When you are a wife or a girlfriend and especially when you are a mom getting a gift for a special day like your significant other birthday or the birthday of you little one can become quite a challenge.

Of course we are not all royalty and getting a gift pretty much rests with picking from the large variety of a person’s wishes but it comes a time, many of us have experienced, when getting something for your loved one is becoming quite a tricky task.

Women tend to be more creative as present ideas are concerned. They evaluate the possibilities, the budget and obviously the taste of the one they buy the present for. However, we girl may be creative, but we have to admit that at certain times fitting our creativity into a certain amount of cash can be quite challenging.

Of course that, as guys are concerned, getting them shot glasses, wine thermometers or customized gear for outdoor fun is something quite handy. Most of the times, the great www makes it easier to pick something fun but also practical for a man in our lives but if you want to buy something under $20 you must focus on choosing something really meaningful.

When it comes to your kids, toys are a good idea but they only work until a certain age. Of course your teenager will want something outrageous no matter if that outrageous refers to fashion, concert tickets or trips around Europe. Remember not to satisfy their every whim but also try and grant their wishes when they are reasonable and affordable.

Yes…the things are different when you are a girlfriend. It goes without saying that you would rather make a grand gesture for his birthday as you would want him to do the same for yours. Regardless that you cannot equal a gesture with another, keep in mind that the little things count too when they are given out of love.

The present ideas may be many and choosing the right one could be quite challenging. Still…remember that your gift celebrates an event and it most likely will leave behind a memory, Even if all you have to give is love the gift will always be appreciated.

This may actually sound extremely feminist but it really isn’t.

There are so many cases when the so called war stating that “women are from Venus and men are from Mars” does not apply.

All the very cynical statements that every woman on Earth has the target of changing her man may actually be the result of a compulsive behavior all women have – the one of upgrading everything around.

It is rather simple when you think of it and it is conditioned by the same principle that makes a woman reminding the details , reminding the dates of important events and being able to memorize an entire shopping list without having to write it down.

Of course it has to do with hormones, the nesting theory and many other physical and psychological features a doctor would explain better than me but it all relates to the women’s compulsive need to improve.

On an average scale the men become better in a relationship. The many factors such as being exposed to a regular routine where a dependable half brushes their style, their manners and their behavior encouraging them to be constructive, creative and responsible, polish the male armor.

Women do it out of love, and that is a fact. The roots are pretty much set in the need of being loved by the man of their dreams. Still when in love women tend to better the very features their men have.

If the man is smart, she will encourage him to study, if he is skilled, she will encourage him to act, if he is talented she will encourage him to dream.

The truth is the women are seduced by the very idea of making a better man.

Perhaps the statement is pushed to the limit, but the study was conducted in 1998 on a segment of 600 couples of different ages and the result was the same.

How is this upgrading men? Well, guys, think on it for a second.

How many men gave up smoking because of their nagging spouse?

How many men finished their studies after their feminine half told them repeatedly to do it?

How many men, changed their clothing style, gave up habits bad for themselves, got a better job, achieved an impossible purpose knowing that there is a woman there knowing he can do it?

The answer is …a lot.

Women may be compulsive, stressful, overachieving but they are also naturally programmed to want better.

Maybe as little girls we dream of Prince Charming and the reality offers us Rumpelstiltskin and this triggers the urge to improve, still… in the end we always mean to love a better man.