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"PinterestFacebookThink you can wow him with your shopping skills and buyer&amp;#39;s creativity? Don&amp;#39;t even try. Really, don&amp;#39;t try. You think it&amp;#39;s the thought that counts, but not so much with guys. Well, over-thinking, that is&amp;#8212;inspirational and symbolic gifts seem to be lost on men. According to these dudes, girlfriends can really get it wrong at Christmastime. Go for something they can use or that they want but won&amp;#39;t buy themselves. And if you simply must go out on a limb, make sure it&amp;#39;s truly with him in mind. Here&amp;#39;s what 6 guys thought of their gifts, after the jump!\n&amp;quot;One of the most random gifts I ever got from a girlfriend was one of those framed motivational posters. I can&amp;#39;t remember exactly what it said, but it was something like With DETERMINATION you can soar to amazing heights&amp;#39; and it had a picture of a basketball player. I had to keep it up in my room until after we broke up.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;She had a star named after me to commemorate our heavenly&amp;#39; relationship. Yeah. Thanks for giving me something I can in no way repackage and reasonably pass off to someone else.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;The O.C. Season One on DVD. I used to be into The O.C. in a big way. I was happy to receive the gift but it was a bit weird. She made a thoughtful effort in making this gift decision. But I left the DVDs at her house. They are still there.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;A nose trimmer. Apparently, I have a ton of nose hair and girls don&amp;#39;t like this. It was a joke&amp;#39; that was serious.&amp;#39; I thought it was funny and I used it, but it made me think that she didn&amp;#39;t like looking at my bushy&amp;#39; nose and the cliff hangers&amp;#39; that came from it.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;Back in college, a girlfriend once gave me a pair of sneakers, but instead of being the standard gray that every hip college kid wore at the time, they were shiny silver and sparkly, in that androgynous, 90s club kid sort of way. Not my scene at all. It was a lame gift.&amp;quot;\n&amp;quot;My then-girlfriend of eight months got me The Lord of the Rings Sting Sword replica for Christmas. It was weird\u2026but awesome. Seven years later, we&amp;#39;re married.&amp;quot;\n__How funny was that? What are you getting your guy for the holidays? Did you have second thoughts after reading these quotes (sorry!!)? __\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\n*Visit ShopGlamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10!\nEnter the latest Glamour sweepstakes!\nFollow us on Twitter!\nAdd us to your iGoogle homepage.*\nPhoto: Hemera Technologies"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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