I understand that gift. I've never been good at buying gifts for women. She wore them once, to please me, then ran them through the disposal. What women really want, she said, is sweat pants. When flannel can be made sexy, then the world will be a better place.
Men have no problems buying presents for other men.
All you have to do is find something you'd want for yourself. And buy two of them. The other day my young friend Michael told me he was visiting his girlfriend's parents for the holidays, and he had to bring them a gift. I think in terms of what I like. Hopefully they'll like CDs and video games too.