Dear Male Delivery,
Valentine’s Day is this week and I have no idea what to get my boyfriend. What do guys even want for Valentine’s day?
So, on the candlelit, “romantic” date at Five & Ten on Five Points (Guys, I’m setting the bar high for y’all), you receive the ceremonious chocolate boxes, monstrous teddy bears and flowers that you honestly have no plans to keep alive while “My Heart Will Go On” by Celine Deon (or a similar overly emotionally bloated song) plays. You’re beau planned well and has done well, and for the first time, he actually dressed up for your perfect, little date and holds a ridiculously cheesy love letter that has more clichés than the next Nicholas Sparks book.
Now, I think it needs to be understood that the things we get you are not necessarily the things that we want to receive. I don’t usually hear a guy say, “She got me roses….yay…?”
First off, be a detective. While you’re on his couch watching some obscure sports movie that you don’t care about with him, look around a bit. Does he have a record player? What are the kinds of posters he likes? Which sports teams does he idolize? What kind of video games does he like? And then, go from there. Get a record of one of his favorite bands. Buy some posters to jazz up his phat bro pad. Buy him a jersey. Get him the newest FIFA, so he can scream overtly sexual obscenities at his friend when he makes the next goal. Basically, decide these things according to his interests.
To be honest, we are pretty easy to please and if he truly cares, he will love anything you get, so do not go overboard with trying to top him. With 2 $60 custom bags of M&M’s with their faces on each and every piece of chocolate, my roommate felt a little overwhelmed by his girlfriend’s present. It was sweet but too much. Be modest. Be creative. And give the man a kiss to cheese it up a bit (You’re welcome, guys.)
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Sincerely,
Your Real Life College Guy Michael