Gifts for New Relationship

How to Choose Gifts for New Relationship

Early on in a relationship, the gift you buy should be personal but not too extravagant. Buying diamond earrings or other expensive jewelry, for example, could send all sorts of wrong messages. Your date may think you are very serious about marriage, which could make him or her nervous. It may also cause your sweetheart to think you are made of money. Even if you do have the funds to continue buying expensive gifts, these are best saved for later in your relationship.

Gifts for new relationship should be fun, thoughtful and relatively inexpensive. It should show that you care about your date and are observant regarding his or her likes and dislikes. Using jewelry as an example, while diamonds are a poor choice, a simple bracelet or a necklace charm is more reasonable.

When to Give a Gift

The timing of your new relationship gift is nearly as important as the gift itself. While it may seem cute or sentimental to give a gift on an anniversary date, this is a bad idea. If you give a gift for your one-month anniversary, your sweetheart may then expect a gift after two months and so forth. Even if you enjoy giving gifts, you don’t want to create this expectation in your relationship.

The best time to give a gift is when it’s totally unexpected. Pick a random day to give your gift. When your date asks why you gave the gift, you’ll be able to say “I was just thinking about you.”

Gift Ideas

This list is a small sample of possible gift ideas. The best gift is one that is sensitive to the interests and personality of your sweetheart.

Music

Buying your date a CD may be one of the best new relationship gifts. The cost is low yet it allows you to select something very personal. Choosing music that your date enjoys shows that you are paying attention to his or her interests. You may be tempted to introduce your date to music that you prefer. Save that for another time, a gift is all about what the receiver will enjoy.

If your date doesn’t buy CDs anymore, consider giving an iTunes gift card instead.

Movies

Buying your sweetheart a DVD is another great gift idea. Before you buy, browse through your date’s movie collection; you don’t want to buy something he or she already owns. The best movie is one that your doesn’t own but has mentioned in conversation as being a favorite. If your sweetheart already owns all his or her favorite movies, then buying a new release is your next best option. Movies are less personal than music, so you can also consider introducing your date to an older movie you think he or she may enjoy.

If your date doesn’t own any DVDs, consider buying movie passes or a video store gift card instead.

Video Game

If your boyfriend is a gamer, he would really enjoy receiving a video game. The only problem is that games are fairly expensive. New games are usually $60.00. The other problem is that you risk losing time with your boyfriend because he’ll want to play the game. To solve this problem, ask to play the game with him. Most guys would love to have a girlfriend who likes to game with him.

Flowers

Flowers are such an obvious choice that sometimes they are overlooked. Women are used to receiving flowers on major holidays such as Valentine’s Day, but they rarely receive flowers at other times. Reverse this trend and surprise her with flowers when she least expects them.

Choosing flowers can be intimidating if you aren’t used to buying them. A bouquet of several different flower types is a good choice for a new relationship. If you decide to get roses, be aware that rose colors have different meanings. Red means, “I love you” which may not be appropriate for your new relationship. Some better choices are medium (not light or dark) pink, which means “happiness,” yellow, which signifies, “friendship and caring,” and orange, which means, “I desire to get to know you better.”

If your relationship is very new, your sweetheart may not have told her colleagues at work about it yet. To avoid this potential embarrassment, you should avoid sending flowers to the office. Instead, deliver the flowers yourself the next time you see your sweetheart.