| I have always wondered about the saying 'men | | | | who do, an ideal gift would be an extravagant |
| are from Mars and women are from Venus'. | | | | shopping voucher from one or several of their |
| Comical in its approach, I got to thinking - can this | | | | favourite shops. Better still, spend the day with |
| approach be used in our chain of thoughts when it | | | | her while she shops and be there to pay for the |
| comes to gift buying for these two genders? In | | | | goods. She would absolutely appreciate your |
| this article, I am going to take a comical stance | | | | company and of course your money! |
| and match some gifts with the sayings. Before I | | | | "Diamonds are a girl's best friend" |
| proceed I would like to personally state that these | | | | Buy any woman a diamond and she will love you |
| sayings are not factual statements and should not | | | | forever- that's the theory. Buying a diamond |
| be treated as such. I am merely using the comical | | | | encrusted piece of jewellery will most often than |
| approach to highlight some gifts to match some | | | | not put a gleaming smile on her face that will |
| well known theories and sayings. | | | | more than match the twinkle of the diamond |
| "Women are more sensitive than men" | | | | "The way to a man's heart is via his belly" |
| If women really are more sensitive than men, | | | | It is fair to say that most men love food and |
| then romantic gifts would be ideal for a female. | | | | beer. Therefore appropriate gifts would be a |
| Chocolate and a bunch of roses are of course a | | | | Luxury Beer and Food Hamper or a romantic |
| well known romantic gift. However, I would | | | | dinner (at his favourite restaurant or home |
| suggest something a little more personal, such as | | | | cooked). |
| personalised message in a bottle, which comes | | | | "Boys and their toys- all men love gadgets" |
| under the umbrella of personalised gifts. | | | | If your man is always looking for knobs to twist |
| "Women are better at multi-tasking than men" | | | | and levers to pull, the gadget and gizmos market |
| This well known theory could be argued as right | | | | is saturated with useful, unique and daft gadgets. |
| or wrong for years to come. If men are not as | | | | Be selective with what you buy. My suggestion |
| good at multi-tasking then related gifts would be | | | | would be to buy a gadget that is in an area he is |
| 'all in one tool kits' available in the marketplace. | | | | passionate about. For example, a music lover |
| These of course would not make a man better | | | | would love and appreciate a music related gadget. |
| at multi-tasking. It merely adds convenience when | | | | The above are some well known theories which |
| he has several tasks to do around the home and | | | | have often been the talking point of the very |
| hopefully a less stressed out man. | | | | famous sayings 'Men are from Mars' and 'Women |
| "Women love to shop" | | | | are from Venus'. That is men and women are |
| Whether shopping for clothes, handbags or shoes, | | | | from two different planets. I hope my article has |
| most women would agree to this saying. Of | | | | given you some food for thought for gift ideas, if |
| course there are some who do not. For those | | | | you are in fact a believer of this. |