mrRuckus said:
I have no patience for this stuff anymore.
It's really too much effort to get worthless gifts for girls. I feel like when i'm in a relationship i need to set up some sort of calendar system that emails me that it's been 42.3 days since the last time i gave a gift so i better make up some bullsh1t to give her to shut her up because i know by day 47.82 she will be b1tching i don't give her anything (EVER, mind you), nevermind the fact that i nightly blow her mind in bed, never even consider cheating on her, and i patiently listen to her vapid work stories about her pathetic women friends that stay with men that beat them or whatever else. I'm a million times better than and treat her better than other guys she or her friends have been with and she still wants to complain about stupid meaningless sh1t. ZZZZZZZZZZZZ
My most recent LONG term relationship, every once in a while she'd start to complain i don't do anything right when i was planning something really nice just to be nice because i felt like doing it. Then i'd tell her about it and cancel the whole thing because she ruined it by whining. Yeah that one didn't last much longer after that stuff started... I don't reward whining.
See, you're viewing this is a "chore" and you SHOULDN'T THINK LIKE THAT.
Basically, you are saying with this post that you feel compelled to buy her something everytime she complains a little (even if she's saying it in a joking manner--trust me if she "jokes" about it, she is wondering for real why you don't do stuff like this for her) is the only time you feel the need to DO something for her, and your definition of "DO" is actually "BUY".
What you're not understanding is that MOST (and I say that because there ARE some gold-diggers out there--not as many as you think, but they exist) girls DON'T CARE how much you spend on them. All they care about is ONE THING:
Are you thinking of them?
That's the question on every girl's mind when you are in a relationship, and she judges your actions based on that question. Everything you do, she's thinking "Is he thinking of me? Does he really LIKE me? Or is he just in it for sex?"
So, most guys, seem to realize this. Most guys can AT LEAST understand that hey, she needs things from me in order for her to respond the way I want. So, what do they do? They go and drop hundreds of dollars on holidays and ****.
What they DON'T realize is that you could spend a THOUSAND dollars on her for Christmas or Valentine's Day or whatever and it won't mean JACK to her. Why? Because holidays are sort of a "given". It's expected of people to go out buy gifts on a holiday. You aren't really thinking of HER on a holiday, you are thinking of the holiday and the holiday reminds you of a certain list of names that you HAVE to buy for. And to a girl, this isn't anything special, because it's EXPECTED. Then what happens? A guy sees that the girl EXPECTS things, and they get mad thinking she's some kind of gold-digger or materialistic and that simply isn't the case. Think about it. Think of how YOU view holidays. You think the same way. You have an expectation that certain people are going to be buying you things on certain holidays. And if they don't, you wonder what's wrong, right?
So holidays don't really get you anywhere, even if you drop tons of cash on them.
So where does that leave us? Well, I'm glad you asked because I'm going to tell you!
Going back to her need to feel "wanted" and "special" Her need to be in YOUR MIND at all times. It's a funny need to us, because we don't think like that. But a girl does. A girl wants to know that she is so special to you that you are always thinking about her.
Well, how do you reinforce that?
YOU DO RANDOM THINGS TO SHOW HER THAT YOU ARE THINKING OF HER.
Right away, you can cancel out holidays, because they get you nowhere. Next, you need to forget about the "logical" aspect of dollars and cents. She doesn't really care if how much you spend on her, as long as you are DOING something to show her you are THINKING OF HER and that SHE IS SPECIAL to you.
Nothing goes further than buying her something, or EVEN BETTER
MAKING HER SOMETHING on just a random day--no strings attached, no holiday, no fight that you are trying to make up for. Just a random act that shows that you are THINKING of her.
Does this mean that you have to spend money? No, in FACT the absolute BEST gifts you can get her involve things that cost relatively NOTHING. Examples? Why sure, I thought you'd never ask!
1. Write her a note. So what if you think it's "highschoolish". SHE DOESN'T. I don't care HOW OLD she is, a note telling her how you feel about her or just letting her know that you were thinking of her is HUGE.
2. Write her an email or send her an ecard. (I seperated email and "note", because a hand written note is actually more personal than an email because it's in your hand writing and takes MORE TIME to do. The amount of TIME you spend with the little "gift" is directly proportional to how much it will mean to her--and how many "points" you gain with her for it)
3. Make a scrapbook of all your pictures together. No need to explain, other than to say that women go NUTS over this kind of thing.
4. Put together a picnic basket, go in and surprise her on her (or your) lunch break.
5. Buy her a small locket necklace and put a picture of the two of you in it.
6. Leave a rose on her pillow (JUST ONE), a note on her pillow.
7. Fill her bedroom FULL of baloons. This is huge because it's relatively cheap, takes MASSIVE planning to pull of without her knowing it, and is incredibly random and DIFFERENT.
8. Write her a (or find an already written) poem and give it to her.
9. Make her a mix CD with all her favorite songs or songs that are special to the BOTH OF you.
Etc.
The list goes on and on. It's only limitations are what YOU can think of. The most random and the WILDEST ideas are the abolute best. Show her that you are random and fun. Have FUN with it. Don't view it as a chore. Love is and should NOT be a chore to you. If it is, then you are with the wrong person.
I think I'll get some flack for this post, because peope are going to view this as "supplicating" to her. Well, let me just say this much: These are things you do LATER on in a relationship (after a month or two), not right away. The only way it becomes supplicating to her is if:
1. You do it on the first couple of dates.
2. You do it because she complains (which technically pretty much screws the thread starter her because now if he DOES do something nice for her, she's going to think it was because she got on him--so he's going to find frustration in that he's "damned if he don't, damned if he does").
3. You do it so frequently that it becomes HABIT. (you want thest things to be RANDOM--not everyday, but enough)