help, bday present for a girl turning 26. I don't know her very well.

[sjwaste]

Bottle of wine is a nice gift. If you have a nice conversation, maybe she'll invite you over to drink it sometime.

 

[thomsbrain]

Gift card, bottle of wine, put money toward her dinner, surprise buttsex.

Post of the day.

 

[IronWing]

Wife says get her:
A nice pair of pliers, Klein would be best
A small drill press
A Dremel w/ tip set

 

[JulesMaximus]

Wife says get her:
A nice pair of pliers, Klein would be best
A small drill press
A Dremel w/ tip set

Just the tip?

 

[mizzou]

you don't buy people you don't know gifts

unless you are trying to mack on her, then get her a gift card to a lingerie store. I did that to my manager in front of all of our staff and made her blush

priceless

 

[gorcorps]

that's a last resort, as it's pretty impersonal almost like cash imo and doesn't show much thought.

Perfect. You're posting here, which means you AREN'T putting much thought into it (we are)... and you said you don't know her well.

gift card it is

 

[AreaCode707]

A cd always strikes the balance between cheap, casual and personal/thoughtful. Pick something you like that you think she might like as well. Gives you a good topic of conversation both at the time of giving and later after she's listened to it.

 

[nickbits]

Card or nothing. I would get nothing.

 

[IronWing]

Get her a pair of kittens. Offer to trade for a pair of puppies.

 

[gorcorps]

Get her a pair of kittens. Offer to trade for a pair of puppies.

Then when she asks to trade your drop your drawers and say "look at THESE puppies!"

I like your thinking IronWing

 

[Farang]

Birthday presents are for family and 5 year olds. If you're going out to dinner with a bunch of acquaintances to celebrate a birthday I wouldn't bring a gift, the dinner itself is the gift.

 

[moshquerade]

Birthday presents are for family and 5 year olds. If you're going out to dinner with a bunch of acquaintances to celebrate a birthday I wouldn't bring a gift, the dinner itself is the gift.

but... but... everyone else is bringing her a gift... i don't want to be the only one who doesn't give her something.

 

[Kev]

karma sutra

 

[Kev]

but... but... everyone else is bringing her a gift... i don't want to be the only one who doesn't give her something.

what kind of asshole makes everyone bring them a gift when they turn 26?

I stopped getting gifts when I was 17, and rightly so.

 

[Newbian]

You wearing nothing but a box...

 

[Leros]

what kind of asshole makes everyone bring them a gift when they turn 26?

I stopped getting gifts when I was 17, and rightly so.

Its probably just the social norm for that group of friends.

 

[moshquerade]

Its probably just the social norm for that group of friends.

exactly.

 

[QueBert]

A cd always strikes the balance between cheap, casual and personal/thoughtful. Pick something you like that you think she might like as well. Gives you a good topic of conversation both at the time of giving and later after she's listened to it.

He knows nothing about her, which means her music tastes will be a big ass ??? She might look like the type who'd listen to Taylor Swift, but likes 50 cent. CD shopping for somebody you don't know much about is crazy difficult.

what kind of asshole makes everyone bring them a gift when they turn 26?

I stopped getting gifts when I was 17, and rightly so.

I just turned 36 2 weeks ago, while I didn't make anyone give me a gift, I sure as hell didn't turn down the ones I did get. Who wouldn't want to get a gift if it wasn't a forced thing? I like free shit, so birthday gifts are a-okay with me.

 

[AreaCode707]

He knows nothing about her, which means her music tastes will be a big ass ??? She might look like the type who'd listen to Taylor Swift, but likes 50 cent. CD shopping for somebody you don't know much about is crazy difficult.

Give someone something you enjoy and you hope they'll like. That's part of gift giving to an acquaintance - it doesn't have to be the perfect gift, just a well-wish. Sharing something you like is part of the information trade of polite society.

 

[illusion88]

Card and a bottle of wine or spirits. Don't spend more than $30 on both and you should be good.

 

[pray4mojo]

nude pics

 

[JohnOfSheffield]

well we're both single, I find here attractive. She seems cool and unpretentious, I'm not looking hump her right away, but I wouldn't mind laying some ground work (before someone fixes my post, no I didn't mean laying the pipe).

Earrings, nothing too expensive, it's personal enough without being too personal.

 

[Riceninja]

Bottle of wine is a nice gift. If you have a nice conversation, maybe she'll invite you over to drink it sometime.

listen to this man, for reals

 

[holden j caufield]

why I bother with such questions on ATOT is beyond me. I don't know much but it's a girl's birthday, bring something for her. As a guy I don't want anything, in fact it's just any other day and I hate when people make a fuss about it. But for a girl you've got to bring something.

 

[pray4mojo]

why I bother with such questions on ATOT is beyond me. I don't know much but it's a girl's birthday, bring something for her. As a guy I don't want anything, in fact it's just any other day and I hate when people make a fuss about it. But for a girl you've got to bring something.

You make it difficult when you say you dont want to give her a GC, because thats what you should be giving her. You want to make an impression but giving a gift isnt how you do it.