My female cousin has today her 18th birthday and I completely forgot about it. Help me think of some good presents to quickly buy and give to her.

Edit: Already bought a few presents. Thanks to everyone for tips.

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Straight cash only. Gift cards are a scam. An interest-free loan to the company selling them, which they only have to pay back when the card is used, or never if it isn’t used in time, and the recipient doesn’t get a choice where to spend it nor put it towards anything they’re saving up for.

My heart used to sink every time I got a gift card, requiring me to be organised enough to keep it safe and remember to take it with me into town. Worst present ever. Sorry.

*I’m sure there are exceptions, if you know the person well enough. But if you don’t know what to buy them, you probably don’t know them well enough. And you’re still giving scammers an interest-free loan.

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Cash, cash, cash. And a card that says you consulted with the women in your life and they recommended it. 👍

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You know her better than us. Some pointer though

Books, it’s a gift for everybody and everybody loves them

Some fun stuff reffering to a private joke. Works better with adult who have everything but still works for teens

A good bottle of wine? She is an adult now

A concert ticket for whatever artists she might like

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A good bottle of wine? She is an adult now

unless the drinking age is 21 where they live… (in the us. yes. we’re puritanical.)

I second the books. Go to a bookstore and find something that would make you both laugh. Another option is if she’s into any sort of crafts. Knitting, maybe? (but only if you KNOW. and then I highly recomend gift cards. or at the very least receipts.)

finally, does anybody say ‘no’ to their favorite candy?

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The problem with wine is that she dislikes them in general but a book sounds also good.

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Hehe. Maybe a coloring book and a few crayons if you fancy some whimsy.

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Not wine but I was also thinking about alcohol, maybe Jack Daniels. I know she likes that one.

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depending on how good you guys know each other you could gift her an event that you both can go to together (concert, cinema(barbenheimer;), bowling etc)

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It’s already in the comments, but you can’t go wrong with cash or a gift card.

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