From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: What do you give a guy for a Gift?
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 03:03:54 GMT


> What kind of gifts do the guys around here...

The 'well thought out ones'.

Watch the guy when you go shopping, look at the things he 'lusts' after on the
shelves. Try to notice the things even he doesn't realise he likes (but
you notice by the way he keeps going back to them. Start looking for a gift
six month before the occasion. Receiving something you'd forgotten you liked
is always just so nice - and it shows how much the giver cares - obviously
a lot of thought.".article" 54 lines, 2152 characters

I realise that stacks of guys don't 'shop' as the girls understand it - so
this might be a bit hard for some. (sorry) I shop heaps so I guess I'm
easy to buy for - just follow me and watch...

A good friend of mine (Yes, Friend, not SO) gave me a lovely pair of crystal
champagne flutes for my birthday (saturday!!! Twenty-Five - yaaaaaay!.
We went out on a picnic the week before and happened to break a pair of
glasses in the process. The gift shows she pays attentention to who I am,
what I like, my circumstance etc.. She knows I like cooking/kitchen stuff,
she knows I like wine (and champagne in particular) she knows I like nice
things, she noticed I'd lost a couple of glasses (which didn't really bother
me in ther slightest)

Bottom line: She cares. And that is what counts most. T'was only a little
gift... but it still blew me away.

So: I think the bottom line to gift giving is watch the person you are giving to
Pay attention to who they are, what they like etc. and take your time - don't
buy the first thing you see. (Same for buying a card - I never spend less than
an hour buying a card, and often days to find the RIGHT one for the givee)

Good luck

Oh, and remember, with a well chosen gift, the joy truly is in the giving. The
look on the givee's face is worth a thousand thank-yous

Enjoy!

Geoffrey

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Geoffrey Breach                                   || "Imagination is more
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