Gift advice from guys

Boo

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Hello All:

Been away so long I hardly recognize anyone here these days. Still, nice to see all old and new faces. Actually, I need some help with a birthday present for my boyfriend's upcoming 40th. Kind of a big deal when you hit those numbers with zeros in them. Also, he's a tad difficult to buy for because he generally gets what he wants for himself, unless, of course, he can't afford it at the moment. In that case, I generally can't afford it either. (An example is his wanting a new houseboat for the lake we live near.) With small or large water craft being out of the question, I am having the gift giving equivalnt of writer's block. So, if any of you gentlemen have a moment, please reply with the favorite gifts you've received from your lovers or spouses over the years. All suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance. Boo
 
Just a thought...

My wife has the same problem. Any toys I want I'm usually able to find a way to convince her it's something we absolutely need - or it's just something that's so expensive that even I realize we can't afford to buy it.

My favorite gifts have always been simple things that have meaning to the person giving them to me - like a book, for example. If there's a book that has special meaning to you, I would hope he's the kind of guy that would be able to read and understand why it's important to you - and be able to share that emotion with you. Not an easy thing, but when it happens it can be very, very special.

Then again, the houseboat would be very, very special, also, LOL.
 
Gotta' agree with lasher (is it just me or are we beginning to see a kinder gentler Lasher) the gift does not have to be hugely expensive to be of huge significance to me. One of the greatest gifts I have ever received cost an ex-girlfriend maybe $40 (a picture of my recently passed grandfather and I fishing with a pair of salmon flies inset in the matting)

Maybe a weekend away together, or for him, somewhere he's never gone and has always wanted to. Can't say I wouldn't be happy with the houseboat though. In fact if you don't already have one why not rent one for a week for the two of you.
 
just a few silly notions

I know I am not a man...but I pride myself on my creativity..so here are a few suggestions from me.

I suppose it depends on how long the two of you have been together and his interests. Perhaps these will work, and then again maybe not.

* Make him a CD with all his favorites on it. I myself have a few that I made for myself which I love. SOme with love songs..some with dance tunes...different CDs for different moods.

* Make him a videotape of some of the special places you guys go/have went together. Your first date...your first kiss...first sexual encounter...etc. where you met, all that good stuff.

* Something that works for me (especially on this site)...write him an erotic tale..and read it outloud to him as the foreplay.

* Make him a scrapbok of pictures of the two of you, or of his family..or his hobby. My brother is a police officer and that is his life right now. I made him a scrapbook for his birthday with a copy of his diploma from rookie school and pictures of him in uniform. Had all of the people he works with to write him a small little happy B-day note and put those on a page with that person's picture. Also put in all the articles from the newspaper about cases he has worked on.

*Books are always good. You could goa nd buy some sort of sexually oriented book and read it with him, stopping every so often to test out something and make sure it works...just for the sake of making sure the book is scientifically correct, you understand. :)

That's all I can think of off the top of my head. If I think of any more, I'll repost them.
 
I made up a stuck-at-home-with-no-money package once. It had a six pack of his favorite beer, a new book by his favorite author, two videos of the Saturday Night drive-in variety, a gift certificate to the market -- so that Someone could shop and get his favorite dinner together -- and several boxes of his favorite snacks.

He was VERY appreciative!
 
FUCK ALL Y'ALL

is it just me or are we beginning to see a kinder gentler Lasher

Sorry for not being one dimensional. Lemme see if I can go find some people and tell them to FUCK OFF! (Or I could start right FUCKING HERE! Dammit)
 
Atta' boy!

You threw me for a second there.

Seriously I like the fact that your showin' your range as well as your rage
 
How about getting one of those bathtub-type housboats and let it go from there.....If your bathtub isn't big enough for two, maybe a hotel for a night or weekend?
 
