LPT - email yourself gift ideas

Submitted by lastMinute_panic t3_zruk9c in LifeProTips

If you're like me, a clueless husband come gift-giving time and your wife or girlfriend is like mine, who probably says "oh I don't need anything" when probed for ideas, holidays and birthdays can be super frustrating. What I noticed was that she would, in fact, drop ideas all the time in different ways, but I would often forget and when the holidays rolled around I'd be screwed.

This year I made it a point to write an email to myself with a running list of gift ideas for my wife. Everytime I'd see her get even a little bit excited about something or when she'd get frustrated with something that was outdated and not quite working well anymore... BAM - email to myself.

By October I had like 30 ideas in the hopper and barely had to think about any of it! Bonus points: she will see that you were paying (at least a little bit) of attention - if you're not handsome this is crucial.

This of course applies to relationships of all shapes and sizes - written from the perspective of a formerly clueless husband.

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keepthetips t1_j14nj1h wrote

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WiseChoices t1_j14ofv2 wrote

WOW! Most excellent 👌

I hope that many embrace the concept.

Knowing that someone is thinking of you all year long is an amazing gift.

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RamenNoodles620 t1_j14qt24 wrote

This or a notes app note with gift ideas works as well.

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nicnoog t1_j14rc04 wrote

I'm sending this to my fella 😀

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No_Display_5087 t1_j14tpas wrote

I keep a pinned note in my notes app for gift ideas. Seriously helps

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grindermonk t1_j15gimu wrote

The notes app makes much more sense. Finding all the emails over the course of a year just seems clunky AF.

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lastMinute_panic OP t1_j18c0gf wrote

Replying to Robertocalifornia (#1,006,073)

The point of the tip is it's an aid to show someone you car for that you're paying attention to their wants/needs. Sure, I could ask and she could just tell me - nothing wrong with that. But some people, for various reasons, aren't good at (or don't want to) asking for gifts.

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