Blog Catalog Discussion: What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?

trailofpen on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

trailofpen — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:40:09 -0500

Bad gift for a guy is an ugly sweater. Great gift for a guy is a pair of tickets to a game for his favorite sports team.

mimimediamogul on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

mimimediamogul — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:36:41 -0500

Picking up on the orginal thread - how about applying a little imagination, like changing the swimsuit model to one of your own pics (you can do virutally anything with photoshop these days). Personally I think it's a bit lame, a better gift would be MadMadMargo's suggestion.

ruphestimate on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ruphestimate — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:00:45 -0600

Your presence is the best gift..

exit2013 on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

exit2013 — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:51:18 -0600

I hope i'm not too late with this...

underwear, 'cause you know men don't shop.

flamingpoodle on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

flamingpoodle — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:33:19 -0600

Give him a card with a rain check for the full blown dinner - like New Years.

I agree. You could still send the wall calender too, with a note that says 'this should last you until our dinner'.

purelegalcomputing on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

purelegalcomputing — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:05:15 -0600

yay...
every man's dream for a gift :)

donkeySOUP on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

donkeySOUP — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:50:47 -0600

How about this?

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:33:35 -0600

I don't know how to tell; I don't use feedburner stats and I don't know any other way to tell returning visitors

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:28:08 -0600

my preference is for him to wear nothing LOL

hellboi on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

hellboi — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:09:34 -0600

Yes, I think your choice of a gift is inappropriate. I'd expect a gift like that from a guy friend, not a girlfriend. From a girlfriend, it is...well...tacky.
If you wanna go kinky, the best option is always underwear. Or you can buy a costume for sexy role play. Something you would like to see him in.

purelegalcomputing on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

purelegalcomputing — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:06:44 -0600

it is really tacky..
some ideas:
1. new wallet
2. gadget he likes
3. kind of novel that he likes
4. a nice shirt
5. photo-frame with picture of both of you in it

SweetViolet on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

SweetViolet — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:24:23 -0600

One of the best boyfriend/husband gifts I ever gave was a coupon book.

Each coupon was for a specific month of the year (Valid from January 1 2009 to January 31, 2009 inclusive, for example) and specified a romantic something he could exchange it for. A one-hour massage, something he particularly likes in the way of sexual activity, breakfast in bed, etc.

It was a BIG hit!

PetLvr on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

PetLvr — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:20:36 -0600

I do believe that makes people stay on the page longer and will lower your bounce rate. But .. what about your returning visitor stats?

SweetViolet on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

SweetViolet — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:19:57 -0600

Um...if I have to scroll at all to find the content on a site, I leave.

ONE...and ONLY one...row of ads above the text will keep me long enough to start reading. I will scroll past another row of ads after a couple of paragraphs just so I can keep reading, assuming the text is compelling enough. And, after a couple of more paragraphs, if the text is still holding my intestest, I'd be willing to scroll down past a couple of rows of ads.

But if the text of your copy is not visible when the site opens, I leave.

And I don't come back.

bassboys on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

bassboys — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:52:33 -0600

send him a calendar of yourself. :-). just kidding. i'd love reeaal meal.

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:45:45 -0600

that's a great idea - coupon for a "full blown dinner - no pun intended"

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:43:52 -0600

actually that makes people stay on the page longer. they have to work hard to scroll all the way down, so they don't easily leave. There is also a widgit where recent posts titles come up and they click and go onto reading more posts. My time on site has gone up and bounce rate gone down. As far as amount of traffic on that Christmas post, as you can imagine, people are looking for Christmas gifts (not so much now as a couple of weeks ago, but still rolling in)

PetLvr on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

PetLvr — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:31:49 -0600

PS: ... speaking of your christmas post on your site ... I would be curious to know how your traffic is coming along for this site - because now I have to scroll down FOUR pages to get to the content and even FIVE pages scrolled down after the comment field. It's not user friendly anymore. Also, I would never click any of those links with the tinyURLs .. TinyURLs are for shortening URLs to get to your site .. not to mask affiliate links on the site (i.m.h.o.)

PetLvr on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

PetLvr — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:23:41 -0600

If you are going for the "full blown dinner" coupon .. why not make your own card (print your face on it) and put 1 2 3 on it, for three dinners. Put a disclaimer on it "Must be carried on your person at all times until claim"

Personally, there are three kinds of gifts that I like to receive ..

1) one that you can't really tell or even show other people - that's between the two of you only
2) one that you can tell other people about it, but not show them (your dinner would fall under this category)
3) stuff that I really need, say electric razor, clothes, car starter, etc (that I would buy anyway, and everyone will see and know

Gifts that I personally don't like to receive
1) ones that you had to ask me what I want for christmas or my birthday (I leave enough clues - I may as well buy it)
2) chocolate truffles

TZY on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

TZY — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:16:39 -0600

A good gift will be a very cute and big teddy bear ;)

Kooies on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

Kooies — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:01:02 -0600

Definitely not a photo frame!

hatingtherain on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

hatingtherain — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:50:43 -0600

LOL! I ACTUALLY laughed out loud...almost peed my pants...

khkamruzzaman on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

khkamruzzaman — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:38:56 -0600

a novel

MadMadMargo on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

MadMadMargo — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:31:13 -0600

She did suggest a full blown dinner.

hatingtherain on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

hatingtherain — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:02:33 -0600

That should be a staple,not an extra.

CharlieHash on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

CharlieHash — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:00:37 -0600

Well, As I know all boys need only one thing from their Girlfriend, Give him something extra.. you better know what... It brings a inner smile on his face..

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:52:07 -0600

that's a great idea!

MadMadMargo on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

MadMadMargo — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:49:31 -0600

Give him a card with a rain check for the full blown dinner - like New Years.

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:48:34 -0600

nine months....... what would be a better gift? My girlfriend tells me I should go over there and cook for him a full blown dinner. I am spending time with my kids and their family, so this option is out.

"Why aren't you his favorite model?" LOL - I am talking about a celebrity model. I think giving my own picture for Christmas would definitely be tacky. He can see me all he wants and it doesn't have to be a special occasion for me to give him my pic

MadMadMargo on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

MadMadMargo — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:44:48 -0600

A wall calendar? I generally give a wall calendar to someone like - the school janitor. I agree with your girlfriend - a wall calendar? To your boyfriend? How long has he been your boyfriend? Why aren't you his favorite model? A wall calendar?

drjay1966 on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

drjay1966 — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:38:17 -0600

Depends on the guy....

hatingtherain on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

hatingtherain — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 22:33:48 -0600

I don't see anything wrong with that.

ModelElaine on 'What Is a Good Gift For a Boyfriend?'

ModelElaine — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:39:56 -0500

Since I wrote a post Christmas gift for a boyfriend http://internet-dating-guru.blogspot.com/2008/12/christmas-gifts-for-boyfriend-ideas.html I thought about what I would give my boyfriend for Christmas and figured since I am celebrating with my own family and won't see him for Christmas I ordered a wall calendar for 2009 featuring his favorite swimsuit model and am having it shipped to his house from Amazon. Now, my girlfried says "this is tacky!!! Cancel your order immediately!"

What do you think? Is it a bad gift for a guy? What IS a great gift for a guy in your opinion?