{"id":304,"date":"2012-12-08T02:50:08","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T02:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/?p=304"},"modified":"2015-07-17T14:45:50","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T14:45:50","slug":"what-to-buy-your-gamer-girlfriend-for-christmas-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/what-to-buy-your-gamer-girlfriend-for-christmas-2012","title":{"rendered":"What to Buy your Gamer Girlfriend for Christmas 2012?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/park.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-303\" title=\"park\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/park-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Find a gamer to love at LFG Dating today!\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>For those out there that are snickering at this editorial guide&#8217;s title, you must be new around here. \u00a0You see, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\">LFG Dating<\/a> is the only professional, secure, authentic dating site for gamers, and believe it or not, we actually have a huge community of real women. \u00a0Not kidding. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/register.php\">Sign up for free and see for yourself.<\/a>\u00a0 With that disclaimer out of the way, let&#8217;s move on to the important stuff that the male side of the house has historically struggled with every single holiday season: what in the world do I get my girlfriend for Christmas? \u00a0Did you notice what I did there with that last sentence? \u00a0I left out the word &#8220;gamer&#8221;, and I did it for a reason: I don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re dating a professional gamer &#8211; your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/category\/gamer-girls\" target=\"_blank\">gamer girlfriend<\/a> does <em>not <\/em>want video games, or anything gamer related. \u00a0Let me adjust that comment: you&#8217;re allowed to get her something gaming related for Christmas <em>if and only if<\/em>\u00a0you get her something else that isn&#8217;t. \u00a0Roger? \u00a0Okay, let&#8217;s move on to those stellar gift ideas for that girl of yours.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Something Creative &amp; Personal (&amp; NOT electronic)<\/strong> If you read our recent holiday Christmas shopping guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/what-to-buy-your-gamer-boyfriend-for-christmas-2012\" target=\"_blank\">what to buy your gamer boyfriend<\/a>\u00a0(on second thought, why would you?), then you&#8217;ll see where we&#8217;re going with the creativity route. \u00a0Why do we have this as our first gift option? \u00a0Because it&#8217;s the best route, and because I don&#8217;t know your girlfriend. \u00a0The best reason is that she&#8217;ll simply appreciate it. \u00a0Don&#8217;t get her anything electronic, and <em>do<\/em>\u00a0IM\/call her friends and family for gift ideas. \u00a0It&#8217;s as simple as that. \u00a0Don&#8217;t be that boyfriend who buys his girlfriend a PS Vita; I don&#8217;t care how badly <del>you<\/del> she wants it, do not get her anything electronic. \u00a0Also for the older dudes in the e-house this evening, do not dare purchase her an appliance, because your car will <del>likely<\/del> get vandalized by <del>Santa<\/del> her.<\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Jewelry<\/strong> Stop cringing, guys. \u00a0I know the first thing that winces when you read the word &#8220;jewelry&#8221; is your wallet, but jump back to our first idea and throw in some of that creativity. \u00a0There are tons of mom and pop shops that have a slew of custom jewelry that&#8217;s on the cheap, and will show her your softer side. \u00a0Disclaimer: do <em>not <\/em>get her that cheesy charm bracelet; I don&#8217;t care how many times your Grandmother told you &#8211; DO NOT do it. \u00a0Seriously. \u00a0The bottom line here is that you can never go wrong with jewelry (except with that charm trash).<\/p>\n<p>3. <strong>Traveling<\/strong> If you&#8217;ve got the dough to spend, or are looking to grab a nice tax refund next month (fiscal cliff, anyone?), then traveling\/taking a cool vacation is always an award-winning Christmas gift with the girlfriend. \u00a0I&#8217;m not a travel agent (though I did sleep at a Holiday Inn last night), but there are lots of ways to pull off a great vacation, whether its over a long weekend or a full week. \u00a0You don&#8217;t even have to leave the country; one great way to plan it out is to look regionally, and pick a city or vacation area that is within driving distance or a quick plane ride. \u00a0Grab some plane tickets or a rental car, book a nice dinner, and get some tickets to the local theater or hot spot and you&#8217;ve got a great present that would make Santa jealous &#8230; if he were real.<\/p>\n<p>Still frustrated? \u00a0Try one of these other gift ideas: cooking classes, gift cards to her favorite clothes stores, funny t-shirt of the month club (try BustedTees), tickets to a ballet or sports event downtown, yoga classes, perfume (anything but the new Justin Bieber scent), or maybe tickets to a concert for her favorite band.<\/p>\n<p>One last tip gentlemen is to spread the wealth this Christmas holiday, regardless how of much you have. \u00a0What I mean is that don&#8217;t just get her one gift; get her a few small, thoughtful gifts before the holidays and on Christmas morning &#8211; it will show you took it seriously, and that you have been really thinking about her. \u00a0She&#8217;ll appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Our last tip: don&#8217;t wait until Christmas Eve to buy that gamer girlfriend of yours an Xmas gift, because a 24-pack of AAA batteries from Walgreens will not cut it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For those out there that are snickering at this editorial guide&#8217;s title, you must be new around here. \u00a0You see, LFG Dating is the only professional, secure, authentic dating site for gamers, and believe it or not, we actually have a huge community of real women. \u00a0Not kidding. \u00a0Sign up for free and see for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[125,23,59,94,116,22,5,9],"tags":[183,171,178,179,413,170,405,180,184,181,182],"amp_validity":null,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1182,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304\/revisions\/1182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lfgdating.com\/gamer-dating-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}