A question for the guys on here

UCD91

Women can obviously give their opinion on this too but this question is for the guys on here.

Would you buy your guy-friend a present for his birthday or Christmas? (not just special bdays like 21st etc I mean just for any birthday).

Grayson

I have a couple of mates I would. Generally it's just a pint if I'm around.

Reillyman

No. I'd buy the a few pints, or pay for a dinner or something, but wouldn't buy a present.

Fox_In_Socks

You're assuming that I have friends.:pac:

No, of course not.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

You can't, it'll look pure gay

Demosthenese

If he does actually go out and buy his "mate" a pressie then they are more than just "mates" if you get me

Duggy747

A "Here you go, shìthead" followed by a pint for their birthday.

Boots234

Yeah just a couple of pints usually

Seachmall

Generally I just chip in a few bob with my mates for birthdays (just enough to cover the night out and a fry in the morning, maybe with a bit left over).

At Christmas the girls pull us into a Secret Santa type thing so gifts are bought then.

The Backwards Man

I do for others what they do for me.



I don't buy anyone any presents for any birthdays.

dd972

I had a picture made up, like that one of Father Stone and Father Ted, never saw my mate again, don't know why...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Depends on the friend. If I do, it's never anything expensive or massively useful. I do have a friend in Berlin, for example, who hates the whole giving thing, who I simply cooked a breakfast for with meats I'd bought on a recent trip home. he loved it.

Tordelback

Other than a pint or a bottle or two of homebrew, you mean? If I happen to see something particular (and cheap) I know they'd like or need in and around their birthday, yeah sometimes. But never at Christmas, and I wouldn't make a habit of it, or feel obliged in any way.

wardy2

Well I would give a card with bit of cash in it,problem sorted....

3ndahalfof6

I give them vouchers for stores (shops) I like , so they can get me stuff, win win, the only time I wont is fellatimes day.

Stinicker

A strip-o-gram

JD DABA

Anything more than a pint means you want a civil partnership with him.

3ndahalfof6

Stinicker wrote: »

A strip-o-gram

Lick the card.

Schism

Christmas? Nope.

Birthday? Sure, why not. Nothing too crazy though, last friend's birthday I bought him a game on Steam. My gf baked him a cake! (her idea)

Only for close friends though.

Mr Keek

Nah, just get them a few pints on their B'Day night out.

If I was to miss the night out, I'd get a present, something small like a BluRay or something.

None of us do Christmas, not even cards or anything, my girlfriend loves the idea....maybe down the line when we're all settled down with Wifes & Kids and not seeing each other all the time, the Christmas card thing might catch on.

racso1975

sure we Cant even talk about our feeling why the flick would we buy presents!!!!! Only buy herself stuff in hope of getting the ride, if truth be known

kowloon

On the off chance I could be the recipient of this gift, yes, absolutely. Your friend wants a new graphics card.

Henlars67

If it isn't a 21st,30th,40th etc then don't buy him anything, unless you are now, or at some time in the future plan to be gay lovers.

woodoo

Buy him a pint and no more

humberklog

wardy2 wrote: »

Well I would give a card with bit of cash in it,problem sorted....

I think this is odd. Giving your mate money in a card?

That's just wrong.

Annasopra

It depends how close you are as friends

Celly Smunt

I'd probably buy him something like a a ratchet set,because that is defo not gay.

SafeSurfer

Not even a text. "You want soft toilet paper you go to hotel Gayboy."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVkxMOYpfwQ

Annasopra

I never buy presents for my guy friends - OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG - they will think I'm straight. The shame of that.

It's a disgrace. Noone ever told me that presents were a gay thing.

CrabieCrawford

Nah never a present, maybe a few pints or if he's having a shindig a bottle of spirits.

brummytom

No, that's a bit weird. A few pints is fine.

ONeill2013

No, I am too stingy for that nonsense, I wouldn't even buy someone a drink, as you probably have guessed, I don't have a girlfriend.

osarusan

A friend and I drink whiskey together and try to (or pretend to) understand more about the taste and so on.

I've a bottle of a brand we've never tasted before which I'll give him on his birthday.

hfallada

A carton of johnng blue you brought for **** all in Majorca.

Cody Pomeray

Nothing says "I like you but I don't want to have bum sex with you" like a bottle of whisky.



It's also a tremendous aphrodisiac of course.

anto3473

A pint... that's it.

Stereomaniac

If I am actually going to see them on the birthday itself, then I would mark the occasion, yes.

Xavi6

Buying presents for mates is weird. A pint and that's it. Just one pint as well, any more than that is suspicious.

MadsL

Three days later

Ah Fuck man, I forgot yer birthday!
Ah, no bother it's grand, yer a bollix anyway, pint?
Sure. Ya cunt.

Hownowcow

I get pints for my best mate on his birthday. Since he got married they get me something at Christmas and I get them something. I get his folks something as well.

The other lads just on the big occasions.

Columbia

My best friend and I always get presents for each other on our birthdays (not Christmas). We actually go to quite a bit of effort to get the right thing. Generally our gifts to each other are better and more thoughtful than our girlfriends' gifts to us.

A gift, a couple of steaks, and a football match or movie, never been an awkward moment between us.

dartup

I would buy them moisturizer
man purses

hand cream etc

oldyouth

Birthday - I'd buy pints in the pub
Big Birthday involving party - I'd bring a nice bottle of whiskey
Christmas - Dear Lord, no, never, couldn't

As for giving a a card to a mate, well that's just never going to happen.

Koptain Liverpool

humberklog wrote: »

I think this is odd. Giving your mate money in a card?

That's just wrong.

Unless your in the mafia!

johnny_knoxvile

deccurley wrote: »

You can't, it'll look pure gay

only if it's a dildo and butt-beads.

Wibbs

Yea a couple of mates I would buy some jokey type present for alright.

gramar

Why would you want to do something silly like that? I wouldn't be buying man-friends presents for birthdays or christmas or souvenirs or any of that. Bad habit to be getting into.

Tar.Aldarion

deccurley wrote: »

You can't, it'll look pure gay

The council of elders has spoken.

Beruthiel

LOL
This thread shows very clearly that Irish men are still uncomfortable in themselves and how they might be perceived.

Do any of ye think that men from Europe, or Japan (for example), care about how they look when it comes to something like this?
They don't think it's 'gay', where did that come from?

If you have a close friend and it's his birthday then you treat them in some way for no other reason then they are your friend and you actually care for them.
It's ok to let your friend know you care about them you know. (After all, you do don't you? That's why he's your friend)
It doesn't have to mean anything other than that.

I have given male friends birthday prezzies in the past. I had no ulterior motive.

Grayson

Beruthiel wrote: »

LOL
This thread shows very clearly that Irish men are still uncomfortable in themselves and how they might be perceived.

Do any of ye think that men from Europe, or Japan (for example), care about how they look when it comes to something like this?
They don't think it's 'gay', where did that come from?

If you have a close friend and it's his birthday then you treat them in some way for no other reason then they are your friend and you actually care for them.
It's ok to let your friend know you care about them you know. (After all, you do don't you? That's why he's your friend)
It doesn't have to mean anything other than that.

I have given male friends birthday prezzies in the past. I had no ulterior motive.

I have two friends I'd buy presents for. Generally two of us will go in on a present for the other. And normally it's an xbox game (and normally we'll get a copy for ourselves too). Occasionally, it's been something bigger like a xbox headset (Spotting a trend yet? ). For the rest of my mates, it's something like a pint.

gramar

Beruthiel wrote: »

LOL

I have given male friends birthday prezzies in the past. I had no ulterior motive.

LOL? Prezzies? Sounds a bit 'gay'