Hello peeps,

I have a boyfriend who has everything.

I have the worst imagination when trying to think about gifts for my SO. This year he hasn’t asked for anything specific which makes this even harder to get him something. He is 41yrs loves Philips Hue lamps (literally has every possible one avaliable) and cool lights, cars (has a Volvo S90), skiing, disc golf, cats (we have two), our jacuzzi, his friends and love letters/words of affirmations.

I know that he wouldn’t want anything cooking or kitchen related, alcohol or glasses or items of clothing.

I am so lost of ideas what to get him. I already pitched in for his Nanoleaf light earlier this month but still want to get him a proper present or an experience he can unwrap. I also got him boxers with my face on them. šŸ¤Ŗ

Possible gifts could be stand up tickets, new watch (even though he doesn’t quite frankly need a new one), new pillow, fragrance (he loves Hugo Boss Bottled Intense ETP but it’s discontinued šŸ˜­), sweatpants?? I really need some help.

Thank you in advance.

16 comments

  1. I see so many people on reddit strugglin to get gifts.
    Best thing ever to me was whem my wife and i decided to stop gifting us things for christmas.

    You just said it: He has everything! You can hardly imagine anything you could by for him.
    Maybe we all should stop buying more and more stuff when we dont need it.

  2. >love letters/words of affirmations

    Write him a love letter, or something similar. Or as someone else said – nothing! My wife and I stopped doing Christmas gifts for each other a while back – neither of us need anything, we both have jobs and our own money, we don’t care about getting some random thing. I get more enjoyment knowing that she doesn’t have to waste her time thinking of something to get me than I would from whatever she got me. Failing that, food. Tastes good, you eat it and then it’s gone – it’s not just more “stuff”.

  3. Random suggestion for the website Uncommon Goods. It just has all these weird niche gifts that I wouldn’t normally think of.

    Otherwise maybe something consumable that’s fancier than his usual? I dunno like fancy coffee from a local place.

  4. Take him to a strip club and buy him lap dances and get lap dances from the stripper he likes best while letting him watch.

    Get a hotel for the weekend and play games with him (i.e., strangers at the bar, etc)

  5. I think any of your “possible gift” ideas are fine, maybe aside from sweatpants (possibly the watch too), since those are “items of clothing” which you’ve said he doesn’t want.

    It’s almost impossible to get a grown adult a really AMAZING gift; we all just want something nice that shows the other person is thinking of us. Pick something and spend a little more on it than he’d spend on himself and you should be good to go.

  6. Maybe some engraved custom Key Chain, Drink Vessel, or watch etc. practical everyday item with affirmations or embroidered item.

  10. I bought one of my brothers an all-in-one hand warmer/power pack/flashlight. Three gifts in one. Kinda want to get them for myself.

  12. If he works out which you didn’t mention there are probably quite a few things are related to that that would make a great gift

  13. Car themed Lego? Or a model kit? If youā€™re just looking for something to put under the tree then something fun and unusual sometimes works a treat. Or if youā€™re going the experience route maybe consider an experience day, one of those racetrack days in a sports car would be something he might enjoy.

  14. My wife and I have decided, rather than giving each other gifts, that we would book a few nights in an airbnb and go out for dinner.

    Original plan was booking a massage, because we have both had a stressful year, I suggested that we book a hotel and do the massage, walk to a restaurant and then walk to the hotel, but that got far too expensive. So we are just doing an airbnb that is further away.

    Still going to be very pleasant and will not add anything to our already over filled home.

  15. Iā€™m getting my husband who has everything a customised laser facial as heā€™s been complaining heā€™s been looking old. Iā€™ve been getting them for a while and love them, so thought I would share with him

  16. How about a small photo album?

    I know some guys would want things and not memories..but if he likes love letters, then putting together an album of your favorite memories with him is something I think he would appreciate

    Also…if he has any childhood favorite toys…try ebay

    I about the same age as him and I usually buy myself a toy from my childhood around christmas time.

    Guys never get tired of getting toys IMHO

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