| "Your boyfriend is about to celebrate his | | | | you a forced smile if you give them a pink |
| special day and you want the birthday gift | | | | sweater as a gift. |
| for the man in your life to reflect just how | | | | |
| special he is to you. Luckily, most men are | | | | - A Celine Dion Greatest Hits CD |
| quite easy to please and would be happy to | | | | |
| receive just about anything from you-- | | | | Don't even think of saying "but Celine Dion |
| anything but these things, that is: | | | | sang 'My Heart Will Go On". You may think |
| | | | that Celine Dion was an angel sent by God to |
| - Scrapbook | | | | the earth to bless us with her voice, but the |
| | | | Canadian singer's music is just not the kind |
| Women love scrapbooks because they are | | | | you would find in a man's iPod play list (and |
| sentimental, frilly and nostalgic-the very | | | | if you do find a Celine Dion song in your |
| same reasons why most, actually, all men | | | | boyfriend's iPod, then you better start |
| cannot stand them. A scrapbook as a birthday | | | | asking questions). |
| gift for your boyfriend is not likely to get | | | | |
| the same yelp of gratitude as the latest | | | | - Flowers |
| Nokia cellular phone. Let's face it, a gift | | | | |
| like a scrapbook would only likely gather | | | | Women are suckers for pretty flowers. When |
| dust in the corner of his room, a gift that's | | | | they are given a beautiful bouquet of blooms, |
| been forgotten and buried deep into the | | | | they gingerly put them in a vase then arrange |
| recesses of his mind (harsh, yes, but true). | | | | them to maximize and enhance their beauty. |
| | | | Most men on the other hand, do not know |
| - Poem | | | | anything about flower arrangements and |
| | | | probably don't even know a vase. What will |
| Unless your boyfriend is Bono or one of those | | | | they do with flowers? |
| artistic types, then a poem is not the kind | | | | |
| of gift your boyfriend would like to receive. | | | | - Tickets to a ballet recital |
| Like a scrapbook, a poem is too sentimental | | | | |
| for the ordinary man. What makes poems even | | | | If your boyfriend was educated in an |
| worse is the fact that they convey deep | | | | exclusive public school, grew up listening to |
| feelings and emotions. Plus, men don't like | | | | Tchaikovsky and frequented the Met, then, |
| guessing and figuring out vague messages, and | | | | sure, you can give him tickets to a ballet |
| poems are nothing but unclear, ambiguous | | | | recital. If he's not any of these however, |
| lines. | | | | then tickets to see a ballet recital is not |
| | | | likely to be a gift that could make his knees |
| - Pink sweaters | | | | quake with excitement. |
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| "Real men wear pink", they say, but no man in | | | | Men are not picky with when it comes to |
| his right mind will ever really wear a pink | | | | presents and will be grateful for whatever |
| sweater (unless he is Carson Kressley). This | | | | you give them. Just stay away from these |
| look may have worked for the preppies of the | | | | gifts. |
| 1980s, but today's men would most likely give | | | | |