What (item) do you wish you had when you graduated from college? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2008 - 20 answers

Oahu filter: If you could only hike once, where would you go; where would you buy tiki objects to bring back with you (some sort of cross between cheap and beautiful?); and is tonight, 08/08/08, special in Chinatown? [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2008 - 7 answers

What item do you use all the time and wonder how you ever lived with without it? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 105 answers

What's a nice goodbye and good luck present for a former boss of similar age and temperament? [more inside]
posted on Aug 4, 2008 - 3 answers

What present should my mother get for her 13/14 year old nephew? Complications within. [more inside]
posted on Jul 15, 2008 - 11 answers

What is an appropriate birthday gift to give to someone you've only just started dating? [more inside]
posted on Apr 26, 2008 - 28 answers

My bf's birthday is in two weeks and well I have no idea what to get him. He has been skateboarding for a long time in the NYC area (his spot is the Globe and some parks in the city) and very much into the culture, which I don't know too much about. I would like to get him something skate related but don't know what exactly where to look or for what. I'm thinking of possibly dvds (he likes watching skateboarding videos) or clothing. He has his own board so I won't be getting him another unless he is there to pick it out, but I want to surprise him so.....any suggestions?
posted on Feb 21, 2008 - 10 answers

Gift ideas for a friend who's really into Native American culture? [more inside]
posted on Jan 3, 2008 - 8 answers

Help me find gifts for remarkably un-greedy teenage girls: they are 14 and 15, and absolutely refuse to tell me what they want (I think their mother, my aunt, raised them too well.) [more inside]
posted on Dec 18, 2007 - 24 answers

Help me come up with some unique Christmas pressies to send to my business contacts in Europe... from Japan. [more inside]
posted on Dec 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me find a good gift for my beloved, octogenarian, Luddite Aunt. [more inside]
posted on Nov 7, 2007 - 15 answers

What do you put in a survival kit present for an 18th birthday? [more inside]
posted on Oct 6, 2007 - 24 answers

What gift would you give to a three-year old to tease her for her half-birthday? [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2007 - 19 answers

Can my partner and I still make use of a gift registry even if we are not doing a traditional ceremony-then-reception type event? [more inside]
posted on Jul 2, 2007 - 15 answers

Ack - 1yr old girl BirthDay Gifts? yep - there's... [more inside]
posted on Feb 13, 2007 - 28 answers

When you were a child, did the gifts you got from Santa arrive wrapped or unwrapped? [more inside]
posted on Dec 7, 2006 - 111 answers

What's a good office-warming present for an office full of Korean people? [more inside]
posted on Nov 20, 2006 - 13 answers

What's the cutest thing in the world? [more inside]
posted on Oct 19, 2006 - 34 answers

It's my 30th birthday soon and my friends are telling me that I'm really difficult to buy presents for. They’re pretty much right as I don’t really know what I want. Can you help me come up with some interesting ideas for them? [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2006 - 25 answers

Lost and found: I lost my wallet in Russia. Someone found it and managed to find me and give it back. I'd like to buy them a present. [more inside]
posted on Jul 3, 2006 - 16 answers

Classic stories or fables about gifts/giving. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2006 - 9 answers

If my wife hosts a baby shower, fairly large (30+ people) for her friend (with all the expense, labour and effort that requires) would she still be expected to give a present to her friend on top of this?
posted on Jun 11, 2006 - 20 answers

QuoteFilter: For my mum's seventy*coughcoughcough*th birthday this year, I found a bunch of postcards from her hometown in England. I'm putting them into a book, and I'd like a nice quotation or something to write in nice script on the outside. Something about roots or birthplaces or something, and amusing Oscar-Wilde-style or touching-but-not-saccharine would be preferred to glurgey-sugary-weepy.
posted on Mar 13, 2006 - 7 answers

Design metafilterites: If you had $100-150 to spend on a thank you gift for someone who is an acclaimed and famous graphic designer what would you get? [more inside]
posted on Feb 27, 2006 - 29 answers

