What Gifts?

[cheeky]

My thought exactly. Am so glad my girl's not materialistic. Any guys reading this, just get chocolates or pick up some perfume at the airport, don't go overboard, you'll just be making a rod for your own back.

well i think the important thing is he is happy doing it and he can afford it...my fiance is so happy buying things for me...

[triple5]

well i think the important thing is he is happy doing it and he can afford it...my fiance is so happy buying things for me...

That's fair enough, but there's lots of blokes who make that first trip who can't afford it. They'll stumble across this and think they're going to have to buy notebooks etc And, of course, start to worry that the girl they're going to meet is just in it for the money and gifts

Would have been nice to see more replies like Rayna's -

for me, it doesn't matter if the guy would bring gifts or not..but i think most families would expect him to treat them out to dinner or something that would make the whole family meet him, spend time with him and know him more..well, just what i think..haha..

I just hope ///Tony\\\ hasn't been reading some of the answers

[South-east boy]

Maybe more expensive gifts (as long as you can afford it of course) once you have met at least a couple of times & things are going well, but such things as netbooks, mobile phones and laptops @ the first visit is going overboard and like said, could make things worse for yourself in the future if such things come to be expected each time.

Perfume, chocolates, make-up, toiletries and jewellery (non-gold/prescious stones etc of course because of customs) all sound good ones to me, but some are tricky for a guys to buy (such as make-up!) especially if you want them to be surprises which I like to do!

[somebody]

Maybe more expensive gifts (as long as you can afford it of course) once you have met at least a couple of times & things are going well, but such things as netbooks, mobile phones and laptops @ the first visit is going overboard and like said, could make things worse for yourself in the future if such things come to be expected each time.

Perfume, chocolates, make-up, toiletries and jewellery (non-gold/prescious stones etc of course because of customs) all sound good ones to me, but some are tricky for a guys to buy (such as make-up!) especially if you want them to be surprises which I like to do!

If its a long term relationship and your marrying into a family really get to know the family.

We buy presents for eveyone from Lolas Grave (Cross and rosearys from Vatican) to Lolo who wanted some tools as many of the Male family wanted, I managed to bulk buy a load of PSPS and DS's for the kids with games both fun and educational, obtained loads of not needed any more Mobiles from various sources. Many of the ladies who all got smellies and makeup from the wife who is in the trade with the older more religious ladies getting various Vatican blessed rosarys and other items. The younger girls all got clothes some new some nearly new all very happy.

Various friends and relatives wanted small in cost but impossible to get in phill items like Jam07 LSO gifts.

One of the best gifts we got was a small solar powered charger which charged both a very basic phone (in cpw often u can get 5 or 10 brand new phones in sales) and a torch which meant one of the Maids could take to her small shack where the family have no lecccy. All the family happy as they were worried when one time she was walking home and was attacked by a drunk as that night it was pitch black and missed her shack
We hope to send in the follow up box the wife fills with what she gets requested for another solar charger for them and a little radio and some of those solar charged lights which her aunts house already have and work rather well.


Far better to get priceless gifts than prcey gifts.

Like many of the ladies say of course they like gifts but make them practical as well as a few fun ones (even perfume and make up are practical to a lady like a shaving foam is to a guy) and have some thought behind them.