Help Me Be Cute and Creative for My GF for X-Mas

[PsychGuy274]

So, I'm not romantic at all and I suck at being creative so I traversed the forum into the realm of the enemy to ask for advice

So I got my GF a Ruger LCP with a raspberry colored frame for X-Mas and I want to find a "fun" way of giving it to her instead of just throwing it at her and saying, "Here, Merry X-Mas" like I usually do.

Any advice for a romantically-challenged fellow shooter?

[Yugo]

[Shellshocker66]

OK got to ask the first question, does she like guns?

OK now I don't know if it's romantic, but humorous is always one to remember a gift by. Put it in several boxes (think like Russian dolls), add some rolled quarters or rocks to some of the boxes to make it heavier, if you can find boxes with strange items that would be even better (like Posse pads, hemorrhoid cream, you get the hint)....

I once had a gift that was wrapped like I mentioned, finally got to the last box and it was an owners manual for a mountain bike I had been wanting for a long time. I remember the boxes more then I remember that mountain bike!

[1911sr]

Buy a box of Christmas Candy, remove enough of it to put the pistol in the middle and pack the rest of the candy tight around it.

[DaveInOroValley]

I would buy a set of flannel pajamas at PajaGram then place the main present in between the pajamas. PajaGrams are a big hit around here.

[movie zombie]

dave, you're such a guy!

skip the pj's, pschyguy.....really.

i give you a lot of thumbs up for trying to be more "romantic" or fun in presenting this gift.

i think shell has it right. however, i'd put in some fun things: bottle of fingernail polish, a gift certificate to some place she likes, wrapped in tissue, lots of little things that you know she likes. you should be able to snoop around and find out what brand and color of lipstick, polish, etc. she likes. get a rather large christmas stocking. put the pistol in the toe and pile all the little gifts on top of it. place it under the tree [going to be too heavy with the pistol to hang, right?] you could even put in a pair of socks...fancy panties, etc.

[ke11str]

What I've done for friends is get a box of an item that I know they probably wouldn't want and try to match the weight of it while putting the actual gift inside of it. I know that this isn't romantic more along the lines of funny with the surprise of the actual gift. One example is that I used a deck of playing cards and put the gift card inside. Good luck, and either way I'm sure she'll love it no matter how you present it.

[PsychGuy274]

Buy a box of Christmas Candy, remove enough of it to put the pistol in the middle and pack the rest of the candy tight around it.

Hmmm, this is a pretty good one!

[johnthomas]

First things first. Is she expecting you to propose marriage? If so, you better take the gun back and get a ring.

[PsychGuy274]

First things first. Is she expecting you to propose marriage? If so, you better take the gun back and get a ring.

Absolutely not.

[movie zombie]

are you getting any ideas from our suggestions, PG274?

[Steyrlp10]

Aside from the lavish gift, are you setting the entire day out for her?

I think the nicest thing you can do is give her your time exclusively regardless of the packaging although that would be fun to watch her tear through the different layers of things to figure out what you gave her.

In this busy world, showing that you really care by stopping long enough with your schedule to spend quality time with her will be a big impact -- imo

[Armed Pacifist]

One year we tied a ribbon leading to the gift hidden in the house. Under the tree were at least four ribbons leading off to who knows where, amongst the other giftboxes.

At one end of the ribbon is the "To: XX, From: XY" card. They have to follow the ribbon around the house until they find the end of the ribbon where the gift is stashed, ie. under the bed. One of the ribbon can lead to a bottle of champagne in the fridge, another to chocolate-covered strawberries in the dining room, and the last one you hand out is the one leading to the LCP. There you go, cute and romantic.

(We did it just for fun ... of course, one of our ribbons led to a bag of charcoal! We had a good laugh! )

[PsychGuy274]

are you getting any ideas from our suggestions, PG274?

I'm kinda liking the 'gun in the box of candy' idea. It's simple, cheap and effective, but I'm still listening!

[movie zombie]

at least make it a good box of chocolates...no, whitman's sampler won't make it in this situation.....