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Gift Guide: For your new S.O.'s parents, your manager, the distant relative who's hosting you...

AKA the "I want to look put-together and personable without knowing a single intimate detail about the recipient" guide

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Express Checkout and Jenna Movsowitz
Nov 20, 2025
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We all have that one person (or people) on our lists who just… keep getting pushed to the bottom.

You know you should get a gift for them, but when you go to purchase something, nothing feels quite right. There’s too much pressure on it. It feels too big. How are you supposed to impress your manager (scary), your new SO’s parents (scarier), or your cousin’s cool girlfriend who’s graciously hosting you (less scary, but weirdly harder) when you… actually do not know a single useful detail about their preferences?

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Because we know this is the gift you will procrastinate getting the very most, we decided to make it our first of a handful of Actually-Giftable™️ gift guides this holiday season. Let’s get into it →

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