Boyfriend Gifts - Page 6

Munchkin03 · #76 12-24-2003, 03:42 PM

P-n-C, I just bought a really great fountain pen for my uncle. Janoffs on Broadway and 110th (ha ha ha, I know it's far) actually has 40% off their Watermans. So, I got him a $100 pen for just about $60.

I don't think Diane Court gave Lloyd Dobler a Waterman fountain pen.

Rudey · #77 12-24-2003, 04:20 PM

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Originally posted by Peaches-n-Cream
I was looking at Waterman pens online. There is a dealer nearby so all hope is not lost. My sister received one as a gift from a former boyfriend a few Christmases ago. She treasures it.

A pen as a gift just reminded me of "Say Anything" when Lloyd Dobler says, "She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, she gave me a pen."

Come on Watermans are gross. You can do better.

-Rudey
--And a pair of nice jeans.

xok85xo · #78 12-24-2003, 04:37 PM

do guys seriously see a pen as a nice gift?

AchtungBaby80 · #79 12-24-2003, 05:49 PM

Well, I just finished shopping for my boyfriend, and I know he won't like the stuff I got him. I try to be creative, hell, I am an artistically-inclined person so you'd think I'd be able to come up with something cool, but he is so picky that I just couldn't. I read some of your suggestions in this thread, but nothing really applied to him because he's either a) already got it, or b) wouldn't like it. I ended up just getting cologne that he likes, a J. Crew sweater, and some fleece pajama pants to wear around the house because his place is real cold! Geez. Christmas shopping should not be this hard.

AXJules · #80 12-24-2003, 06:36 PM

Ok my shopping is finally done-
The sometimes bf is getting a men's "accessory chest" (aka JEWELRY BOX) that's engraved, I put a really nice Kenneth Cole bracelet in there, it looks like the Armani one most guys have but it's a little heavier....also a button down he wanted, these bookends that are bull/bear (he wants to be a financial analyst)...and the new Kenneth Cole Black.

**sigh** finally ok..........I'm not sure why I just told you all that, I think it was to make sure the gift was done!!

Hope he likes it

Oh yeah and he gets to see me- that's the best present of all

Peaches-n-Cream · #81 12-24-2003, 11:22 PM

He liked the fountain pen. Thanks for the suggestion, Munchkin. I gave him other gifts, too. He gave me a diamond heart pendant necklace. He said that something else will arrive on Monday.

In an hour we will leave for midnight mass.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #82 12-25-2003, 05:46 PM

is liquor wrong? We've only been dating about a month. He and his roommate are crazy about GM.

#83 12-25-2003, 06:21 PM

The "not-BF" (that was for you, etahannah!

) jumped up and down when he opened his gift -- Jordan's Carolina Blue sweater pants outfit complete with the visor and shoes. I even threw in a burned CD to listen to while he's sleeping on the bus to the game.

"A perfect gameday outfit," he said. I'm glad he liked it, the reaction was priceless.

Rudey · #84 12-25-2003, 06:38 PM

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Originally posted by OohTeenyWahine
The "not-BF" (that was for you, etahannah! ) jumped up and down when he opened his gift -- Jordan's Carolina Blue sweater pants outfit complete with the visor and shoes. I even threw in a burned CD to listen to while he's sleeping on the bus to the game.

"A perfect gameday outfit," he said. I'm glad he liked it, the reaction was priceless.

Congrats.

-Rudey
--Now he looks like a Backstreet boy.

#85 12-25-2003, 06:43 PM

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Originally posted by Rudey
Congrats.

-Rudey
--Now he looks like a Backstreet boy.

True that. He's had a fanbase of teenyboppers ever since he was a junior in HS. Girls flock to him after every game just to get his freaking autograph, it's quite entertaining actually.

HotDamnImAPhiMu · #86 01-04-2004, 12:20 PM

Is it the Backstreet Boys or N'Sync with the highly suspicious 40 year old member?

BetteDavisEyes · #87 09-09-2005, 12:24 PM

I'm bumping this b/c I have a question about gifts for boyfriends. My friend is planning on giving her boyfriend a scrapbook of them together for their 1 year anniversary. She got mad at me when I told her that while the gift is very thoughtful , it's not the kind of thing men really want. I told her she'd be better off giving him something he can really use and appreciate like something for his guitar, or something that's surfing related since that's what he likes. I also told her that a scrapbook is a great gift for women but not really the ideal gift for men. She's now mad at me b/c she thinks I insulted her gift. In hindsight, I probably was a little tactless but was I right to tell her this or should I have kept my mouth shut? I don't know b/c I've always gotten my fiance gifts I know he would use & want like sports gifts, movies, & stuff like that.

valkyrie · #88 09-09-2005, 12:40 PM

Okay, I'm a woman and I'd be pissed if somebody gave me a scrapbook as a gift.

Well, "pissed" might be an exaggeration, but I think people either really like scrapbooks or they don't, and I'm having a hard time imagining a guy who would like one. It sounds more like a gift your friend is really making for herself, you know? She can still make the scrapbook, but I agree with you that it's a bad gift idea. Gifts are supposed to be about the recipient, not the giver.

Rudey · #89 09-09-2005, 12:55 PM

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Originally posted by BetteDavisEyes
I'm bumping this b/c I have a question about gifts for boyfriends. My friend is planning on giving her boyfriend a scrapbook of them together for their 1 year anniversary. She got mad at me when I told her that while the gift is very thoughtful , it's not the kind of thing men really want. I told her she'd be better off giving him something he can really use and appreciate like something for his guitar, or something that's surfing related since that's what he likes. I also told her that a scrapbook is a great gift for women but not really the ideal gift for men. She's now mad at me b/c she thinks I insulted her gift. In hindsight, I probably was a little tactless but was I right to tell her this or should I have kept my mouth shut? I don't know b/c I've always gotten my fiance gifts I know he would use & want like sports gifts, movies, & stuff like that.

I'd be cool with it, but only because I own more material items than I care for and I life gifts with thought behind them - not gifts I can buy on my lunchbreak.

-Rudey

tunatartare · #90 09-09-2005, 01:06 PM

I know of a few friends who've made scrapbooks for their boyfriends, I don't think I'd ever give one to my guy though. I'm really into scrapbooking and arts and crafts and all that stuff and I made a scrapbook for my best friend for her birthday. In between the book, the papers, the stickers, etc. it ended up being really expensive.