Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site CS-Arthur Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!CS-Arthur!cak From: cak@CS-Arthur (Christopher A Kent) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Gifts Men Like Message-ID: <709@CS-Arthur> Date: Fri, 27-Jul-84 20:45:51 EDT Article-I.D.: CS-Arthu.709 Posted: Fri Jul 27 20:45:51 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 29-Jul-84 00:48:15 EDT References: <1219@nsc.UUCP> Organization: Department of Computer Science, Purdue University Lines: 28 Upon reading the first response, I was going to post: "Riding crops" as my somewhat frivolous response. But then someone got serious....so! I think that the kind of gifts men like are, basically , the same kind of gifts that women like. A gift should be a piece of yourself, and show consideration and understanding of the recipient. Backrubs, home-cooked food of various varieties, phone calls, flowers, etc., all show thoughtfulness, understanding, and caring. (Yes, I like to receive flowers, too!) One of the nicest Christmas gifts I ever received consisted of two 1/2-lb bags of different coffee beans, a copy of "The Annotated Alice", some M&Ms, and a box of chocolate "cream cups" for coffee (fill them with heavy cream and float in a cup of coffee). I am notorious for my abuse of caffeine in the bean form (freshly ground each morning) and chocolate; and I had mentioned, ONCE, while strolling through a bookstore several months before Christmas, that I someday wanted to find a copy of TAA. The total cost couldn't have been more than $15; yet it touched me very deeply and made me feel very special. *That* is what a good gift is all about. A piece of yourself is the finest gift you can give. Cheers, chris