My lovely DP is impossible to buy for. It was easier in the early days of our relationship, but the arrival of children has made it harder as getting out for days or nights away is impossible.
He is a mass of contradictions.
He is very deep thinking and loves finding things out, but never reads. He’ll read articles on his phone but that’s about it. He likes New Scientist but as he’s got an art background likes design magazines. I’m pretty sure if I got him a subscription it would never get read.
He likes useful, well designed things. Scandi type stuff etc.
He is a very good cook. I’ve tried cookery classes for other cuisines before which he’s enjoyed up to a point (he comes from a culture with a very big food culture, and he is very cynical about just about every other world cuisine.) Plus I’ve done it so many times now it’s a bit over done as a gift.
He loves art, taking photographs. We will never, ever get to a gallery any time soon though so an art pass is out.
Please help me. I thought I’d nailed it last year as I got him a new camera which is so far not even out of the box. One year I took him to a spa and he grumbled all weekend. He is not practical so tools are out, not into cars, not into sports, likes music but was never much of a gig goer. For Father’s Day a couple of years ago I got him one of those V&A Lego sets and he told me off in case our toddler tried to eat one of the pieces. Another year I got him useful things for his commute (good quality waterproofs etc) which he told me he didn’t need as he’d recently replaced them.
He asked for pants and socks when I asked him what he wanted but we’ve had such a shit year I really want him to have something nice. He likes merino wool base layers but I’ve got him enough of those.
I also bought him a watch from somewhere hopelessly hip in Shoreditch which I had to return as it was “too big for his wrist.”
Help.