Birthday Present Ideas?

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Look, I’m not very experienced with this stuff. The last time I celebrated a holiday or gave/received a birthday present was when I was 7 or 8 years old. But my mother has been going through some stuff recently and I want to get her something nice. The problem is, I have absolutely NO idea what to get her. I was thinking about getting her this:

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/final-call-by-effy-emerald-1-2-ct.-t.w.-diamond-1-8-ct.-t.w.-18-pendant-necklace-in-14k-white-gold?ID=6225793&CategoryID=9569#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D94%26ruleId%3D78%26kws%3Demerald%20necklace%26searchPass%3DexactMultiMatch%26slotId%3D34

I mean, jewelry is pretty generic stuff that most women would like, right? What else is there? I’m not concerned with cost.

Electronics are out. Seeing as she’s so used to having electronics all around the house (I work in IT), there’s nothing I could buy her that she would be impressed with.

I want to avoid clothes as I don’t know her size and I don’t want to assume. And going clothes shopping for my mom? That would be weird.

I’m really at a loss here as for what to buy. All I really know about is technology and she doesn’t care about that.

Her birthday is in about a month and it needs to be something I can buy online. No matter where I go, she INSISTS on going with me. She moved in with me a while back and I only own one car. And she’s retired and bored so whenever I go somewhere she wants to come along.

Not that I really mind seeing as the only places I really go is to pick up inventory or whatever for my business. Or grocery shopping, which she really needs to come for anyway. But it kind of makes it difficult to get her something without her knowing. She knows that I’d NEVER go to Macy’s for anything for me.

[Anonymous 42]

No way!

Get her one of these!

Let her pick one out!

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Anonymous wrote:

No way!

Get her one of these!

Let her pick one out!

Dude, that’s gross. No other way to put it.

[Anonymous 42]

DarkRyu wrote:

Dude, that’s gross. No other way to put it.

Your mom won’t think so! Trust me! It’s what all women want! AWALT!

[Secret Agent MGTOWParticipant 22535]

DarkRyu wrote:

Look, I’m not very experienced with this stuff. The last time I celebrated a holiday or gave/received a birthday present was when I was 7 or 8 years old. But my mother has been going through some stuff recently and I want to get her something nice. The problem is, I have absolutely NO idea what to get her. I was thinking about getting her this:

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/final-call-by-effy-emerald-1-2-ct.-t.w.-diamond-1-8-ct.-t.w.-18-pendant-necklace-in-14k-white-gold?ID=6225793&CategoryID=9569#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D94%26ruleId%3D78%26kws%3Demerald%20necklace%26searchPass%3DexactMultiMatch%26slotId%3D34

I mean, jewelry is pretty generic stuff that most women would like, right? What else is there? I’m not concerned with cost.

Electronics are out. Seeing as she’s so used to having electronics all around the house (I work in IT), there’s nothing I could buy her that she would be impressed with.

I want to avoid clothes as I don’t know her size and I don’t want to assume. And going clothes shopping for my mom? That would be weird.

I’m really at a loss here as for what to buy. All I really know about is technology and she doesn’t care about that.

Her birthday is in about a month and it needs to be something I can buy online. No matter where I go, she INSISTS on going with me. She moved in with me a while back and I only own one car. And she’s retired and bored so whenever I go somewhere she wants to come along. Not that I really mind seeing as all I really do is go to pick up inventory or whatever for my business.

Jeez, that is $2500. First, its not worth that. Jewelry is soo overpriced. And its boring. So she has it but doesnt go anywhere. Still bored.

You know what a better gift is? If there is some part of whatever “shes going through” you could say “let me take care of that.” Or a coupon book where you give her an afternoon, or go out to eat, or go somewhere local, time together, with a smaller gift. Scarves, gift card to one of the stores she likes,…

Women want everything, but want responsibility and accountability for nothing.

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Anonymous wrote:

DarkRyu wrote:

Dude, that’s gross. No other way to put it.

Your mom won’t think so! Trust me! It’s what all women want! AWALT!

Anybody else have any serious ideas?

[Anonymous 1]

Go and ask some women.

Do you really think this is the best forum for this s~~~?

And spending $2500 on a gift? You must have money to burn.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

Brother, save yourself from the trouble, just “ask” her, indirectly of course

Hey mother, guess where I taking you on your birthday ? You love that place !
Where ?
You have to guess !

