Help needed from those with access to teenage boys

[Builtthiscityonsausagerolls]

Have seen a Jack Wills gym bag/ smelliest set for a 16 year old boy. Being the wrong side of 40 I've no idea if this is cool or not but do remember the absolute horror of having something with the wrong label!
Could anyone with a teenage boy please check this vital information for me please :)

My DS (14) just wants cash this year. Sad but true...

Oh, I love a good gift set. Have already bought myself 3 send all your soap and glory this way....
Bit worried about how it would work with Nando voucher. £20-£30 wouldn't really be enough for a group of teenage boys. Don't want to cause friendship troubles possibly over thinking

I've got 2 teenage GSs. North Face and Nike are good, they don't like Adidas anymore. Eldest really likes Arcteryx but they are very expensive.

@Pellewsmate

The last thread I wanted to read after just ordering some JW for DS18 and DS13.

Really varies by school. If they’ve asked for it then it could be The Brand for their school.

@Builtthiscityonsausagerolls

Oh, I love a good gift set. Have already bought myself 3 send all your soap and glory this way.... Bit worried about how it would work with Nando voucher. £20-£30 wouldn't really be enough for a group of teenage boys. Don't want to cause friendship troubles possibly over thinking

I think they tend to all have a Nando voucher, or cash, so he wouldn't be expected to pay for others. Well that's how it works with GSs.

My Ds 18 is as far from a roadman as you get🤣
We live in rural Norfolk and it's v middle class, he's still still in shock about the diversity of his uni city!

£20-£30 wouldn't really be enough for a group of teenage boys.

You wouldn’t expect him to pay for his friends! He will only be paying for himself.

@Builtthiscityonsausagerolls

Oh, I love a good gift set. Have already bought myself 3 send all your soap and glory this way.... Bit worried about how it would work with Nando voucher. £20-£30 wouldn't really be enough for a group of teenage boys. Don't want to cause friendship troubles possibly over thinking

I love S&G too but bloody DH has wasted a pile in L’Occitane (found it accidentally) and I don’t like it

Ref the voucher, they only need enough to cover their own not to pay for everyone.

Oh yes and CK boxers are a hit
I refuse to buy them, ridiculous price for a pair of pants!😁

@Builtthiscityonsausagerolls DS 15 said he's never heard of it so as far as he's concerned not very cool

I have 4 of those (well, one is now 20) and will investigate

17 yo has no clue

My teen lad loves superdry anyway ! It smells gorgeous too

Oooh, I got ds a set of Nandos sauces last year, from Tesco I think. Was a real hit - he got quite into 'cheffing his dindins' shame he couldn't manage to clean up after himself and don't get me started about the exploding bottle that I still can't clean off the ceiling

It’s so funny how northface is back in, I have a very old raincoat which I got in Cornwall about 13 years ago. My teen DS thinks northface is a bit road man

here's the result of my market research among the population of our 20, 18, 17 & 15 yo boys
🤣🤣🤣

@Builtthiscityonsausagerolls

'OK from Grandma's But I'm cool Auntie

It's good to be aspirational !

I'm buying for a friend's teen this Christmas and have wimped out (buying a voucher!).

Can you get chocolate burgers?

Do teens still love Starbucks? What about a voucher for there?

North Face is definitely for Roadmen says my 14 year old font of knowledge on all things cool

also I have to note that they all answered your question within minutes.

but when I ask them to come down to dinner there's no answer only tumbleweed and the screech of one lonely vulture in the distance

Jack Wills was cool when I was a teenager in the 2000s. I’d avoid getting him anything you can buy as a gift set in boots. I assume boots gift sets are for people you don’t like very much…

So a roadman is not a guy who works on the roads then

My 14 year old and pretty much all his friends have the Nike or Jordan backpack.

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba

here's the result of my market research among the population of our 20, 18, 17 & 15 yo boys 🤣🤣🤣

Appreciate the market research now can I have it in a graph

@shreddies

On the food thing mine like wierd Korean pot noodles, chilli sauces and the like. But not really proper present territory

Same!

Must be a new trend! Korean food