It is Mr Pencil’s birthday on Wednesday and I am stymied about what to buy for him. After all he is a man and men are notoriously hard to buy presents for. Tricky already. But, to make it double tricky (because single tricky is for amateurs) I am well known as an excellent present buyer. Worst bit – I am only known as an excellent present buyer by Mr Pencil.
To be honest this title is well deserved. These are just some of the amazing gifts I have given him in the past
- Sunglasses that really looked good on him
- Magazine subscription for a magazine that he once flicked through more than once (a boy/cars magazine)
- An ipod loaded with all his favourite music
- Tickets to a concert
- A photo book filled with pictures of him and Little Pencil
- Perfume (yup – one year I bought him my favourite perfume but it was only after he bought himself me a new computer for my birthday)
- Signed photos of Mark Taylor (when Mark Taylor was my husband’s favourite human being and captain of the Australian cricket team and not the face of an air conditioning company)
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Now I am all out of ideas. I have used all the good ones up.
Why is it that men are so hard to buy presents for? Could it be that there needs are so simple? Mr Pencil has more than enough clothes and to him they are necessities rather than luxuries. We already have a TV and an x-box so that’s entertainment covered. The thought of him wearing jewellery repels me and he already drives a very nice car (in case I strike oil in the garden and want to buy him a very expensive gift).
He only has one past time and that is poker. I can’t buy him skill and try as I might, I certainly can’t buy him luck. He owns all the music that he likes because he never gives himself an opportunity to listen to anything new and I can’t buy him better taste in said music. I have tried buying him DVD’s. They remain unopened and are sometimes used as coasters.
He does not collect anything and has no taste for trinket type things. I could give him a photo for his office but of what ? I cannot find a photo of myself where I don’t look like a grumpy elephant. As much as he loves animals, I know he would not like a picture of a grumpy elephant on his desk. I cannot give him a photo of himself either –though I suppose I could give him a mirror. I could give him a photo of Little Pencil then I would have no ideas for Father’s Day.
That leaves…well it leaves nothing really.
So I think I will buy him a spa retreat. I know there is nothing he would like less. But I would like it a lot.
Well if he is that difficult to buy for I think something you like sounds like a reasonable solution to me. Lol
Men are SO hard to buy for. There should be a life rule: once a man has a good watch, a nice wallet and a few shirts, all other presents become about the woman. Because, really, we can never have enough. I’ve never heard a woman say, ‘I have just enough clothes and jewellery’.
I’m all out of ideas for my hubby’s birthday this year too, so let me know if you come up with something!
Oh, and you forgot to add that not only is Mark Taylor the face of an air conditioning company, he is the face of an air conditioning company whose name he can’t even pronounce! 😉
Sounds silly, but quite possibly the best pressie i got for Mr Slaw at Chrissie was a fancy LED torch, loves it, takes it places, shows his mates, they all ooohhh and aaahhhh. I know not why, but big boys all seem to love them.
I think that Mr Pencil might need a day at the spa.. Cos when his wife comes home from the spa she will be relaxed and happy… and what more could he want than a happy beautiful pencil to love?
Hi love
Agree with 1st comment I just bought Mr P the Lenser P7 LED, best $100 spent! Also any books by Doyle Brunson, godfather of poker!
Good luck!
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quickly googling Doyle Brunson – Thank you!!xx
How about a Gold Class gift card. That way, you, too will be able to go to the movies, sit in a recliner and be served wine and pop corn…
Hubby is hard to buy for too. But last year, I bought him a coffee machine. Not just any coffee machine, but an automatic one. It makes cappuccino at the press of a button (I kid you, not)!
It’s a Deonghi. And he LOVES it. Gives everyone a demo when they come over. He wasn’t sure at first. He wondered if he’d use it? But, oh yes, he most certainly does. The old machine took so long to make one coffee, he would never have considered making a coffee for himself before work. Now? Yes siree!
Winner.
Good luck!
Ooooh, I have another one…does Mr Pencil have a Kindle? You could download a couple of books and give it to him.
I read recently that peopl prefer EVENTS ratther than objects so maybe get him an amazing day all about him. Like ballon rides or amazing degustations and now i’m out of ideas but you get my concept!
A wise solution indeed. Can I suggest a gift though? Husband is also a poker player and for Christmas I bought him some uber cool poker chips. The man who sells them on ebay lives down our road strangely enough. Just a thought. Apparently these are the Rolls Royce in poker chips and he gets invited to cool poker parties now. (I made the last part up, but they are nice enough. I know nothing about poker as you can see)
My hubby tells me the best present I got for him was this cardboard gift box. Inside was 52 slips of paper with reasons why I loved him (one for each week of the year). Corny yes, but he still thinks it’s the best present he has recieved in all his 42 years!
Crap 52 things? Shitesville. Lovely idea but I would seriously struggle. I mean I love my husband but 52 things. I reckon it would come down to “I love that you have the decency to take your really bad farts, outside”. I have no suggestions, sorry. I struggle too. I got Mr Morley laps in a Holden race car around some race track once. He seemed to like that. I also got in a ride in one of those jetboats which made him spew his guts up, not such a great idea.
I just bought a winner – an antique desk. Picked up from an antiques market for not v much, polished up and ta da. I did put it in the hallway and it was there for two days and he didn’t notice, but I am hoping that says more about his powers of observation than the gift….
Definitely his powers of observation. That is a superb gift. One my husband will not be getting until we are finished renovating, by which time our normal desk will be an antique.
He IS a tricky one…I’ve got one like that, too! I like your spa concept – can you combine a night out at Star City? That way you can be pampered and he can play poker…then you both enjoy an overnight together afterward! I think I’m biased toward that sort of gift since we moved to Vegas (though my hubby would join me for a massage rather than gamble). Good luck!! 🙂
Aha – but I may be tempted to gamble with him. And I may have to sell the shirt off his back. But then I could buy him a shirt for his next birthday so all good I suppose 🙂
I’m not sure where you live… But…
I got my hubby a stunt driving course a few years ago & he loved it sooo much. It was something like 3 hours of learning to do all sorts of car stunts, including doing a jump over two ramps.
This is the one, they do it in Melbourne & Sydney – http://www.redballoondays.com.au/experience/DDS711
Love it. He already drives like a hooligan! Maybe I can hire him out to give classes 🙂
What about the Better Marriage Blanket?
It’s a blanket that sucks up fart smells with its military-grade carbon fabric. Amazement.