| "Your boyfriend is about to celebrate his special day | | | | sweater as a gift. |
| and you want the birthday gift for the man in your life | | | | § A Celine Dion Greatest Hits CD |
| to reflect just how special he is to you. Luckily, most | | | | Don't even think of saying "but Celine Dion sang 'My |
| men are quite easy to please and would be happy to | | | | Heart Will Go On". You may think that Celine Dion was |
| receive just about anything from you-- anything but | | | | an angel sent by God to the earth to bless us with her |
| these things, that is: | | | | voice, but the Canadian singer's music is just not the |
| § Scrapbook | | | | kind you would find in a man's iPod play list (and if you |
| Women love scrapbooks because they are | | | | do find a Celine Dion song in your boyfriend's iPod, then |
| sentimental, frilly and nostalgic-the very same reasons | | | | you better start asking questions). |
| why most, actually, all men cannot stand them. A | | | | § Flowers |
| scrapbook as a birthday gift for your boyfriend is not | | | | Women are suckers for pretty flowers. When they |
| likely to get the same yelp of gratitude as the latest | | | | are given a beautiful bouquet of blooms, they gingerly |
| Nokia cellular phone . Let's face it, a gift like a | | | | put them in a vase then arrange them to maximize |
| scrapbook would only likely gather dust in the corner | | | | and enhance their beauty. Most men on the other |
| of his room, a gift that's been forgotten and buried | | | | hand, do not know anything about flower |
| deep into the recesses of his mind (harsh, yes, but | | | | arrangements and probably don't even know a vase. |
| true). | | | | What will they do with flowers? |
| § Poem | | | | § Tickets to a ballet recital |
| Unless your boyfriend is Bono or one of those artistic | | | | If your boyfriend was educated in an exclusive public |
| types, then a poem is not the kind of gift your | | | | school, grew up listening to Tchaikovsky and |
| boyfriend would like to receive. Like a scrapbook, a | | | | frequented the Met, then, sure, you can give him |
| poem is too sentimental for the ordinary man. What | | | | tickets to a ballet recital. If he's not any of these |
| makes poems even worse is the fact that they | | | | however, then tickets to see a ballet recital is not likely |
| convey deep feelings and emotions. Plus, men don't like | | | | to be a gift that could make his knees quake with |
| guessing and figuring out vague messages, and poems | | | | excitement. |
| are nothing but unclear, ambiguous lines. | | | | Men are not picky with when it comes to presents and |
| § Pink sweaters | | | | will be grateful for whatever you give them. Just stay |
| "Real men wear pink", they say, but no man in his right | | | | away from these gifts. |
| mind will ever really wear a pink sweater (unless he is | | | | Maraya Mullen is a copywriter affiliated with the online |
| Carson Kressley). This look may have worked for the | | | | store Gifts and Goodies. From their site, you can buy |
| preppies of the 1980s, but today's men would most | | | | the latest Nokia cellular phone or Armani perfume gift |
| likely give you a forced smile if you give them a pink | | | | sets as a birthday gift for your boyfriend . |