Buying gifts isn’t an activity most guys enjoy. And it’s even worse when you’re buying a gift for someone you like but don’t know very well. Get her something super inexpensive and you come off looking like a stingy tightwad. And jumping the gun by blowing your paycheck on a expensive jewelry is inappropriate (and financially irresponsible).
The good news here? It’s actually easier than you’re making it out to be — and exerting a little effort can go a long way. Gifts for a new girlfriend might take a lot of thought, but are usually fairly easy on the wallet, man purse, or pocketbook (hey, we’re not judging). Giving your girlfriend meaningful gifts right from the start lays a foundation for thoughtfulness in the relationship. With any luck, she’ll return the favor and get you good gifts as well.
The key to the perfect gift for a new girlfriend is finding something with significance to her specifically or to your relationship. These kinds of gifts show you care, which is the goal in the first place. Because every woman and every relationship is different, there is no one-size-fits-all present. Instead, there are five types of meaningful gifts for your new girlfriend.
1. Significant-Moment Gifts
These gifts depict significant moments in the relationship. Think of the things you were doing together when those sparks first started to fly and give her something that will recreate that moment. For example, you could buy her DVDs of the first movies you watched together. (Alternatively, you can stream them and make it part or a romantic “date night.”)
2. Future Event Gifts
There is a delicate balance that must be maintained in new relationships between knowing you have a future and meticulously planning that future. You might be completely crazy about your latest girl, but if you start talking about the future too quickly, you can scare her.
However, if you avoid discussing anything beyond next weekend, she will feel like you don’t see long-range potential. The line is impossible to see, but you will know it when you have crossed it, like all lines with women. A gift can walk that line. Get her tickets to an event — a concert, wine festival, race registration, etc. — you know she will love that isn’t too far away but provides something to look forward to.
3. Thinking-of-You Gifts
In any new relationship, you’ll find yourself thinking about her more and more. Some of the strangest things will make you smile and remember something she said or the way her eyes squint when she smiles. She doesn’t know this, but will love to be clued in. Again, little things mean a lot. Start collecting the little things that make you think of her, put in a basket or keepsake box and you’ve just created a one-of-a-kind gift she will cherish.
4. Crossing-Off-Her-List Gifts
Think back to those first conversations where the two of you spent hours sharing details about your lives, your past and your dreams. More than likely she mentioned something she always wanted to do. You can make that dream a reality for her. Obviously some things might be outside your budget (not to mention realm of control).
Maybe she has always wanted to try a new sport; get her lessons. Maybe she has always wanted to go skydiving; make plans to take her. Or maybe she always wanted to build a kegerator. Gifts that cross off her list will often be experiences. Creating memories is a powerful gift and you are now a part of that memory, which helps solidify your place by her side.
5. I-Know-The-Real-You Gifts
There are universally girly gifts, like flowers and candy, that almost every woman appreciates. But when you can manage to give a gift that shows you know her as a person, not just her as a girl, she will know just how much you care. Think about things she likes or is passionate about. Is there a gift that might correlate? Perhaps she likes to write. A beautiful leather-bound journal, with a note you wrote inside, is a perfect “I know the real you” gift.
Source: Modern Man
