Dear Jack,
I am not high maintenance – but my boyfriend has a bad track record of giving gifts. They aren’t bad gifts – just somewhat odd. Last Christmas, he gave me [a] $200 gift card to J. Crew and a $100 [gift card] to Morton’s. It is also weird when my friends are getting jackets, Frye boots, etc and I have to explain I got “gift cards”. How do I tell him this is not cool and I want actual gifts?
Dear Fed-up Fara,
Oh yes – we are finally in that period of time when it is socially acceptable to drunkenly stomp up and down and scream “” by Mariah Carey. So I get it – he gave the gift, but not the right gifts. So we want to prevent the same mistake from happening twice – it is perfectly acceptable for you to send him a list, and sizes (please include working links). As a guy, we should be somewhat clueless as to what your girlfriend wants – I mean we don’t sit there and hover over you while you online shop all day.
But remember, this is a tit for tat type of thing. Make sure you ask him to include what he would like for Christmas as well.
Hope this helps,
JL