Then take her to the first place that she guessed. Don’t need to think or overthink about it, if you really insist on giving something to her just do it. But I would definitely just give a hug.

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Secret Agent MGTOW wrote:

You know what a better gift is? If there is some part of whatever “shes going through” you could say “let me take care of that.” Or a coupon book where you give her an afternoon, or go out to eat, or go somewhere local, time together, with a smaller gift. Scarves, gift card to one of the stores she likes,…

Well, what she’s been going through has been medical related and I’ve been taking care of things as best I can. As for going out to eat together or something, I suppose that’s an idea. But we already do that frequently. She likes antiques so there isn’t much of a store where I could get her a gift card. What sort of “smaller gift” were you thinking of?

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Anonymous wrote:

Go and ask some women.

Do you really think this is the best forum for this s~~~?

And spending $2500 on a gift? You must have money to burn.

I don’t know any women personally. I run my own business and only employ men (no woman has ever even applied).

I thought it would be a good idea to ask guys that have more experience with this stuff than I do. You’ve all got mother’s, right?

And I want to give her something nice. Most nice things are expensive. But I really don’t want to spend more than $5,000.

Solid wrote:

Brother, save yourself from the trouble, just “ask” her, indirectly of course

Hey mother, guess where I taking you on your birthday ? You love that place !
Where ?
You have to guess !

Then take her to the first place that she guessed. Don’t need to think or overthink about it, if you really insist on giving something to her just do it. But I would definitely just give a hug.

We go out to eat all the time, so I don’t think that would be very special to her. I’ll give her a hug of course, but I just wanted to give her something nice that she’ll use every day.

[Anonymous 12]

DarkRyu wrote:

Look, I’m not very experienced with this stuff. The last time I celebrated a holiday or gave/received a birthday present was when I was 7 or 8 years old. But my mother has been going through some stuff recently and I want to get her something nice. The problem is, I have absolutely NO idea what to get her. I was thinking about getting her this:

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/final-call-by-effy-emerald-1-2-ct.-t.w.-diamond-1-8-ct.-t.w.-18-pendant-necklace-in-14k-white-gold?ID=6225793&CategoryID=9569#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D94%26ruleId%3D78%26kws%3Demerald%20necklace%26searchPass%3DexactMultiMatch%26slotId%3D34

I mean, jewelry is pretty generic stuff that most women would like, right? What else is there? I’m not concerned with cost.

Electronics are out. Seeing as she’s so used to having electronics all around the house (I work in IT), there’s nothing I could buy her that she would be impressed with.

I want to avoid clothes as I don’t know her size and I don’t want to assume. And going clothes shopping for my mom? That would be weird.

I’m really at a loss here as for what to buy. All I really know about is technology and she doesn’t care about that.

Her birthday is in about a month and it needs to be something I can buy online. No matter where I go, she INSISTS on going with me. She moved in with me a while back and I only own one car. And she’s retired and bored so whenever I go somewhere she wants to come along.

Not that I really mind seeing as the only places I really go is to pick up inventory or whatever for my business. Or grocery shopping, which she really needs to come for anyway. But it kind of makes it difficult to get her something without her knowing. She knows that I’d NEVER go to Macy’s for anything for me.

BULLS~~~ BULLS~~~ BULLS~~~

First of all, you do not impress her.
That is not what you do, that is not what this is about.

So what is this about?
she went thru some s~~~, no need to impress her. Fool 🙂
she went thru some s~~~, so give her the right tool to overcome that.

Let me put AWALT aside here.

She moved in with you.
She … she is glued to your ass.

How about you give her the Freedom to not be glued to your ass, and offer her a piece of sovereignty.
A car? Second hand ? I know it is a big thing, with fuel and insurance and Tax…
A Years´worth of Bus and Train tickets?

Additionally – what s~~~ did she go through?
Come on!
You work in an analytical Field.
Look at your Mom as if she were a Computer System, what component would need the most tender love and care?
What is the Bottleneck that affectrs her(and you?) the most?

Gifts…
let it be a mark of attention, but also let it be something that makes her life better.
Not only cute, but also useful.

[MarketWatcherParticipant]

One thousand dollars in singles. Crumble them up and put it in a wrapped box. Less than the jewelry and a lot of fun. Who doesn’t like cash?

