19yo DS1 wants only one thing for Christmas

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An £80 single malt.

It's something a character in something he watches drinks. DS is not a big drinker, likes a beer with a curry but rarely has a second and he has occasionally enjoyed a single malt with his grandad.

The cost is about what we'd spend. His younger brother has a piece of tech at about the same price he'd like, but that seems like a "good" present compared to buying a 19yo strong drink.

Would you get it rather than come up with something else he doesn't really want? I suppose presents are supposed to be something extravagant you wouldn't buy for yourself...?

@BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz

Tesco sell it for 49.

I have to admit I haven't investigated the price, just taken his word for it.

I'd have loved this as a gift, I still would.

I like a single malt, my dad used to worry because I drank it neat from about age 14, but I have never got drunk on whisky, I've been drunk with other things but whisky is something I sip and savour.

What's the show he's watching? Is it Parks and Recreation?

@1stV45 - definitely shop about as you should be able to get it for £50
(DH and DM like their whisky)

Op I totally get what you are saying. It seems a lot of money for a bottle of anything. It also seems a bit of an old man, who needs nothing sort of a gift.
I'd think I'd tell him to have a rethink.

Why are people telling the OP to get him something else or a cheaper whiskey? He wants this one. Other whiskeys won't give him the feeling that he's like the person in the show who drinks it.

Why is it better to get him something he doesn't want because it seems like a better gift?

It seems to me like a perfect gift. He wants it but its a bit expensive and he thinks its a bit extravagent to buy it for himself, so he's asked for it for Christmas.

Get the whisky. Your son is an adult and does not need to be infantilised.

It's a brilliant present. Plus, if he gets into whiskey you have an Xmas present idea every year! As he gets older you'll find it harder to think of gift ideas.

I think that would be a really good present to get him! It's something he has thought about and will enjoy. Go for it.

Agree that it's a perfect present!

It's frivolous and decadent and lovely. This is in the spirit of gift giving!

I asked my DH about this whisky , he says it's nice ( that's on the Present List for him then )

I have a 20yo DS but he's not interested in whisky .

Is it Parks and Recreation he watches? You can get bottles cheaper, depends what age he wants- the limited edition from the show is around £200 here, so good news it isn't that one he wants . I would get it, it might sound sad but I keep old spirit bottles and make stuff out of them.

Sounds like a giant waste of money on a whim to me. I don't think 1 glass and a TV show is sufficient for him to know that he even likes whiskey, nevermind is a connoisseur that spends £80 on a bottle.

I would have a problem getting this for my adult DS (maybe I'm mean) and it he does sometimes have whims on a similar basis.

It sounds like he is a sensible person and realises the cost of it. It is unlikely he would glug it in 1 session - more likely savour if for special occasions. If he is otherwise sensible, I would get it.

Definitely get it for him, I think it’s a great gift!

If you can get it for £50 then I'd say yes but i wouldn't spend £80 on a bottle for dh!

He tried a glass at the end of a meal and declared it delicious.

Get it for him. He's asking for a really nice bottle of something. There's no stigma there.

If he'd said, can I have a case of ten bottles of cheap vodka for £80, I'd see where you were coming from.

This is not a teen wanting to get p*ssed, quite the opposite.

Great. Present sorted!
It will keep for years if he goes off it.

If Tesco sell it for £49 then you could have enough money left over to buy a whisky tasting for after covid and expand his knowledge of the ‘water of life’.

I’m in Scotland so there are lots of distilleries around, but I know he can’t get that if you are not in Scotland but if you have specialist whisky shops near you in a big city perhaps they would do something?

He might not have tried many so thinks that one is The One but may subsequently find there’s a better one! Or give him the tasting as his birthday present next year? Sorted.

Ideally you’d do the tasting first and then the present but with it being a Christmas present and COVID that won’t really be possible.

Brilliant present, one perfect thing that will be greatly appreciated is far better than a pile of stuff.

If ds(16) wanted this (maybe not this year!) I would definitely go for it with a couple of proper whisky tasting glasses too. I think it is lovely when the next generation appreciate a nice malt. Lagavulin was my dad's favourite whisky.

I'm glad to hear it is actually a decent whisky. I was concerned that the price largely reflected the publicity from the show.

No. The character considers himself A Man Of Taste. Lagavulin's reputation came first.

You need to get watching Parks and Rec OP, it's genuinely extremely funny.

My son's "only want one thing" present this year was a Fender Stratocaster (21 in December but of course Strats don't arrive alone ...amp,cables,case,pedal.........)

So I think you're winning here !

I will buy the whisky for my DH , he'll enjoy it .

God, I love whisky, but "It's something a character in something he watches drinks." has given me a massive cringe.

I mean... maybe it'll get him into decent whisky, rather than some American advert. There are some absolute crackers out there for that price and far less.