Bad Gifts to Avoid Giving Your Lady

There are some gifts you should never give a woman if you want to keep her. Gifts are about forethought and understanding. Gifts are about listening and surprising. If you have listened well you will know what she likes or what she might like. Get it right and she will love you all the more, get it wrong and you will come across as a fool.

The best gifts are handmade, show care and attention to detail. They don't have to be expensive but they should reflect both taste and measure.

Here are some gifts you should truly avoid if you still want to be together next Christmas:

1. Electrical appliances (unless she asks for them).

2. Cleaning equipment (this is definitely a no, no).

3. Cooking utensils (unless you want to wear your dinner).

4. A gift for yourself and pretend it is for her.

5. Cheap perfume (no matter how fancy it looks you will never fool her).

6. Clothes (even if you have impeccable taste, clothes are a woman's pleasure). Give her the money to buy them instead.

7. Cubic zirconium jewelry (if it's not diamonds it's not worth having).

8. Under no circumstances must you buy her flannel lingerie (only silk will do).

9. Gift certificate for weight watchers (you will be signing your own death warrant).

10. Anti-wrinkle cream (would you like her to buy you acne cream? I didn't think so).

11, Gift vouchers show a last minute attempt to provide something without thinking. Don't bother unless you simply lack imagination or have exhausted every other creative outlet.

12. A weekend away together to your parents. Don't even think about it.