From: Gleeep@cup.portal.com (Dave - Silon)
Newsgroups: alt.romance
Subject: Re: Gifts for Men?
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 92 20:48:21 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
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>rarely do I see suggestions of what to get men for their 
>birthdays, christmas, anniverseries, etc.
>What kinds of gifts do the guys here think are romantic and 
>something they'd like to get?
 
Now here's an interesting question!!!!!!
 
Colorforms; LEGO Castles; Juggle Cats; Giant Bubble Makers;
Zippy the PinHead Books with a nice inscription; video
games; more video games; things to put video games into;
dust covers for his video game collection; a gift certificate
for 100 of his favorite kind of fruit from Safeway;
a secret, one-day, sleep-over vacation in a romantic place
(but not so secret so that he doesn't know where you are); 
a car full of multi-colored balloons; extraordinary puppets;
an extraodinary puppet theater if he already has lots of 
puppets so that you can give puppet shows for the 
neighborhood children; write a script for a puppet show if he 
already has extraodinary puppet equipment; a poem written in
tiny letters on the surface of seashell; your undivided
attention for one evening; a new computer; the impression 
of your lips wearing exotic lipstick on a small, framed 
piece of paper for him to put on his desk at work; an 
answering machine that doesn't cut you off after 30 seconds
so that you can leave him long, funny (or serious) messages
when he is not at home and you want to talk to him; a T-Shirt
with your hand-prints all over it, or some other design that
you create; glow-in-the-dark stars to stick on the ceiling
above his bed; silly putty; a deluxe set of crayola crayons
and a Felix the Cat coloring book; a compact disc you know
he is dying for, or one that has music that reminds you of
him; tickets for the symphony; tickets for the circus;
tickets for an unusual movie; pay his parking tickets; write
a song and sing it; a non-obscene singing telegram; a day
at the zoo; a balloon ride; something for you to wear that
is so alluring that he will attack you passionately the
minute he sees you wearing it; something for him to wear
that is so alluring that you will attack him passionately
the minute you see him wearing it; bake a uniquely-shaped
cake (like a lion, a sombrero, or an elvis impersonator)
and surprise him with it; have a barbecue at the beach and
hire a plane with a happy birthday banner to fly by; hang
a happy birthday banner and festive decorations outside
his house or apartment; a book of Rodin sculpture; a large,
blank, nicely bound book for him to write in; a button
with your picture; a sea monkey starter kit; a poster of
the heads at Easter island; computer software; fulfill
one dream or fantasy that he has told you about; new wave
neon sculpture; a dog that will pull him across the floor
by the leg of his pants when they play; a house where he
can keep the dog; a dipping bird; magic rocks; paint a
rose on the surface of a small, smooth rock and then
cover it with clear sealer so that it doesn't rub off
when he carries it around in his pocket; a collage out
of things that represent your relationship; art supplies;
a trip to Europe; a death-proof plant; an unexpected
scavenger hunt with you waiting at the end; a home-made
calendar with 8x10's of you, the two of you, or
experiences you have shared and significant dates filled
in throughout the year; a flip-book animation; hershey
kisses and love notes hidden all around his apartment;
software you wrote that says happy birthday; roller blades;
a model rocket; a prehistoric ice cream cake; a soft
down comforter; rent a llama, pack it up and go camping;
a music box; a gumball machine; a solid silver heart no
bigger than his thumbnail; a memorable embrace.
 
Hmmmmmm.  It was a very strange experience to write this.
If anyone wants to get me a HOUSE on my birthday, 
let me know, but I will settle for the sea monkeys...
and don't anyone try and tell me that they're NOT real
monkeys, that they WON'T wave to me through the glass
and that they CAN'T build underwater cities.  :-)
 
- Dave
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