I know, it’s easy to panic when you’re trying to decide what to buy your partner. We all have different tastes when choosing the best romantic gifts. But just because you may be struggling to come up with a great idea, doesn’t mean you should turn off your brain and go down one of these routes:
The worst romantic gift ideas
1.Tools – Do you think he would look attractive with that new cordless drill? That means home improvements. Since when is that romantic?
2. Jewelry from a shopping channel – Can you imagine her telling her friends “She saw it on Bid4Jewelry and said she had to buy it for me!”
3. Training equipment – get ready to go into “Are you saying I need to exercise?” conversation of death where there are no winners.
4. Gift certificates – Romance means showing them that you know and understand them. A gift certificate shows that you know which stores they like.
5. Self-help books – Just because they’ve hinted to you that they’re feeling down doesn’t mean they want you to “fix” them. Just talk it out.
6. farts – that kitten/puppy is cute and adorable for the first 5 minutes until your partner realizes how much effort it takes to take care of it. And they’ll secretly blame you every time they’re cleaning up poop.
7. A stuffed animal – is in the same vein as the gift certificate – it just smacks of effortlessness.
8. The gift of comedy – a t-shirt with a funny play on words! Awesome. For a day.
9. ‘Sexy’ underwear – This is complicated, because if it is chosen well, it is actually a great gift. The problem is that very few of us are on the same wavelength as our partner when it comes to ‘sexy’: women want something sexy yet practical, men tend to go for something they saw in one of their ‘gentlemen’s magazines’. ‘ in the 1990s.
10. Your favorite x – tickets to the game YOU want to see, a book YOU want to read, a meal at YOUR favorite restaurant… not good.
Those are the things to avoid when choosing the best romantic gift for a guy or girl. So what’s left? Well, remember that the important thing is to KNOW your partner so well that you automatically know what to buy each time! Just start listening a little better (especially on birthdays and Christmas!) for clues about what they want, need, and care about!