True or False - Women Love Cheap Gifts?

[THUNDER HANDS]

Paula, my main squeeze at ze moment, received possibly one of the cutest gifts I've ever given a woman.

A 99-cent Fairly Odd Parents figurine that I got at Burger King.

You drop it into a glass of water and it changes color so that the figurine has clothes.

I swear, I've never seen a woman so happy to get a gift before. You'd think I just presented her with diamond earrings.

I've never given a woman such a cheap gift before, and certainly never had one go over so well.

Now, is this just a product of the fact that we've only been together for a few weeks, or do women generally love getting little gifts, even if they're not expensive ones?

Ladies, care to answer?

[Interrobang]

1. I'd say it depends on the woman in question.

Me, I'd rather have *one* thing (perhaps more expensive, perhaps not) that I really, really want (and *no* diamond rings, thank you, diamonds are boring and often -- although not always -- finance unsavoury causes and cartels!) than get bombarded with cheap little gifts which will just clutter up my space, as if I don't have enough junk to start with. Other women are probably different.

I think about the only accurate way to answer questions along the line of "what do women want?" is to ask them, one at a time, and individually (because you can no more lump "women" into a homogenous opinion group than you can "men," or "white people" or any other generalized cluster like that).

[djeseru]

2. In my younger days...

...I was more into the expensive material things, but as I got closer to guys and realized that money & love do not go hand in hand, I was thrilled getting the little "BK figures." It proved they thought of me and wanted to get me something...and isn't it 'the thought that counts?'

[everythingsxen]

3. In my opinion..

Price has nothing to do with it..

What matters is giving something special.. more specifically something special to the woman in question. (Although honestly this could really be for anyone, man or woman. I abhor the male stereotype of being happy with tools or sports memoribilia. I couldn't fix my way out of a wet paper bag and I don't like sports enough to want a bunch of crap sitting around)

Something from the heart...

Of course, there are *some* women (and men) who are solely interested in the monetary value of gifts given..

We call them Republicans. :evilgrin:

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. What? The gifted like cheap women?

I don't think you're supposed to post threads like this, brother.

[commander bunnypants]

5. Hey Magic rat

Where have you been? I have missed your posts

DDQM

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. well I was in GD2004 for a while

Before I got the old heave ho. Now that the primary is off my mind I'm back to thinking about sex again.

Ahhhh, I missed sex.

:)

[commander bunnypants]

26. Blue Boobies

mmm mmm good

DDQM

[radwriter0555]

6. Appliances. Travel. GREAT food experiences...

Those are the things that make me tingle.

[GOPisEvil]

7. Heh...

[Bunny]

14. OOOOOHHHH!

That baby would do it for me!!

[GOPisEvil]

16. Actually, that would be a nice gift for me too...

...but I don't own a house yet. :-( Once I do, though...sign me up!

[Love Bug]

8. This woman prefers thoughtful gifts

I much prefer an inexpensive gift with some real thought behind it than some expensive doo-dad I wouldn't choose for myself.

Example: For Christmas my daughter made me a quilt using fabric cut from my two grandsons' old clothes. Probably cost her all of $20 for the backing fabric and filling plus the time to sew it together. Expensive, no; thoughtful? Hell, yes!

[amazona]

9. well it depends

SInce you haven't been going out that long, a wildly expensive gift is indeed inappropriate. However, I have to confess that if I had received a 99 cent gift from a new man, I would have to drop him. Most men never treat you better than they do at the beginning, and if he is not generous when he is first swept away, he will always be stingy.

Don't know how young ladies feel today but when I was young, a survey showed that more women were turned off by cheapness than by infidelity (the number two cause of break-ups).

My personal view is that a 99 cent gift for Valentine's Day is a pretty good indication that I am not valued the way I would like!

However, all women are different. Just be thankful your lady feels differently and don't look for trouble would be my advice.

[THUNDER HANDS]

11. well...it wasn't a Valentines gift

I'm not that cheap. :D

And we'd been going out only two weeks or so, so to me, I guess I thought that something cheap and cute would hit the right note for a first-time gift.

