particular writer? Get her one of their books in a format she doesn't have, like audio or film adaptation. She mentioned something she misses about summer? Find a way to present that in a cute way, like a diorama she can put on her desk at work.
Otherwise...
Think about something she told you she likes and get that. It shows you listen, you're quirky and you're a bit sentimental. She mentions red scarves? Get a red scarf. She likes Frozen? Get her a little Frozen trinket. She drank you under the table at a local pub on your first date? Buy a snifter from that pub. She likes a particular writer? Get her one of their books in a format she doesn't have, like audio or film adaptation. She mentioned something she misses about summer? Find a way to present that in a cute way, like a diorama she can put on her desk at work.
12-14-14, 08:40 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Originally Posted by Nick Danger
Bah. If he were listening to the hints she's dropping, he wouldn't be asking us. Get her an iPad.
12-14-14, 09:44 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Originally Posted by Tracer Bullet
Awesome cunnilingus.
Leave it to the gay guy to come up with that answer.As for this suggestion and the Dick in a Box, a gentleman doesn't kiss and tell. And, on a completely unrelated note, I believe Christmas etiquette is to give her something I haven't already given her.
A friend suggested tickets to something, which sounds like a great idea, so now I just need to figure out what "something" is.
12-14-14, 09:48 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Great advice (again) by story
Really depends on how much you like her.
If you're really digging her, get her something you might both enjoy on a future date, like concert tix. (My gf's birthday was two weeks after we met. Suprised her with tix to one of her favorite performers, who just happened to be playing in LA during her BD week. Had the time of our lives. Wasn't cheap though.) If you guys enjoy hiking together, surprise her with an Osprey daypack packed with energy bars and things. Or do a date-night gift of a bottle of wine, an air popper, organic kernels (and coconut oil!), and a blu-ray of a film you've both discussed (or something holiday-related).
Does she own shitty key chains? Consider a keychain from Coach. Inexpensive-ish at around $40 and a classy addition to something she used multiple times a day.
Really depends on how much you like her.
If you're really digging her, get her something you might both enjoy on a future date, like concert tix. (My gf's birthday was two weeks after we met. Suprised her with tix to one of her favorite performers, who just happened to be playing in LA during her BD week. Had the time of our lives. Wasn't cheap though.) If you guys enjoy hiking together, surprise her with an Osprey daypack packed with energy bars and things. Or do a date-night gift of a bottle of wine, an air popper, organic kernels (and coconut oil!), and a blu-ray of a film you've both discussed (or something holiday-related).
Does she own shitty key chains? Consider a keychain from Coach. Inexpensive-ish at around $40 and a classy addition to something she used multiple times a day.
12-14-14, 10:53 PM
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Re: Christmas gifts early in a relationship
Originally Posted by hippie68
A massage at a local spa.
Tickets to something is a good idea just make sure that you don't buy tickets for something too far in the future (like a music concert in August for example) because then if you two break up they'll never get used.
I'd suggest a new mattress designed specifically for YOUR lumbar support. You know, so she gets the hint.
