Mother's Day Gift Ideas

It’s the Friday before Mother’s Day—and without a trip to the Mall, my wife is going to unwrap something like a Lint Brush.

If that happens, you will find me on the couch-ready to discuss what I can do to avoid “sofa exile” in 2011.

Below is a brief video with some gadget ideas for Mom, but there are some universal “no-no’s!” when it comes to Mother’s Day gifts if you are a HUSBAND giving to the Wife/Mother in your life:

1) Anything that says “As Seen On TV!” on the box. Dead giveaway that it is a piece of crap that was purchased at a drug store. Might as well plaster a sign on your forehead that says “As Seen At The Hospital!”

2) Anything that suggests extra work for Mom. There is no amount of gift wrapping that can hide your insensitivity at the “Family Size” bottle of Fabric Softener that’s hidden beneath. Nice.


3) Anything in the “Weight Loss” product category. Purchasing these products as a gift doubles as a death wish.

4) Unless you are a master craftsman, anything you personally make is off limits. Your children can design and build the most hideous and useless items ever conceived—and each will bring a tear to her eye-and will be cherished forever. Your homemade gift, on the other hand, will bring a fist to the eye.

Your eye. And you will have deserved it.

5) If clothing is a must, err on the side of purchasing TOO SMALL a size. Face it-she’s going to exchange it anyway, so it is better to serve up that loser in a size like: Petite. That sweat suit in size XXL is the gifting equivalent of taking the express lane to divorce court.

I don’t really agree with most of the items in this video, but at least it’s not a Swiffer or a Chia Pet:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP7sgSVWthU

Good luck on your shopping—and to all the Moms out there from we insensitive clods you call husbands and sons….Happy Mother’s Day!


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