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What are some non-material gifts you can give someone?

Asked by Spargett (5395points) February 18th, 2008

I was thinking advice, massage, compliment, etc. I’m curious to see what kind of non-material gifts can be given.

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Zaku's avatar

Those are good. Also coming to mind are company, activities, trips, stories, information, recommendations for things they might like, and recommendations of them to others, love, affection, friendship, music, insights, work, protection, opportunities, recipes, opinions, introductions, parties, celebrations, ceremonies & invitations, absolution, forgiveness, admiration, planning, ideas, names… confidence (allowing them to confide)... shortcuts…

artemisdivine's avatar

your time. nothing better or worth more or in such short supply.

Five Non-Material Gifts to Give This Holiday Season
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/83404/five_nonmaterial_gifts_to_give_this.html

chaosrob's avatar

Read to them. (Backrubs are good, too.)

needleinthehay's avatar

try to make them something, anyone can make something look nice if they paint on a canvas, or maybe you could draw or write something for this person. cheap, and effective.

susanc's avatar

All respects, needleinthehay, but for many of us, and especially those of us who actually pay attention to paintings, receiving a hand-painted canvas
by someone who really doesn’t paint is very painful. What to do with it
if you don’t like it? The horror, the horror.
Make something that a) you’re pretty good at; and/or b) they can eat or otherwise consume. Written stuff is great because they can enjoy it and then put it away in the file.

Cardinal's avatar

Your friendship

buster's avatar

blowjobs are always a good gift

Jesstiphur's avatar

LOL Blowjobs… lmao… nice

FlunkieX's avatar

A good non mat. Gift is…
a good $&@&&€¥

delirium's avatar

Nathan gave me a treasure hunt. My parents did them for me when I was a little kid, but quit when I solved each thing instantly. I chatted about how much I had loved it, and how much I adore that kind of puzzle, and how I miss it, etc, with nathan. I then go on a vacation and when I come back he’s set up this incredibly difficult treasurehunt.

It ended in my basement, and he had been hovering hte whole time, but had disappeared… I found him at the end of it, with open arms. That’s all I could want.

He doesn’t have a lot of money and so he has this incredible understanding of what a real gift is.
I almost start crying just thinking about the whole thing, it was that perfect and wonderful. If I didn’t know that I loved him before, that cinched it.

spendy's avatar

Something I’ve always enjoyed giving…a coupon book. You can pick up some fancy paper and design it however you like (fancy or not). It does, of course, require tangible materials…but the coupons would be redeemed for non-tangible things: back rubs, make-out sessions (provided you are gifting this coupon book to your spouse/significant other), a car washing session, 1x lawn mowing, candlelight dinner for two, other misc physical pleasures (as mentioned…haha), just about anything you can think of that the person would enjoy. Add in a ONE TIME “You Win This Arguement” coupon. Guys love that…even though they normally think they’ve won anyway. :) And, I put expiration dates on some of them since I included multiples of a few items.

Zack_In_Black's avatar

Massage, very good idea.

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