The abundance of souvenir shops will not make you indifferent. Hundreds of gifts, useful and not very good: hotejchiki, totemchiki, chasiki all kinds of shapes, frames, podstavochki, cups, aromatic lamps, in general, you can enumerate indefinitely. I think many can boast of having such knickknacks at home, on the shelf. Is it worth giving a gift for a day, knowing that its owner will make it another dust collector from tomorrow? See for yourself. Before giving, ask yourself the question: "Do I want to receive such a gift? "
Whatever to give something unnecessary, many choose the simplest option - to give money. A gift is for an amateur. Of course, without money today, nowhere. In itself, the celebration of the birthday already flies to the birthday boy in penny. Therefore, money, instead of a gift, certainly will not be superfluous. However, let's imagine that the financial situation of the birthday person is more stable than yours. It is unlikely that it will be appropriate then to take the last penny off from oneself and give it to a person for whom money is a secondary benefit. In this case it will be much better to give a bauble reminding of you. A small souvenir, presented with a sense of humor, will cheer up not only the birthday boy, but all those present.
If you communicate with the birthday person rather closely, then with ease choose a gift for him. After all, you know his tastes, interests, preferences, the situation in the house. You see what he needs. But we are not always invited to the birthday of the closest friends. We do not always know the birthday person so well that we do not even have to think about his gift. Then we go and puzzle ourselves over what to give him for his birthday. Here the main thing is not to buy something that can not be given to a birthday person.
There is a huge amount of superstitions about gifts. What can not you give for birthdays? The list, in fact, is huge. It consists of quite innocuous things, which we constantly use in everyday life. Let us analyze the most common of them.
Never give an birthday even number of flowers. The Slavs even number of flowers carry with them to the cemetery. Although not all countries adhere to such superstition. For example, in the Caucasus it is customary to give only an even number of colors to ensure that a person always had a pair. At the funeral, on the contrary, they give an odd number, so that a man with a pair does not lead.
Gifted yellow flowers can attract parting, deception. No wonder they sing in the song: "Yellow tulips are messengers of separation".
According to the superstition that came to us from the West, stabbing, cutting objects bring quarrels in the family, conflicts in the work. Therefore, you can not give knives, daggers, sabers, forks, scissors and razors. China brought into our lives a superstition about the presented watch. According to local language sounds, the clock means an invitation to a funeral, burial. At us watches (wrist and wall), in the form of a gift can lead to separation, reduction of a life time of the person to whom these watches give.
Remember that for all the "forbidden" gifts you can ask for a penny. Then it will be considered that you did not give them, but sold it to the birthday boy. And they will no longer carry that negative charge, which was described above.
You should not give birth to handkerchiefs. They bring treason to the house. The Slavic peoples are allowed to give them to the relatives of the deceased. You can not give various hygiene products, such as: shampoo, soap, balm, powder, they can bring tears. Do not risk the health and mood of people close to you. It is better to simply bypass such gifts by party.
What can not be given for a woman's birthday? If you make a gift to a woman and do not come up with anything other than to give small appliances, kitchen appliances, pots, pans - better discuss this gift with her in advance. Not every woman will like a gift to the kitchen, and not to her personally. Sometimes such gifts grow into family scandals.
Do not give a woman a mirror. In the mirror, the life of a person is displayed on the contrary. This gift can turn a beautiful life the other way around.
Choose carefully for your favorite perfume. As they say, there are no comrades for taste and color. Perfume or toilet water a woman should choose herself. You can give them, only being in full confidence that you get exactly the right flavor. Also be careful with the choice of clothes and shoes for a woman. Unless, if you decide not to present a surprise to the lady, but give her the opportunity to try on your chosen thing. Better yet, rely on her taste, let her choose. This option is much more reliable.
There are some limitations in the choice of a gift for a man. Clearly, you should not give him another pair of sock. Forget about dressing gowns, slippers, underwear. Allow him to choose such personal things himself. Another tie, it's good. But whatever it takes to get in a puddle, study his wardrobe. Your tastes may diverge. Give what he likes, not you.
Do not give the man unnecessary trinkets in the car. Let the machine remain "his personal territory".
Many representatives of the stronger sex do not like when they are given flowers, they consider them a gift exclusively for women. There is no single opinion here. Ask beforehand how he treats flowers, maybe they like certain ones.
Try not to give a man soap supplies: shaving gels, after shaving gels, foams and lotions. It's so pitted out that it hardly makes a man even a nice smile.
Try to move away from banal gifts, include your imagination. A gift can tell a lot about the person who gives it. About his tastes, preferences, attentiveness to the birthday boy. In general, a gift horse in the mouth does not look. The main thing is that your gift will be made from the heart and soul.