How to Select a Gift for Your Wife

Your wife would probably much rather receive a gold bracelet than a new vacuum cleaner. To make the best impression, avoid the practical.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

Things You’ll Need:

• Gift Ribbons
• Tissue Paper
• Lingerie
• Golf Lessons
• Greeting Cards
• Flowers
• Gift Bags
• Gift Bows
• Picnic Basket
• Wrapping Paper
• Belgian Chocolates
• Perfume
• Jewelry
• New Cars
• Spa Gift Certificates
• Symphony Tickets
• Tennis Lessons
• Theater Tickets
• Cameras

1. Buy something that will make her feel sexy and feminine. A silk robe, lingerie and expensive perfumes are good choices.
2. Give her a weekend away with you - no kids.
3. Buy two tickets to a symphony concert, play or opera. Accompany her without complaining.
4. Find an exquisite crystal vase and fill it with roses.
5. Buy a picnic basket and stock it with enough food and wine for the two of you.
6. Hire a housekeeper.
7. Buy her a good camera.
8. Find a book that is signed by her favorite author.
9. Arrange for art lessons, piano lessons, cooking lessons or French lessons, according to her interests.
10. If you can afford it, buy her a car.

Tips & Warnings

• Wives may consider gift certificates too impersonal. Unless it's a certificate for something specific - such as a week at a luxury spa - you'd be better off buying something else.
• You can't go wrong with art, jewelry, clothes, a purse or chocolates.
• If she's developing a new hobby such as golf or tennis, give her lessons or a new set of clubs or a racket.
• Giving a makeover or exercise equipment is likely to give your wife the wrong message. Avoid these gifts unless she has expressed a desire for such things.