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12-22-2006, 05:01 PM
|  | free hugs | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 'states
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| | | what the hell do you buy your boyfriend's mom?
i have no idea what 50 year olds like.
a gift certificate to walmart? a fruit basket? sigh
i guess she likes things for her house but its really hard to guess someone's taste
i have no idea what to get my parents too.
so parents and bf's mom. go. |
12-22-2006, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy navel i have no idea what 50 year olds like.
a gift certificate to walmart? a fruit basket? sigh
i guess she likes things for her house but its really hard to guess someone's taste
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gift certificate to peir 1?
and maybe you can make some cookies or something too
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12-22-2006, 05:09 PM
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| | | how about a certificate to dinner at a nice restaurant? it's hard to miss with that one.
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12-22-2006, 05:10 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenix rose gift certificate to peir 1?
and maybe you can make some cookies or something too | yea that would be really nice.
but i was thinking of something more practical. she is kind of poor, only makes like $7 an hour. she has two jobs. she's really stressed all the time. sometimes she cant afford to buy herself cigs. but maybe walmart might be kind of insulting, cos you know, a gift card to walmart, eh. but she goes there all the time.
if i go with a gift card, how much should it be for? $50? $75 ? i dont want to seem like i'm sucking up, but $100 might be really nice |
12-22-2006, 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy navel yea that would be really nice.
but i was thinking of something more practical. she is kind of poor, only makes like $7 an hour. she has two jobs. she's really stressed all the time. sometimes she cant afford to buy herself cigs. but maybe walmart might be kind of insulting, cos you know, a gift card to walmart, eh. but she goes there all the time.
if i go with a gift card, how much should it be for? $50? $75 ? i dont want to seem like i'm sucking up, but $100 might be really nice |
well you don't want to show her up like hey i'm rich and you're poor
i'm sure $50 would be sufficient
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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted |
12-22-2006, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by alpha zygote how about a certificate to dinner at a nice restaurant? it's hard to miss with that one. | she lives in a really small town with like 2 or 3 nice restaurants
she gets fast food all the time from A&W haha |
12-22-2006, 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenix rose well you don't want to show her up like hey i'm rich and you're poor
i'm sure $50 would be sufficient | im really poor too. i live off student loans at the moment. she has bought me a lot of meals though. at least $100 worth.
i lived with her for awhile too with the bf. so im sure i ran up the bills a little, and probably owe her like $300-$400 for rent |
12-22-2006, 05:19 PM
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| | | maybe the giftcard plus something else
have you asked your bf what he thinks?
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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted |
12-22-2006, 05:20 PM
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| | | i think 50$ is enough but since you say you owe her money 100$ is fine, too. i think she'll appreciate 50 too |
12-22-2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by fuzzy navel i have no idea what 50 year olds like.
a gift certificate to walmart? a fruit basket? sigh
i guess she likes things for her house but its really hard to guess someone's taste
i have no idea what to get my parents too.
so parents and bf's mom. go. | $50 gift card
AND a nice scented candle. A big one. Spend $10-$15 on it.
She's still a woman, and, with gifts, it's nice to be practical (the gift card) but it's also nice to buy someone something they can't justify buying for themselves when they're broke (like the candle).
Plus, when she lights it she'll think of you, pleasantly. |
12-22-2006, 05:43 PM
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| | | one of those gift food hampers? practical & festive. |
12-22-2006, 06:43 PM
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| | | I bought mine a handbag 2007 diary, and a necklace |
12-22-2006, 07:31 PM
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| | | I'm getting her and her husband a $30 gift card to Kohl's. |
12-22-2006, 07:42 PM
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| | | I didnt know we were obligated to get gifts for a bf/gf's parents. |
12-22-2006, 08:36 PM
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| | | ^ *shudders* It's hard enough buying for a girlfriend, let alone her parents.
I thought about it last year, but I decided that it wasn't worth the risk. The only thing I could think of was booze and that probably isn't ideal for an alcoholic. |
12-22-2006, 08:59 PM
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| | | I think a gift certificate is really thoughtless, its like saying "i cant buy you a gift", I feel very insulted when I get one, I want the person to put some thought in my gift, even if I don't like it.
get her a scarf or a cologne, a pretty ashtray (you said she smokes). |
12-22-2006, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mallory Knox I think a gift certificate is really thoughtless, its like saying "i cant buy you a gift", I feel very insulted when I get one, I want the person to put some thought in my gift, even if I don't like it.
get her a scarf or a cologne, a pretty ashtray (you said she smokes). | personally i would never get someone an ashtray unless it was one of those ones that eats the 2nd hand smoke or something
but i agree about giftcards being impersonal thats why i usually give a small present at the same time
that way one thing or the other should make them happy or at least you covered all the bases
zeke
i don't think it is necessarily an obligation
but it depends on the circumstances
whether you spend x-mas w. them or not etc
i think it applies here w. the background she has given
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should i choose a noble occupation
if i did i'd only show up late and sick
and they would stare at me with hatred
plus my only natural talent's wasted |
12-23-2006, 01:41 AM
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| | a double ended dildo for her to fuck herself and the hubby with?  |
12-23-2006, 02:17 AM
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Originally Posted by phoenix rose personally i would never get someone an ashtray unless it was one of those ones that eats the 2nd hand smoke or something
but i agree about giftcards being impersonal thats why i usually give a small present at the same time
that way one thing or the other should make them happy or at least you covered all the bases
zeke
i don't think it is necessarily an obligation
but it depends on the circumstances
whether you spend x-mas w. them or not etc
i think it applies here w. the background she has given |
I really only spend on immediate members of my family and other extensions. Certainly not my gf's parents, unless things were getting quite serious or I had gotten quite close to them, I dunno. I think I wouldnt want it to look like im trying too hard to ingratiate myself with her family. |
12-23-2006, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Zeke I really only spend on immediate members of my family and other extensions. Certainly not my gf's parents, unless things were getting quite serious or I had gotten quite close to them, I dunno. I think I wouldnt want it to look like im trying too hard to ingratiate myself with her family. | i wouldnt buy the parents presents unless of course i spending christmas day with them and I knew they got me something...im not into kissing ass and wasting money on ppl i hardly know..i'd rather use that extra money and buy my partner something extra nice  | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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