Gifts for 60 year old women

[StormySam]

Looking for a gift for a relative max £20.
Doesn't drink or eat sweet stuff, Doesn't wear makeup, no hobbies, doesn't read, sensible and a bit boring - worst thing is I have 2 of these gifts to buy as she's one of twins but hoping to buy them different things so any tips gratefully received.

I am 64 although I don’t feel boring. Anyhoo my favourite type of present is a more luxurious version of something I use regularly. My DS is particularly good at this. For Christmas I got a selection of lovely Fortnum and Mason soaps. I have also had very good coffee and tea from him.

Take them out for the day

The boring ideas are being suggested because of the way the op described the future recipients who have no hobbies, don’t drink, don’t eat sweet things, they don’t even read books. Nor do they garden.

Therefore going out to tea, book tokens, things for garden, alcohol, etc are not going to be appreciated.

Just to explain 60s style. My birthday party was in a cocktail bar which I hired. We drank chilli margaritas, gin 69s, aperol spritz, negronis and other cocktails plus fizz and wine and we danced till midnight.

Just to allay bed socks ideas and perceptions of being sixty. See the shoes I wore.....

https://images.urbndata.com/is/image/Anthropologie/43133141000020077_b?$a15-pdp-detail-shot$&fit=constrain&fmt=webp&qlt=80&wid=1080

The thing is, to buy someone a present that’s imaginative or interesting, you need to know their tastes quite well.

And if posters rtft properly they will see that op has said that this is more about personality than age and described recipient as “someone a bit like a nun”.

God the dream boys have got a full year!

This is such a lovely gift

My mum or grandparents would hate candles,engraved vases,t-shirts etc as would I..I would go afternoon tea

That's what I thought. Why be traditional and assume when someone gets to 60 its all knitting and cats 🐈

Sex and guns 🔫 all the way not at the same time if course 🙄

Nuns can use clitoral stimulators, no men involved.

Why are there so many of these ‘what can I get for a ‘X’ age woman threads? People don’t stop being themselves just because they age. They keep on being their own individual person.

The problem here is not they are 60 and female and you have somehow just failed to learn what 60 year old females like, because they all like the same stuff, as if they are some breed of pedigree dog that all share the same characteristics. The problem is that you have never got to know them well enough to know what they may like.

My mother when she was about 70 (and before I had children so I wasn't a guilty party) said that if she got one more "lovely picture/album/mug/keepsake" of her grandchildren she would go on a killing spree.....

Perhaps the suggestion of a gun isn't such a great idea in retrospect.

In fairness, there are also, regularly, mystifying threads about ‘What is everyone buying their DHs?’ Like male married people are a mysteriously similar subgroup who all like toolboxes/real ale/golf clubs.

M&S voucher
Diffuser
Garden centre voucher if they like plants ( often sell other stuff and they can be used at any garden centre)
National Trust gift card if member/s
If they’re the philanthropic type a Lend with Care voucher https://lendwithcare.org/
Or £20 will buy school lunch for a child for a year https://www.marysmeals.org/
Adopt a donkey between them, they can visit it for free https://www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk/adopt?S=ADPWEBPPC&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1ILC-t7NhQMVsZpQBh0Ltwu5EAAYASABEgIaQ_D_BwE

From your OP I suspect you don’t really know her at all or have ever even taken the time to try

In this case the op doesn't seem to know what their individual tastes are. I think there's some validity to thinking about age if you're trying to choose a 'generic' gift ... by your 60s, most people will have enough 'stuff', won't want knicknacks, are likely to have kit related to any hobbies.

Do they like their family? If so, framed photo of family.

Digital photo frame with a family photo slideshow playing? Assuming she's close family or has really good relationships with everyone else. Or could be a custom photo calendar with pictures of her favorite flowers or movie posters or, again, family photos, etc.

I'm in my 60s and would love a taser

I'm in my 50s and would NOT like:
Flowers
Houseplant
Food with a short shelf life
Smellies including hand cream and soap
Tea or coffee
Scarf
Voucher for afternoon tea (that I'd need to top up)
Cinema vouchers
Oodie
Scented candle
Diffuser
Bedsocks
Hot water bottle
Ornament
Framed photo/Digital frame
A charity donation
Clothing
Mugs
Tea/coffee pot

What I'd give:
Voucher for M&S (or maybe John Lewis/Boots/Holland & Barrett. M&S probably best as I could buy clothing/food/treat)
Book token
Nice biscuits or chocolates with a long shelf life - could regift/donate/share with friends/visitors

M&S vouchers - there's a fair amount they can treat themselves to in there, clothes, toiletries, plants or spoil themselves with some nice food.

Thanks to everyone that has contributed.

I do regret putting the age and I apologise to anyone that it has offended. I just wrote it for some context to give an idea about who I'm dealing with and that it's quite a unique situation (very different to the majority of 60 year olds but i thought it was worth saying as it's a big birthday hence needing a present).

I know one twin better than the other. She is a workaholic but it's managerial and nothing I can really get her around that.

Purse or card case
Umbrella
Stuff for the bath
Key ring that bleeps if you misplace it (Tile?)

Put the £20s together and get a bottle of champers and some nuts for them to share, or take them a supermarket Chinese or Indian meal for you all to share.

The problem I find is that now I'm old (er) I have everything I want and if I want something I can just buy it myself.

I don't want more 'stuff'. I hate photographs on display, I don't want Nick nacks, scarves or pot plants or toiletries.

I also receive mountains of corporate gifts via my husband and they are all regifted and given away. I think gift giving is definitely harder the older the recipient gets.