# Ladies, How hard is it to buy gifts for the men in your life? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 11, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054 "2002-12-11T18:11:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/21 "2002-12-12T21:30:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\ ***delphica** , you surprise me yet again. Legos. Brilliant. > > \*\* **Gorgon** , I love you like a … well, like a doper, I guess, but I HAVE TO ASK … just how dim do you think I am? You seem astonished that I had a good idea! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tupug\_Anachi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@Tupug\_Anachi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tupug_Anachi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/22 "2002-12-12T21:34:07Z")
I’m so proud. 😃 Asked Mr. Tupug to go online to [Sears.com](http://Sears.com) and pick the cordless drill of his choice plus some other manly tools. Then he e-mailed the links to what he wanted and I went online to [Sears.com](http://Sears.com) and purchased said presents and picked them up at the merchandise center the same day! I LOVE the Internet! As for my son (hereinafter referred to as the Prince of Tires :TM thingy:) a big wad of kaash will make him happier than Tiny Tim. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/23 "2002-12-12T21:53:29Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/24 "2002-12-12T23:28:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\* > > I have said for years that if someone absolutely _must_ get me something, just give me money. > > I have told my family about this on behalf of my daughter as well. She’s 1. What the hell does she need? Give her money so we can put it in her bank account for the future. > > She’s probably going to hate me. \*\* Of course. You should be asking for I or HH or even EE bonds, or maybe some index funds, or how about some shares of a nice stable company, or… ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/25 "2002-12-13T01:00:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zebra \* > \*\*I think **voguevixen** slot car racer idea is the best christmas gift idea ever! > > \*\* Thanks! I can’t wait to play with them…uuuuuh, I mean…I hope he likes them! (hehehehe.) I’m all over that mini-fridge idea too. I hope someone gets me one! Of course it goes without saying, that if you can’t decide on a gift, you can’t go wrong with one of the Straight Dope books, eh? [https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat) ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054/26 "2002-12-13T02:54:52Z")
I’ve got two men in my life that I need to shop for and it’s incredibly easy. First there’s my dad who is a contractor and loves his power tools. So he usually shows me a new tool he’s wanting when gift giving time comes around. He’s also into war games and books if the power tool idea falls through. Then there’s **Punha**. He insists that I buy him nothing at all. Like I said, shopping for my men is easy. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ladies-how-hard-is-it-to-buy-gifts-for-the-men-in-your-life/142054.md?page=1)