He's 50 so I'll presume he's about 15!

Buying for men is the trickiest conundrum ever. My Mum always says we should purchase (and this is for anyone, not just lads) - 'a useful and acceptable gift ... and something to eat'. Therefore, this year my husband will be getting a new wife and a Mars Bar. Sounds fair ...

I wish I'd known that when I was married, he might have liked my presents more! I have just my two boys now to buy for, they are 20 and 21. The youngest is a sharp dresser and likes dress wear, hats and shirts and ties so there's no problem there. The eldest is more like the woman said, he's really into body building and music and 4-wheeling in the desert. Neither of them are problems to buy for! Although this year I have enough used dryer sheets, I think, to make them both pillows and they will love having something their mom has made just for them!

what she said might be right!!!boys,(in my experience)do not grow mentally after 15.

Lol that is pretty funny actually and somewhat accurate at times. I pretty much think the same way when it comes to my hubby, mind you if he regresses anymore I will be buying him rattles and teething rings before long ha ha! I tend to listen to what my hubby says he would like to have and if he comes shoppin with us then I take note of the things he looks at.

My mindset is "help"... Would be even worse if I had a teenage boy to buy for!

She is probably as close to correct in her assumptions of men as you can get.. Men are always thought of as overgrown boys, could that be really true.. I have known my husband for 43 years and living with him on a daily basis, I know what he wants but I also know what he will get instead.. He wants a new Cadillac, one of the ones with letters, STS, SLS, or something like that.. He will get blue jeans instead, that is as close to a new car as I can get right now.. That gift is for the man part of him but the child part really wants a metal detector, his idea of adventure when we go on vacation and exercise for his bad legs, so Santa may have to get the overgrown child an expensive toy.. Merry Christmas and I do hope Santa is good to you also..

Mine likes cologne though only kinds he likes,socks,thermals. hats, I bought him a 24 volt Black Max cordless power drill and a 10 piece Conair hair clipper set out of my earnings I had saved up. Drill was on sale but still cost me $61 and clipper set cost me $19.99 I got a exercise bike he bought off my sister in law for $50. That is all we were able to get each other the rest was spent on the nieces and nephews and my siblings and parents.

Come to think of it, that is true! What I'm getting my dad is perfectly acceptable for a 15 year old boy. Now what I originally wanted to get him wouldn't do for a fifteen year old male, but what I ended up getting him fits perfectly with that. I'm going to remember that next time I need to buy for a guy.

LOL She may be right about that!! My husband is an IT geek so anything to do with computers or electronics is what he likes (including computer games). Mind you I'm lucky this Christmas as we are not buying for each other, just for our son, inlaws and nieces/nephews!

TOOLS, TOOLS, TOOLS and winter garb are usually well received by my mate. He is an outside person and is always losing his tools. Mostly because he never puts anything back where he got it, just leaves it laying right where he used it last. For example, he has many hammers, but is lucky to find only one when he needs one. Usually just steals the one I have stashed, because he knows that I put things back, so I will always know where at least one of them are in case I need one. And he likes those thick winter socks, too.

Never thought about that before, but it is true. My husband's presents are usually sci-fi books, comedy books or some kind of technological gizmo. All things which teenage boys would probably put on their Chrismas list (well, if they still wrote Christmas lists!), and things which he was no doubt interested in when he was a teenager. In the past I have bought him some more "grown-up" things like ties and socks, but they don't go down so well, and I also agree that they're a bit, well, boring really . So we'll stick with the teenage stuff (and some chocolate).

Hey pikey! That's kind of an interesting way to think about buying gifts for men! I don't really know! I guess it depends on the man that you are buying the gift for! For me, I just go by what I think that particular person would want and I just plain ask! It doesn't mean that I will get them what they ask for, but it gives me some ideas. I'm not about to waste money on things that someone doesn't want or need. This is not the time to be doing that! I certainly can't afford to do that. So I play it safe and buy what I feel is something that is necessary and that will be appreciated.

That makes perfect sense to me. Very smart women.

lol Reminds me of the saying, "Boys never grow up, they just get more expensive toys!" Which, really, after their teen years, they tend to stick with the same interests and most of them are really nostalgic about their former toys, so you can always get them something they once had and they'll love it all over again! It's really just about knowing their hobbies and what they like. I got my boyfriend records and a new needle for his birthday, yet at the same time if I got him a plasma TV, he'd crap his pants! His thing is music, mostly... While my brother is a gamer. I could probably buy him a Super Nintendo and he'd be just as happy with that as he would with a new game for his Wii! Shopping for people is so much easier than people seem to make it! The whole point of shopping for someone is to go out and keep that person in mind. If something just SCREAMS the person's name, then you know it's good! If they don't like it, oh well! It's not like they'll quit being related to you or stop being your friend, right?! :D

the same as the lady interviewed of course. Anything gadgety or to play with and these large boys are happy.

I think that there are some things that a fifty-one year old would enjoy, just as a fifteen year old would. As log as it is not everything, I would have no problem with it. I believe that everyone should indulge their inner child often. My mindset for buying presents for anyone is the same. I like to think of what that person may enjoy or need. I love it when I am right on target and they just gush with excitement. I say when you care, keep things simple. No need for insults.

Hello there! I am a man, and, well, I don't use to gift other men. Unless, of course, if we are talking about family. This woman was pretty right. Most men still enjoy doing things that they did when they were younger. Perhaps even below 15. Some fathers take their kids to go out and in the end they fly a kite, while the kid just looks. They want to play soccer. They want to have fun with videogames, computer games, just like they used to back on their teenagers day. Therefore, it is never disappointing to buy a man something like that. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

Hi p1ke...I don't have any kind of stategy or thinking of what to buy males for xmas or birthdays so they normally end up with a voucher of some sort..then they can always put it towards something..mind men are like boys just grown into an adult body they never grow up...perhaps one or two may do!!..hugs littleowl

Same as it is with buying a gift for a female. I walk around, looking, waiting for something to jump out at me and go, "Hey, I am perfect for so and so, buy me, please? Take me with you and give me a new hope with this person!"

Hi ya p1kef1sh I was just thinking 'aww why didn't I think of that' because that would be hitting the nail on the head. Then I thought about what I had bought my brother's for Christmas and as I have bought one of them electronic drumsticks and the other a Star Trek letter opener so I think I have done that without even thinking about it. With my dad I took a bit more of a serious approach as he is in his seniour years so he has got a tie and cuff link matching set, though they do have Father Christmas on them!