| May 22, 2006 @ 10:20 PM |
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acuriousguy
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Hello,
My girlfriend is 24 and I have been seeing her for about 3 months now. I have a lot of trouble figuring out what to get her. For example I would love to get her flowers but they all look great so I dont and cant decide. I would also like to get her practical things...any ideas?
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| May 22, 2006 @ 10:26 PM |
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soul_decisions
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real flowers don't last too long........try getting china roses from a jeweller, one for each month and it's something you can keep doing for each month together.....they will be displayed for her to remember always
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| May 22, 2006 @ 10:29 PM |
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dowens
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curious!,....whats the gift for?....b-day?, 3 month anniversary?........or just a "glad I've met you" gift?....if its the latter, then you can't go wrong!....ur relationship is soooo new that ant gesture of appreciation will be warmly recieved!
My only piece of advice would be, at this early stage, keep it simple. If you pick up on her having a fondness for a type of flower...or a certain musical group.....whatever.....surprise her with said item.....but at this point....keep it simple and on the least costly side!......or else she'll think ur trying to impress her or buy her......just my opinion
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| May 22, 2006 @ 10:32 PM |
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luvshorses644
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Does your girlfriend own a house or have land or a garden? If so, there are so many romantic and practical plants/trees you can give her. For example, you can give her a rose bush with a note saying.. (I could have bought you cut roses, but these will grow and always flourish with some care just as my love for you) ..or .. a red bud tree (again with a note: My love for you is the same as this tree.. just beginning to bud and hoping to root itself within your heart as this tree will in your yard).. or an orchid for the table (note could say something like: A beautiful and rare flower that should be treated with care for a beautiful and rare woman that I will always treat with care)  .. etc., etc., etc... you get the idea!!
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| May 22, 2006 @ 10:33 PM |
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Jankia
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Welcome to the forums acuriousguy
I'm not a lady but if your looking for something practical and different from the the old standby...flowers,try giving her something that you made yourself.Flowers eventually die but something from yourself will always be remembered and could become an heirloom.
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| May 22, 2006 @ 11:33 PM |
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painter007
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get her lotions....different smelling ones..either from Bath and Body or Victorias Secret...Try the vanilla scents or the freesia or the melon ...... .We love em.
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| May 22, 2006 @ 11:59 PM |
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walkingman
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Doe's she collect anything. I agree with Painter on the lotion's. I also love to give candle's and stuffed animal's. Give her something she can look at and think of you.I would get her a few thing's. I know that I love giving when I am seeing somone.. She will love it no matter what as it is a gift from the heart.
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| May 23, 2006 @ 12:01 AM |
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dowens
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HMmmm.....Painter......need anybody to do your back with those lotions?......  ...I'm available just for you!.....
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| May 23, 2006 @ 12:14 AM |
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willsmalto
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based on dowens questions(whats the gift for?....b-day?, 3 month anniversary?........or just a "glad I've met you" gift?...., you could get her anything you know she likes best....not perishables or anything that won't last long. something that when she looks at it, all she sees is you.
3 months, IMO, is enough to know what your girlfriend likes best.
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| May 23, 2006 @ 6:16 AM |
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CynCity
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I've had a couple gifts given to me in a short term relationship that meant alot. One man noticed I didn't have any good earrings, and bought me a pair of simple, but elegant gold hoops that weren't terribly expensive. I still have them and think of him each time I wear them. Another gave me a very simple inexpensive gold necklace, nothing too over the top, with a small arrow rather than a heart. Again, it was an item that always reminded me of the sentiment it was given in. I love flowers, but they die way too soon. My ex planted a tiny willow tree for me, which didn't survive, but it meant so much that he was trying to give me something I had always wanted...the memories lasted long after the trees demise.
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| May 23, 2006 @ 1:50 PM |
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SylvanDreams
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Just one question. because I can't tell from what you wrote--do you feel you have to give her a gift every time you see her? If that's the case, I would say don't do that--I know it would make me very uncomfortable. I would feel like you were trying to "buy" me. (Also, if she requires a gift for every date, I would rethink the relationship.....)
If it's for a special occasion (3-month anniversary, etc.), then ignore the previous paragraph, and the previous posters have made some great suggestions, all of which would be fine.
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| May 23, 2006 @ 1:58 PM |
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sweet_n_small1
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Even though he didn't have to, before we got married he would always bring me one rose whenever he came to pick me up. If he picked me up at my parents' house, then he also brought one for my mom. I thought it was touching. When Christmas came though, he really blew it. He gave me cash! 
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| May 23, 2006 @ 3:06 PM |
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Xtraflossy
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Heh- you can give a woman a single rose every time you see her,.. but for the love of god dont screw up your Christmass gift 
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| May 23, 2006 @ 3:10 PM |
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richmondcowgirl83
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red tulip & blue iris
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| May 23, 2006 @ 3:13 PM |
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Xtraflossy
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What are irisis supposed to represent?
Single rose: love and exclusiveness
White: friendship..
Blue:??????????? (I hope females know these kinda things,.. otherwise, I've been putting too much thought into thse things  )
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| May 24, 2006 @ 2:12 PM |
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Ron9
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Welp - I guess my idea of duct taping a nice ribbon to my nose - would not cut it these days 
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| May 24, 2006 @ 4:23 PM |
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kattsmeow
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I got Ghiridellis (sp) chocolate.
Some soap from Bath and Body works.
Although, only because he asked me about perfume I wear. Since I don't use much perfume, I told him soaps and lotions.
Now, if you don't know what she likes, ask her first.
I got pearls on the 4th date. 
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| May 24, 2006 @ 4:36 PM |
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SunBabe
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I got an oyster shell...without the pearls 
...but ~sigh~ it was SO PERSONAL and memorable (it had been living on the rudder of the sailboat we were restoring)
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| May 24, 2006 @ 4:59 PM |
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kattsmeow
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It's the little things that count. 
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| May 24, 2006 @ 6:38 PM |
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beckyiv42000
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least it wasnt a barnacle sunny hehe 
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