Plus it will give her something to do. Should take a few hours to count.

[sjt1975Participant 2536]

I get my mother soaps or smellies; possibly a cosmetic set, depending upon price, because cosmetics (i.e. lip-stick and perfume) are quite expensive (especially for what they are). Besides, a lot of women want to buy their own cosmetics, since a lot of women have their own favourite lip-stick colours and scents/smells, and they clasify cosmetics as being more personal to them. Clothes are a very dangerous thing to buy for women and jewellery can be risky aswell. A smaller piece of jewellery may be nice (e.g. a necklace, a pendant, or a pair of ear-rings); again, you have to know which colours/looks/stones she likes. You can also get things with ‘Mum’ on them (e.g. mugs, teddy-bears), which may be suitable aswell. That is my advice, if you do not know her hobbies/interests. It depends upon how feminine your mother is. She may be happy with just a card and a box of chocolates, or a card and a bunch of flowers. The card is more important than the gift, I think. My Mum is the feminine/old-fashioned type, but I do not know about your mother’s character. It’s all a bit Blue Pill, really…

[SolidParticipant 7520]

DarkRyu wrote:

But I really don’t want to spend more than $5,000.

5000 is a huge amount of money brother !!
I know that you want to show how much you love her but, if I were your mother, I would slap you in the face and say that you should save money for your future.

Money is not love, if you are trying to compensate her for something, something that you did or that you didn’t, like spending more time together, etc… Don’t burn money like that, -if she is a responsible mother- she will just be worried about your bad financial decisions !

Birthday doesn’t mean that much as you get older, is just one less year to live, as every single day lived is one less day to live. Remember this image brother, plan for tomorrow, don’t spend money on things that won’t bring nothing to both of you

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

Anonymous wrote:

DarkRyu wrote:

Look, I’m not very experienced with this stuff. The last time I celebrated a holiday or gave/received a birthday present was when I was 7 or 8 years old. But my mother has been going through some stuff recently and I want to get her something nice. The problem is, I have absolutely NO idea what to get her. I was thinking about getting her this:

https://www.macys.com/shop/product/final-call-by-effy-emerald-1-2-ct.-t.w.-diamond-1-8-ct.-t.w.-18-pendant-necklace-in-14k-white-gold?ID=6225793&CategoryID=9569#fn=sp%3D1%26spc%3D94%26ruleId%3D78%26kws%3Demerald%20necklace%26searchPass%3DexactMultiMatch%26slotId%3D34

I mean, jewelry is pretty generic stuff that most women would like, right? What else is there? I’m not concerned with cost.

Electronics are out. Seeing as she’s so used to having electronics all around the house (I work in IT), there’s nothing I could buy her that she would be impressed with.

I want to avoid clothes as I don’t know her size and I don’t want to assume. And going clothes shopping for my mom? That would be weird.

I’m really at a loss here as for what to buy. All I really know about is technology and she doesn’t care about that.

Her birthday is in about a month and it needs to be something I can buy online. No matter where I go, she INSISTS on going with me. She moved in with me a while back and I only own one car. And she’s retired and bored so whenever I go somewhere she wants to come along.

Not that I really mind seeing as the only places I really go is to pick up inventory or whatever for my business. Or grocery shopping, which she really needs to come for anyway. But it kind of makes it difficult to get her something without her knowing. She knows that I’d NEVER go to Macy’s for anything for me.

BULLS~~~ BULLS~~~ BULLS~~~

First of all, you do not impress her.
That is not what you do, that is not what this is about.

So what is this about?
she went thru some s~~~, no need to impress her. Fool
she went thru some s~~~, so give her the right tool to overcome that.

Let me put AWALT aside here.

She moved in with you.
She … she is glued to your ass.

How about you give her the Freedom to not be glued to your ass, and offer her a piece of sovereignty.
A car? I know it is a big thing, with fuel and insurance and Tax…
A Years´worth of Bus and Train tickets?

Additionally – what s~~~ did she go through?
Come on!
You work in an analytical Field.
Look at your Mom as if she were a Computer System, what component would need the most tender love and care?
What is the Bottleneck that affectrs her(and you?) the most?

Gifts…
let it be a mark of attention, but also let it be something that makes her life better.
Not only cute, but also useful.