GiftFilter: What do I get my 76-year-old Father-in-Law for Christmas? (additional parameters inside) [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2005 - 16 answers

Calling all tea experts . . . [more inside]
posted on Dec 2, 2005 - 38 answers

What should I buy my employees for Christmas? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2005 - 38 answers

A petty question for pet owners (or animal companion parents, if you prefer) on pet presents: what are your feelings on pet accessory gifts (e.g. cat toys, dog shirts, hamster wheels) given to you for birthdays and holidays? That is, on special occasions, do you find it uncouth to be given gifts which are actually for your pets? (e.g. Dear Joe: Happy birthday! Here is a catnip mouse for Furry Felicia. Have fun! Love, Jane.)
posted on Nov 17, 2005 - 20 answers

My cat is dying, any ideas on how I can spoil the hell out of him in his last few months? [more inside]
posted on Oct 10, 2005 - 39 answers

Where can I find a stuffed cow that was once for sale at The Enchanted Forest, a store previously located at 85 Mercer street in New York City but now closed down? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2005 - 13 answers

What would you take on a long road trip? [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2005 - 29 answers

I have a friend whose baby is getting christened. As a little present I'd like to provide them with an easy-to-operate website through which they can store and display photos of the child as he progresses, and supply news (essentially a blogging factor). Though I'll be setting it up and am pretty good at tech-stuff, the operators of the website (the parents) aren't so it'll need to be as simple as possible for them to do things like upload photos and post news of the baby. PHP content management systems seem like the logical solution, and I've looked at a few ideas (like using Gallery for the photos, and embedding it in a site) but I was wondering what do you all recommend?
posted on Mar 1, 2005 - 14 answers

Is there a good way to go about returning or exhanging gifts without embarrassing anybody? [MI]
posted on Jan 3, 2005 - 15 answers

You're an 18-year old guy six months out of rehab with a creative mind and a severely disfunctional family. You've got a GED and a job in sales. You're going to be spending Christmas with your aunt, because you're mom is too messed up to deal with you. What two or three things do you want for Christmas that can be bought for roughly $20 each?
posted on Dec 23, 2004 - 19 answers

I need to buy perfume for a 22 year old girl who wants me to pick it out. I have no taste, and I know whatever kind I pick out she will probably hate or it will turn out to be some sort of old lady smell. What brand is safe to go with? Bonus points if I can order it online and avoid the mall.
posted on Dec 11, 2004 - 34 answers

My aunt is really into tea, so I'd like to find some exotic tea to get her for Christmas. Last year I got her this, and she loved it. Anyone have any suggestions for a some nice unusual tea to get her this year?
posted on Dec 6, 2004 - 26 answers

My 6 year old daughter has been invited to an American child's Hallowe'en party here in the UK. Is a gift required?
posted on Sep 30, 2004 - 11 answers

What's a good wedding present for a young person? [MI]
posted on Aug 13, 2004 - 28 answers

Artwork for a wedding gift? It's probably a little risky, but I think I know their tastes such that it will go over well. [More, as usual, inside.]
posted on Aug 6, 2004 - 8 answers

I need a present for my girlfriend. [MI]
posted on Jul 9, 2004 - 19 answers

Wedding etiquette question. We live in the US, but are having a ceremony in the UK. We don't want to have to haul the booty presents back, and many UK appliances will not work in US because of the voltage. Any Mefites had experience of the correct way of asking for cold, hard cash for wedding gifts?
posted on Jul 8, 2004 - 26 answers

Any gift ideas I can give my wife for our second anniversary?
posted on Apr 15, 2004 - 14 answers

I need some gift ideas. I'm attending a birthday party for someone I've only met once before [a woman in her late twenties/early thirties]. I have no idea what might be appropriate. Any thoughts?
posted on Mar 4, 2004 - 30 answers