If you really care, get us an upgrade of a bargain-basement product you’ve spotted us using. Our gratitude will be eternal, writes Joel Snape
Worried about what to buy the man in your life for Christmas? The perfect gift may be more modest than you think
If you really care, get us an upgrade of a bargain-basement product you’ve spotted us using. Our gratitude will be eternal hen I was a small boy, socks were the inverse of a Platonically ideal present – the last resort of a tragically unimaginative relative, correctly derided in the Beano as the worst possible gift. Now that I’m a 45-year-old dad, though, I’ve done a 180 – few things make me happier onI think it’s because, as you age, you tend to invest in fewer luxuries for yourself. Fine, I’m not above aor some nice fineliners, but when it comes to the essentials of life, I buy … the basics.
For men like me, the best gifts are those we would never buy for ourselves. We’ve got books, Blu-rays and graphic novels covered – you will never work out what we actually want and it’s a waste of time to try. If you really care, get us a modest upgrade of a bargain-basement product you’ve spotted us using: we will be thoroughly grateful and use it until it wears out. Corkscrews, pepper grinders, pencil sharpeners – these are the things we need, not drones and whisky decanters.
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