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Gift ideas for men

If you are looking for gift ideas for men, here are some tips and suggestions.

Men like receiving gifts just as much as women, but tend to like more tangible things. In other words, if you asked men whether they would like to go away for a romantic weekend, or receive a membership of a microbrewed beer of the month club for a year, most men would go for the beer. Or, if a man was asked to choose between a gift card or a gift membership of a select wine club, most men would go for the wine.

There are some very compelling reasons for this difference in male preferences.Because of the ancient historical differences between what men and women did with their time. Before the industrial revolution, before the farming revolution, humanity spent thousands of generations as hunter-gatherers. While men hunted in groups, and measured success in tangible things like catching an animal or a fish, women had to give more value to intangibles like relationships, bonding, nurturing the children and making society function, whether I was within a cave or within a village.

OK, that might be a lot of mumbo-jumbo with dubious anthropological validity, but take it from me as a man that we like solid evidence of good will and affection in terms of preferred gifts. If you are a woman, try to put aside ideas of what you would like as a gift, and try to understand or anticipate what good gift ideas for men might be.

Here are some suggestions - books, wine, or beer club memberships are a good choice. Try the recommended clubs below -