I am also not a guy, but though I would throw my two cents in here as well since I consider myself to be a imaginative shopper.
Since you say he has everything, maybe you should get him something he doesn't know he needs. Since you haven't offered any detail about him, I'd be hard pressed to give specific advice. Just think about the things he's talked about recently (besides the boat, that is) that he's been interested in or try to think of creative ways to get him new stuff for his current interests. For example I made my husband a cd with nothing but drum solos on it, Or a friend of mind rented her husband a new corvette for the evening (don't know how much that would cost). Something I want to try is a massage or facial, would require some convincing it wasn't to girly though.
Sorry if that isn't momentous enough for a fortieth birthday.
 
boo
the best thing i can think of for you to give your
partner is yourself , for the day to make up for the
bad days in life that happen, and to show him that you
love him, a bit soppy but age does not matter,the person
you share it with does.

lasher love the F***k you bit go get them boy
 
I'm a woman, and this isn't a gift, but...

My husband adored the special birthday dinner I made for him. Cook something out of the ordinary for your man. Use your china and crystal if you have it. Put fresh flowers and candles on the table. Have some of his favorite music playing. An easy dessert is profiteroles (sp?). They're basically just bite-sized cream puffs. You can find them frozen in the grocery store, but they look impressive. Just thaw them out. If you like ice cream, arrange them on a scoop of vanilla and drizzle some chocolate sauce in a zig-zag pattern over them. Add a sprig of mint or a couple of fresh raspberries for color and you've got an easy, yet elegant dessert. (Or, better yet, puree the raspberries with a bit of sugar and squiggle that on the plate before you put the other stuff on it. Very gourmet presentation!)
 
When I turned 40, I got two great gifts. One was a room key from Jake and Elwood's hotel in the "Blues Brothers." The other, well, it didn't cost the giver anything, it wasn't wrapped (in paper, anyway) and I still remember it fondly some *cough, cough* years later. I didn't even mind when I got a duplicate gift for that all-important 40-and-one-week birthday.
 
Simple is good

My favorite gift from my Fortieth Birthday, is a black coffee cup with white lettering.

"Forty isn't old--If you're a tree."
 
Culinary Delights

I bought a present for a man of similar age recently and as far as I know he loved it. (Boys never grow out of their toys you know!)
Wanna know what it was?
*Drum Role*
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A chrome pasta maker! Hoorah!
Costs £40 ($70) and provides him with hours of fun making ravioli, tagliatelli, fuselli etc... Ideal for the middle aged man who's run out of things to do.

Fuck Lasher.
 
Fucking Lasher

Fucking Lasher would be an excellent 40th birthday gift. Sounds like fun to me. Oh wait, you said this was for a guy though, wasn't it? A guy may not enjoy it quite as much.

I'm not a guy, but I've given plenty of gifts. I try to remember something important to the person I am buying for, and then buy something related to that. Once I had a conversation about favorite breakfast cereals with someone, and how we now eat some of the same junk that we ate as kids. A month or so later, I sent him a few boxes of his favorite cereals for his birthday. He loved it, and couldn't believe I had remembered the details of the conversation. The gift didn't even cost $10, but it showed I cared enough to listen to him when he spoke. That was the real gift.
 
It doesn't matter if the gift is large or small as long as it's sent from the heart.

But the weekend away together would be mine, go treking into the wilds and spend the nights under starry skies.But if not that then just stay at home and tell everyone you are going off so no one will bother you.

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Peace...Love...and...Valentino...Rossi...
 
A gift certificate to Circuit City and three days of alone time to plug in and play with whatever he buys.
 
Thanks to all of you for your thoughts and suggestions. His beautiful seven year old daughter is in for the week so I've arranged for his mother, who keeps her during the day while he works, to allow a photographer friend of mine to shoot a series of black and whites of her down around the lake in back of his house. She's a professional but she doesn't like studio work, she likes to get the person in their own environment and has an exceptional gift for it. I'll pick a series that turns out and have them framed for him. I also made reservations for the night in a nearby city at one of the old grand hotels and got us two tickets to a Ray Charles concert. That ought to make him feel young, and, you never know how long Ray is gonna be around. Anyway, I hope all of you have a great weekend and I apprciate your responses.

Boo
 
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