I guess I could buy a new Escalade and give her my old one. My “old” one I bought only a few months ago for about $30,000 (it’s a 2009). But she honestly doesn’t need to go anywhere as she’s retired.

I thought about giving her laser eye surgery to improve her vision, but sure as s~~~ I do that and she’ll end up blinded by it or something. If I do give her that, I’d rather not give it as a BIRTHDAY present just in case something goes wrong.

[PistolPeteParticipant 27143]

Anonymous wrote:

Go and ask some women.

Do you really think this is the best forum for this s~~~?

And spending $2500 on a gift? You must have money to burn.

Are you kidding, I’m supposed to help some rich guy figure out what to get his mother on her birthday? The suggestion you came up with demonstrates a larger problem that I have often seen with rich people. They think the $$ value of a “thing” somehow equates to how much they care—so the more you spend well obviously the more you care.

Why don’t you try something us poor old rednecks do: Forget the expensive gift if she’s like you she’ll just toss it in some box and forget about it anyway. How about arrange to spend the entire day or weekend with her doing something she might enjoy–visit an arboretum, go to a art museum, go to a concert. Unless you are as tedious in person as you come across in the thread she will enjoy and cherish time with you more than any bauble you plan on inheriting back from her.

[DarkRyuParticipant 2354]

sjt1975 wrote:

I get my mother soaps or smellies; possibly a cosmetic set, depending upon price, because cosmetics (i.e. lip-stick and perfume) are quite expensive (especially for what they are). Besides, a lot of women want to buy their own cosmetics, since a lot of women have their own favourite lip-stick colours and scents/smells, and they clasify cosmetics as being more personal to them. Clothes are a very dangerous thing to buy for women and jewellery can be risky aswell. A smaller piece of jewellery may be nice (e.g. a necklace, a pendant, or a pair of ear-rings); again, you have to know which colours/looks/stones she likes. You can also get things with ‘Mum’ on them (e.g. mugs, teddy-bears), which may be suitable aswell. That is my advice, if you do not know her hobbies/interests. It depends upon how feminine your mother is. She may be happy with just a card and a box of chocolates, or a card and a bunch of flowers. The card is more important than the gift, I think. My Mum is the feminine/old-fashioned type, but I do not know about your mother’s character. It’s all a bit Blue Pill, really…

My mother doesn’t wear makeup and she has sensitive skin and uses a special soap. It’s expensive soap, but probably wouldn’t make a great gift. Flowers would be nice, but they’d be gone in a couple of days. Though maybe I could get her some flowers in addition to whatever else I get her.

Solid wrote:

DarkRyu wrote:

But I really don’t want to spend more than $5,000.

5000 is a huge amount of money brother !!
I know that you want to show how much you love her but, if I were your mother, I would slap you in the face and say that you should save money for your future.

Money is not love, if you are trying to compensate her for something, something that you did or that you didn’t, like spending more time together, etc… Don’t burn money like that, -if she is a responsible mother- she will just be worried about your bad financial decisions !

Birthday doesn’t mean that much as you get older, is just one less year to live, as every single day lived is one less day to live. Remember this image brother, plan for tomorrow, don’t spend money on things that won’t bring nothing to both of you

Oh, I agree. But I haven’t bought her anything in like 20 years and I want this gift to be special.

[743 roadmasterParticipant]

If you are going jewelry why not try a birth stone set. Depending on if you have brothers and sisters. Silver or gold necklace with the real stones will not set you back to far. Fake stones if you want to be cheap. It is something I have seen go over well.

mgtow is its own worst enemy- https://www.campusreform.org/

[SolidParticipant 7520]

DarkRyu wrote:

I guess I could buy a new Escalade and give her my old one. My “old” one I bought only a few months ago for about $30,000 (it’s a 2009). But she honestly doesn’t need to go anywhere as she’s retired.

S~~~, and I thought that having kids was just money being burned, ask your mother the recipe of making a son like you, and I will make 20 !
Then I will kill their mothers of course ! If I get 5000 from everyone as birthday + christmas gifts, it would be 100k a year !
Every morning when I wake up and go to take a p~~~, I would look to my dick and say “dude, you make me 100 grand a year, you are the best !”.

[SolidParticipant 7520]

DarkRyu wrote:

Oh, I agree. But I haven’t bought her anything in like 20 years and I want this gift to be special.

So don’t break the tradition !! HAHAHA

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