Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

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I was once watching this show in which a woman's boyfriend bought her 5 bags of dirt for Valentine's Day because he said she liked gardening. She didn't need any dirt, and I think it's fair to say, most normal human female women don't want piles of dirt on a day that's supposedly about love. I mean I honestly can't really imagine any scenario in my life where I would think buying a boyfriend bags of dirt was a great gift even if he was the Martha Stewart of gardening.

I know many guys are well intentioned, and probably in some cases think more about practicality than sentiment, but some gifts, like bags of dirt, are just bad anyway you slice them. Here are some other gifts that you should probably avoid getting your girl and some tips on getting her a gift she might like.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

1. A Roaster

If you're a guy who's been dreaming of his girlfriend in the kitchen cooking him a nice fresh hot meal, and you buy your girlfriend who in reality doesn't know how to boil water, a roaster, it's not going to end with you having a beautifully presented chicken on your plate. Don't buy gifts with the intention to 'help someone along.' Know your girlfriend. If she's not a cook, nor has expressed any intention of being one, this is a disaster of a gift that will only take up counter space. This is especially more of a disaster if you don't cook either, implying that she should be the one to do it because she's a woman. Not a good look bro!

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

2. Clothing Three Sizes Too Big

If you want to give a girl clothing, great! Girls for the most part love clothes, but when you show up with a box full of clothes that are say three sizes too big, what are you going to say when she says, why are these all XL when I wear a Medium? And your response will be what...you thought she wore an XL, aka, you thought she was a lot fatter than she is. If you're going to get clothes, literally go look at her closet and find out what sizes she wears or consult her friend, or just get her a giftcard to the clothing store she frequents and say in a note that you wanted her to be able to pick what she wants--that will be appreciated rather than a box of clothes too big that don't fit and she might not like even beyond the poor sizing.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

3. Tickets to the game you want to go to

Great gift if you are both way into sports, but if your girl hate sports, hates motocross, hates wrestling or whatever you are personally into, she'll probably most definitely hate this gift. The idea behind gift giving is that you are getting a gift for the other person that they will like, not you. This is a selfish gift, plain and simple because you got it so that you can have a good time not thinking about whether or not she would love it especially if she's expressed that she doesn't like team sports or wrestling or whatever. Not saying you should never try to get your girl involved in what you're involved in, but save it for a day when you're not trying to give her a gift she would like or want or that says you are thinking about her and not yourself.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

4. A Helmet

Scratching my head here...why would you buy your girl a helmet if neither you nor she owns a motorcycle? Is it because you also bought her a motorcycle or yourself one? No, that's not it. Hmm! Don't buy gifts for things that your girl doesn't even have! Should be common sense. Don't buy the laptop case if she doesn't have a laptop. Don't buy car seat covers, if she doesn't have a car. Don't buy a dog leash, if she doesn't have a dog. In fact, even if she had those things, those are all pretty terrible gifts.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

5. The Used Gift

Everyone on occasion forgets someone's birthday and does that horrible scramble thing where they try to quickly throw something together. You do that, you better be careful what you throw in that gift bag five minutes before your girl gets home. There is nothing like receiving a necklace with the words, "I love you, 2015" and its 2017 or maybe that scarf you threw in there that she knows she was wearing 2 days ago because the photo of you and her, with her in the scarf is now her phone screensaver, or come on, really, the coffee mugs SHE bought the two of you.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend

Tips on giving a better gift

1. Talk to her best girlfriend. Grill her on what your girl really wants and likes if you are simply clueless.

2. Get a small variety of things rather than one big gift. If the one is a fail, at least there are other options where it will increase the odds that she will like something in you give her.

3. Stalk her Amazon wish list page if she has one and choose wisely.

4. Look around at what she has now and where she bought it from. Giftcards are useless if they are to places your girl never goes to and never will.

5. Ask her point blank. Babe, what would you like for your birthday? Some girls hate this, but better to spend your time, money, and efforts on something you know she will like, rather than a gift she's going to hate because you had no clue.

Guys Guide to the Worst (and best) Gifts to Get Your Girlfriend
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