For those of you who understand 11 year old boys.. Am I being a good sister?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

Its his birthday today and i got him

1. 2 video games

2. a small japanese remote controlled airplane

3. a skateboard


Thankfully Lisa helped me pick all these things out as i know very little about 11 year old boys... but would you assume my brother will like these things?

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Sounds good!

:thumbsup:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. thank god for lisa!

thanks

[Reverend_Smitty]

2. I have an 8 year old brother and 9 year old cousin...

and I can safely say that those are things boys of that age would really like

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. yay!

[Arugula Latte]

4. I've got an 11-yr-old son ...

Yes, he would definitely like that, especially the plane and the skateboard. He's not as into video games as most kids (we don't have any "systems" or whatever you call them), but most of the boys he knows definitely are. Good job...You are generous!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i buy the gifts for lisa, my other brother and me whenever we have

a family birthday!

so its not overly generous... one person per gift, really

[Wcross]

7. No playboy magazine? What kind of sister are you??????

Just kidding of course. Sounds like you are in the running for sister of the year with those gifts!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. thanks.

[jonnyblitz]

9. I could never assume what anybody liked unless i knew their

tastes no matter what age or gender. when I was 11 years old I am sure I would NOT like whatever it was that people assumed all 11 year old boys liked at that time.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. yeah good point. part of why i dont know what tradition 11 year old boys like

is that when my other brother was 11, he liked girly things and cars. i liked girly things. so i never grew up with a boyish boy and consequently have little idea what they would like.

[jonnyblitz]

14. you can't stereotype what a person likes.

i am older and gay and if you bought me judy garland's greatest hits or the soundtrack from Rent I would throw them in the trash so fucking FAST but that is what everybody would assume a gay dude would like based on STEREOTYPES. it's not always a choice between boy stuff or girly stuff. there are straight boys that don't like typical boy stuff but not girl stuff either, ie. books instead of sports things. in your case where you have no fucking idea, apparently you don't pay attention to your brother, i would just give MONEY.

now you tell me if you are a good sister to this brother if you have NO IDEA what his interests would be. :D

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. you're mean. i know general areas he likes. but i dont know specifics

he likes sports, various video games thingies and remote controlled cars/planes.

but cos i know nothing about these things .. i am perennially confused.

i do see your point though

[jonnyblitz]

17. ok, that's different. you just don't know specifics about his interests

but you generically know what he likes. i am sure you don't get to see him much with your schedule and they grow and change FAST at that age. I have a niece and nephew just a tad bit older. I misread your initial post. stereotyping even for youngish kids is a pet peeve of mine because i never fit the stereotype for any of the categories I could be placed in and that bothered people.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

18. no .. you are right.. i was totally asking people to stereotype the little kid

and you had every right to point that out :hug:

[crim son]

11. Your brother will be thrilled!

Just one video game would have my sons kiss my behind for a couple of days! :hi:

[skooooo]

12. Sounds like a lot to get to me.

He's lucky he has a nice sister who can afford all that!

[loveable liberal]

13. hell yea!!! sounds like yer spoiling him!!!

:)

[ghostsofgiants]

16. I would have loved that when I was 11.

:)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

20. thanks man! have you heard from Gic? is she ok?

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Not in a little while, I haven't been on MSN much lately.

They're starting to think she has a herniated disc in her back. Hopefully they fix her up soon.

[Midlodemocrat]

19. He will love them.

[KitchenWitch]

22. sounds about right!

:hi:

[LaurenG]

23. I think you are a terrific gifter.

I think he'll will be very happy.

[applegrove]

24. Excellent choices. I'm sure he'll love all your gifts.