Graduation Gifts ...

Since the end of the school year is coming up, I've been pressed with this question, "what do you buy a guy for graduation? normally you buy flowers for a girl right? but you don't get guys flowers as well."

I'm trying to think back to remember if I had received any graduation presents from friends. Sadly, the answer is no. For some reason I never thought gift giving during graduation was that big a deal, plus since all my friends and I were graduating together, what's really the point?

However, if you really want to lavish your guy friend with a present, this might be a good place to get some ideas. I briefly looked at it and I didn't think it was that great a resource ... come on people, would you really want this poster as your graduation gift?

As with all gift-giving, it's the thought that counts, at least for me since I'm not too big a gifts person. What I really do appreciate is just a thoughtful gesture, a handwritten letter or card. I still remember when my friend and I exchanged letters right before graduation, to write down our thoughts and encouragement, to ease into the inevitable farewell. Those letters/words/thoughts really mean something to me, much more than any box of chocolate or flowers. But not everyone is like me.

To give you some concrete advice, I recommend figuring out what the guy is into and find something suitable:

• if he likes to eat, get him some edible food items, like exquisite japanese green tea chocolate balls, or some camel meat from Egypt
• if he likes to read books, get him a good book
• if he smells, buy him some cologne
• if he likes you, give him a kiss and confess your undying love to him
• if he likes movies, get him a good foreign film
• write him a poem - that always give you big points (wait a sec, I think that only works for girl ...)
• buy him a cake and smash it in his face
  

Be creative and have fun!