> You have to really know me to understand what falls in the "he'd like it but wouldn't bother to get it himself" category.
This is the crux of gift-giving: Noticing throughout a year whenever your significant other(s) wish they had something, and then they forget about it, but you don’t, and 6 months later, they get it.
And it requires a level of being there to pull that off. With the exception of my wife, for whom I do keep a list, I don't spend enough time with even my immediate family so that come Christmas time I have no idea what to get them.
This is the crux of gift-giving: Noticing throughout a year whenever your significant other(s) wish they had something, and then they forget about it, but you don’t, and 6 months later, they get it.