Christmas Gift - sorry ladies Frank Started it

Girls that age love anything that can be worn and shown to their girlfriends so that they can say "Johnny gave me this for Christmas"...keeping that in mind anything silver is popular and most often not as expensive as gold...so a silver bracelet, earrings or necklace can be bought...stay away from rings as they often imply something else to girls..like we are getting married a week from Saturday ...my daughters also have saved flowers given to them but those must accompany a bigger gift also a stuffed teddy bear is good..best of luck...dealing with girls is not easy...personally I would have preferred 10 boys... easier to deal with than daughters

catcher09, GAME TICKETS? Geez, You men all think alike! Let's see....You want something that she will never forget. Catchermom is going in the right direction. He needs to get her something that she wears and something she can show off to all her girlfriends. I think she is a perfect candidate for a tattoo!
Fungoette

As the mother of a son and a daughter, catchermom is 100% on all accounts. While I personally think the braves tickets would be a wonderful test, stick with something to wear. Many stores have great sales on silver right now too.

He could start a charm bracelet for her. In silver should not be very expensive, and in the future he could add a charm for each special occasion

How about a baseball signed by the HS baseball team!

Catchermom nailed it....and njbb's suggestion of a charm bracelet is great....still have my charm bracelet....it goes back a long way, and/or I'm an old lady....but....still wear it! Even added a few baseball charms over the past few years...

Catcher mom, after being raised with 4 sisters, and having a son....I agree....in my experience....girls are so much more difficult.....my son was such a delight to raise....but I don't know about 10 more

I wear a silver charm bracelet with two charms on it -- a 'heart' and a 'baseball'. While I am slightly older than your son's girlfriend, I would bet she might like something similar

Thanks all - I will let you know the outcome. I like the tattoo idea but it is kind of hard to make that a surprise. Signed baseball from the whole team - who wouldn't want that!!!

I agree with CatcherMom's suggestion. When my younger son was 15, he had a steady girlfriend during Christmas time, and chose a nice sterling silver necklace for her. He wanted to buy it at a quality jewelry store even though it was more expensive there than something similar at a department store. They put it in a very frilly decorated gift bag with the store's name on it which made a very nice presentation.

The gift was very well-received, although he doesn't have that girlfriend any longer!

I say lets see what kind of a girl your son is dating...will she be good for chores around the house later on?...start her out with a lawnmower of the push variety. Doesn't need a motor...you know, the old fashioned kind.

Still working on getting the riding version for Mrs. JBB. Grass is getting pretty tall out front.

Mn Mom--At least it was "well received". Our oldest left girlfriend in San Diego while he went to school in NYC. First Christmas he brings a lovely necklace in a blue box from Tiffany on Fifth Ave. She was not impressed. She did not last either.

Catcher09 - What was the final decision???

MomX4 - Any girl who does not go for that blue box is not a keeper, imho . Son figured this out on his own -- it was the blue box with a very nice pair of silver teardrop earrings for his girlfriend this year. From what I can tell, it was very well received

Those were my exact thoughts UKMB - anyone that doesn't appreciate a "blue box" gift probably isn't one he wants to keep around. Sounds like your son has a smart one though!

I got my girl friend a silver charm necklace. Hope she likes it. It has a diamona circle charm on there. Crossing my fingers.

AK...I'm sure she's gonna love it!

Mom X 4,

I agree, that girl does not sound like a "keeper"!

AK, that sounds like a very nice gift - let us know how she likes it!

Okay Ladies....I have to share this one. I have an occassion coming up for which I receive gifts...and always...one of those gifts is a calender for the new year....a calender with Boston Terriers.....my favorite. So today I start hinting around that I hope somebody didn't forget my calander. Think when husband announced shortly thereafter that he had to go to the mall....I should have known.....and he took son with him.

They get home and son announces that he thinks Dad needs to give me one gift early...because it's not what I usually get....the calender. Seems they were out of Bostons....and son, who I now know I raised with some sensitivity, said I should see it....in case it had to be returned. Well, says I....no Bostons...okay....but I'm sure you're Dad got me something else appropriate....seasonal flowers.....landscapes......something pretty.....cute?

He got me a calender..."Baseball As America". I'm keeping it...cause I don't want him to hear the end of it soon...not for 12 long months

Arizonared....I think perhaps Santa delivered the last Boston Terrier calendar to Pennsylvania....because it was under MY tree this Christmas ...sorry!

OUCH

AZ Red maybe you could get her to fax it to you month by month hee hee

Arizonared...you REALLY need to see "Miss February" on the calendar!

Well....I've been told that he will definitely find a Boston calendar.....says he'll look all over SoCal if necessary.....and then he'll take the baseball one.....

We'll see.....meantime he's still in the doghouse.....he'll probably get to meet Miss February face to face!

azred - given the subject matter, at least it's 'face to face'.

URKMB.....I'm still laughing.....thank you....I feel better!

Heeheeheehee!

AzRed ...

There is always Amazon ... here are two links:

Boston Terrier puppy calendar

Boston Terrior calendar

And since Amazon has just about everythng, I also found a calendar that
Mrs Bullwinkle might like:
Bullwinkle pin-ups

Happy Birthday today to ArizonaRed. I have every bit of confidence that T. will make it a great day! Have a fantastic and very special day!

Happy birthday, "red", from the northeastern part of the O C ...

Mary Ann

Thank you.....and FBM....we are ordering a calendar today.....and my husband says thanks to you too.....

Red ....

I am betting it is the puppy calendar ... they are soooooo adorable !!! That is the best site for calendars ... my hubby is also a fisherman and requests one wall and one desk top fishing calendar every year for Christmas. And he gets my annual penguin calendar there as well.

Have a wonderful day ... will try to meet up in the New Year.

Mary Ann

Happy Birthday Arizonared...enjoy your day with your boys!