It’s very easy to go very wrong with gift-giving on Valentine’s Day. The best bet is not giving what 10,000 other men are giving their women.
I remember once receiving a bouquet, rather unique in that a cute bear held it up and a rare spread of wild flowers added a lovely touch.
The ‘specialness’ however, died the moment we walked into the restaurant. To my utter aghast, scattered across the posh establishment, four or five other women were also embarrassed owners of the same ‘special’ gift. Needless to say, the flowers remained conveniently out of sight for most of the night.
Another time, this guy gave me some lingerie, in the hope that it would get him his ‘preferred gift’ for the night. It would have if it could have fitted me. In any case, the crouch-less number was just not my thing.
Most guys seem to be unimaginative and thoughtless when it comes to giving gifts to their partners on Valentine’s Day. The biggest tip is to find out what a girl likes and wants. Don’t be afraid to ask but be discrete of course. I mean if you are going to ask her two days before Valentine’s Day, you’ll kill the surprise.
Sadly, during Valentine’s Days of recent past, it remains a common sight - some poor young woman bearing the indignity of having in her possession a tacky bouquet of flowers and having to stroll down town, only to run into several hundred others with the exact same bouquet.
27-year old government servant, Monica Ang, makes sure she never is one of them. She declares, “I tell my boyfriend to give me something he has made or something I like. Flowers are a no-no. I love them but it becomes meaningless, when everyone else is giving them. How special can a woman feel?”
So what do women want?
(To be continued)
Missus Singapore out!