It's ds's 18th next week and I feel he has no real present - because he hasn't! He has a couple of pairs of tickets to different sports events, but 2 of these have already happened and 1 is a few months away. He has loved these and they haven't been cheap but there won't be any impact on the day. There is a possibility for me to get more such tickets but it's not definite and he has a lot on with friends/hobbies/travel over the next few months and not many free weekends right up until the end of the summer.
He has some clothes and a hobby-related item he asked fort totalling around £100. That's it...
He has no interest in driving (doesn't want to learn), tech, jewellery or branded fashion. I can't think of anything expensive to splash out on. My only thought is his bike has been stolen from our garage (he doesn't know this). He obviously doesn't ride it often but does go through phases of doing so and has spoken about wanting a bike for uni - but only vaguely. We wouldn't have been able to get his bike there anyway as my car is tiny and I can't ever work out the racks etc, so was considering getting him a folding bike. The problem is, I don't know how much he would actually use it.
I can't afford to throw money away on something he never uses but do want to get him a big ticket item. I'm even thinking of asking him whether he wants a bike and if not just giving him the money. When I asked what he wanted he said the hobby item that cost £30 and that was it. Would it be shit to ask him if he wants his bike replaced with one he could actually take places and if not give him cash?
What does anyone think?