@Evren
My 96 year old grandma calls me every time someone in my family has a birthday and asks me to go online and buy a gift card for her.
Hadden said:
Best gift I received as a grown up from a friend was a gas gift card, car wash gift card, and grocery gift card. This allowed me to have money at the end of the month to stash into savings.
These are the best gifts. I had an aunt and uncle who gave me (a single mother + child) cash for the holidays. It was actually there most incredible gift. But I had a crazy aunt who called them up and screamed at them. She claimed they didn’t love us because they didn’t buy us toys and clothes. Eventually they made up, and I tried to explain to them I actually appreciated the cash. But they still get us gifts now. Which I’m super thankful for. But honestly as we struggle financially around Christmas the cash was so helpful. We don’t need another puzzle. Ugh
I know it’s just “stuff,” but we got my 80-year-old mom an Aura frame. It allows us to upload photos and short clips directly from our phones over the internet. It automatically plays pictures every 2 to 10 minutes. If she touches the swipe bar on top, it plays the audio from the clips.
We can tell when she “likes” photos, and our entire family can contribute to the frame, making it a sort of bonding experience.
You can set it up in advance for them, including adding photos and even the Wi-Fi password, so all she has to do is plug it in when she receives it.
@Justice
Ayyyyy we got my grandma one of those years ago too! It became the family’s private instagram where we’d all upload to her Aura and we’d be able to see what the rest of the family is getting up to as well.
So 2 years ago my mom got one for herself and one for me as well. It’s really nice to be able to just show pictures to people you care seeing them, and for them to be able to upload to yours.
I invited my friends to mine and they upload memes and wait for me to tell them when my husband realizes it lol
@Justice
We had this too for my grandmother! The only sad part is that I think the pictures are gone now, as no one took over the frame when she passed… It was an early model, so resolution wasn’t amazing, but there were lots of pictures from holidays there, as well as pictures of the kids in the family as they grew up 
Experiences.
I’m super hard to buy for. I’m picky and when I see something I want I research and go get it. I don’t wait for a holiday or whatever. If I say I want X they will buy x. Fine…same, but not what I was wanting.
My GF got me tickets to a concert for a band I’ve always wanted to see, but I was never going to buy a ticket myself. (It was Depeche Mode. They are awesome, but I HATE big venues. traffic, people, tiny seats etc…) When I had ticket it hand I had to go and it was awesome!
@Chase
Tickets somewhere (to an event) are a great idea. Maybe a voucher for a ticket to travel with too.
@Chase
My gf and I recently decided we have enough stuff and we are doing experience presents now. We both get to enjoy it and our house isn’t gaining clutter.
I am those people. My mom has a habit of giving me random stuff from the dollar store that I don’t really need and eventually donate. Rather than small items like that, I’d rather get candy or food. For bigger presents, gift cards, my fave food, tickets to experiences, high quality clothes and shoes, just cash, and something sentimentally made would all work for me.
@Leif
My in-laws do this. I understand it looks so nice to have a bunch of things to open up. I’d rather have one nice present that’s quality instead of 5 that will break.
Gift voucher for a restaurant they like, or for the cinema or theatre.
Flynt said:
Gift voucher for a restaurant they like, or for the cinema or theatre.
Yesh get them an experience
Flynt said:
Gift voucher for a restaurant they like, or for the cinema or theatre.
All my Mom’s gifts for retirement were all gift vouchers to restaurants, coffee shops, ice cream shops, and bakeries.
Want: steam gift cards
Need: a home cooked meal
Wear: an enormous orange hoody
Read: Jeff Vandermeer’s southern reach trilogy
Gift certificate to 1800-got-junk
Joss said:
Gift certificate to 1800-got-junk
I would cry tears of joy LOL we have a pile of junk in the garage that I’ve been meaning to get rid of for months.
Joss said:
Gift certificate to 1800-got-junk
I would cry tears of joy LOL we have a pile of junk in the garage that I’ve been meaning to get rid of for months.
Dude, all you have to do is (call the 800 number, wait for them to arrive, then) point!
…(then pay them!)
Joss said:
Gift certificate to 1800-got-junk
Gift cards to places like movie theaters or local attractions, or spa days. Get them something to experience.
Kiran said:
Gift cards to places like movie theaters or local attractions, or spa days. Get them something to experience.
Be sure it’s something they usually do or would do, though. I got a spa day certificate and never went.
I went in the place and it didn’t seem that relaxing to me. So I just never used the cert.