If I gave her a McDonalds toy as a second gift, then I think you would have something there.

That's cheap.

[fudge stripe cookays]

13. I think it's quirky and fun!

I love small thoughtful gifts that may not cost much, but show lots of that person's personality.

If it's something we've talked about or joked about, or a CD I've mentioned that I wanted, that's perfect!

I'm not a high rent kind of gal. I would actually HATE it if a guy tried to impress me with money or fancy gifts. It's like they're trying too hard-- and I automatically associate those types of behaviors with Republicans now. I've never been a jewelry maven-- we eschewed a fu-fu diamond because it seemed wasteful in light of all the debt we were facing when we got married. I have a beautiful engraved silver band, and I love it.

I think that mindset is much more practical. Girls who always have to have you spending a lot of money on them are distinctly selfish. What will they do if you might end up married and you lose a job? Leave you? Somethng to consider.

If my husband wants to buy me a new dining room set or a beautiful velvet duvet, that's one thing. But if a guy I wasn't married to set a Tiffany's box in front of me, I'd be distinctly uncomfortable.

If your girlfriend was delighted by your simple silly little BK gift, she sounds like a keeper! I'd rush a PM to Velma out right away for that advice!

[VelmaD]

12. I think it's cute

but then I'm the kinda girl who is in touch with her inner-child and I love getting playful gifts.

Drop me a PM sometime...if she's that same kinda girl I have all sorts of suggestions that might go over. :)

[THUNDER HANDS]

15. I know what you like

Believe me...I don't think she's the whips & chains type, but if she suprises me, you'll be the first one I contact. :)

[VelmaD]

19. *snort*

Believe it or not there is more to me than whips and chains, silly boy. :-)

Here's an example of what I was talking about...try taking her to the park one day this spring to go kite-flying. Take a picnic basket and a kite and make a day out of it. If you push her on the swings you might end up getting lucky. ;-)

[THUNDER HANDS]

20. heehee

Go fly a kite.


If I had a dollar for every woman who told me that....

(well, I would be pretty poor, most women don't use that expression anymore)

[VelmaD]

21. I'm telling ya...

the park is a great place to go for a fun carefree day with someone. Gives you a chance to laugh together and that's always a good thing for any relationship. Swinging on the swings. Feeding the ducks. Playing on the monkey-bars. Sliding on the slides. And then sitting on a blanket to eat and maybe nap a little in the warm sunshine. It's perfect...trust me. :-)

Putt-putt works too. Or going to shoot pool. Or to the arcade. Granted those all work better if you aren't hyper-competitive. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

22. I second this...

My last girlfriend and I went to the park and played on the swings and walked and sat under the trees. A nice mood-setter...

:evilgrin:

[VelmaD]

23. Yup...

seperated at birth. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

24. It was her idea...

...so maybe you and her were separated at birth, too. :-) On second thought...that's a disturbing image. Forget that.

[geniph]

17. Cute little gifts are always appropriate

as spontaneous "thinking of you" presents. They may or may not be appropriate for more traditional gift-giving occasions like birthdays, etc., depending on the person.

It's always touching to get a present "just because" even if it's a kid's toy like that. My husband put a toy Subaru Impreza WRX in the box with my actual birthday present last September, and I was so delighted that he did that (it shows that he WAS listening at least some of the time when I was obsessing about how I wished I could have a WRX) that my actual present got ignored for a few minutes while I played with my toy car! :D

[populistmom]

18. I can only speak for myself, but...

I like meaningful gifts, price is secondary. Sometimes something small can mean much more that something that's worth a lot monetarily.

[tekriter]

25. Sorta on topic -

One wonderful young woman I dated for a while told me as we sat in a decent, not expensive, but OK restaurant:

"Oh, Tekriter, this place is nice but I'd really rather go to McDonalds".

Absolutely no kidding. She told me that from then on she'd really prefer McD's over the places we had been going. She loved Big Macs, drowned in ketchup, ate them 4 - 5 times a week and was beautifully slim.

:shrug: