Thinking about whether it is really important for men to give gifts to women for no reason

Some ladies note with sadness: romance has long been transferred, and men do not give gifts for nothing. Other ladies raise their eyebrows with surprise: what nonsense? The knights are among us, and they are capable of gratuitous noble deeds. Sometimes this emotional women's dispute takes very steep turns.



Men do not give gifts I have a close friend Volodka. Yeah, that happens. Thanks to him, I believe in friendship between a man and a woman. We have known each other for half our lives, we studied together at the institute and ate more than one pood of salt. Maybe something romantic could have happened between us, but the stars didn't align. I had someone, I had him.

But that's not the story. Volodya is a model man. And for me, the main indicator that a man is at peace with himself is his sincere desire to please a woman anyway. Even if it's not his woman.



Anyway, Vova bought me boots the other day. It's like this: I dropped him a photo from fitting, and 10 minutes later he transferred the money to my card.

Don't get me wrong: I'm not a bait. I can buy myself clothes and shoes. Even in a restaurant I can take myself and paste wallpaper. It's easy when you have money. I don't need a man-decider. I solve all my problems without any help. Not just yours. My family and friends can rely on me.

At the same time, I cannot stand guys who are not ready to please a woman even in small things. These are the kind of gentlemen who don't mind me paying my share or even the whole amount for dinner. Who do not understand anything in matters of furniture assembly, repair, construction and any other household affairs. In fact, they're comfortable with it. I'm the one who's gonna decide!



I don’t like people I’m a mechanic with. I'll look under the hood and change the wheels myself. And he'll stand by, smoke, give advice. No thanks!

And I'm not talking about responsibility. Masculinity is not just about the ability to decide. But also a generous act. Not necessarily material. Just take and please a woman from the heart. Help her - for example, carry bags home or give a bouquet. Even if you know you won't get anything in return. Because that's what real men do.



And even after the incident with the boots, I realized one thing: you can not tell your friends about your happiness. Even if that happiness is a loyal, generous friend. I invited to wash the new clothes of my favorite mamsels: Nastya, Sveta and Regina. And I heard that my ears curled up.

Nastya was the only one on my side. She said it was supposed to be. If a man knows his worth and knows how to earn, then make a soulful present to a close friend for him a trifle. As long as I'm happy. There are such scoundrels who will be strangled for a penny even for their own wife. What about friends?



Regina and Sveta at first tried to keep themselves together, everyone praised the boots. And then one day they started to bite me on both sides. Like, where it is visible so that a man, but not yet his own, begs for handouts.

Envy or constructive criticism? Sveta said that she would be ashamed to promote his fans. She has a dozen of them, if she wrote to everyone, one would definitely give something at her request. Free of charge, of course.

Regina explicitly hinted that only hypocritical natures do this. I think I've done it around my finger. I keep it in the Friend Zone and get gifts for it. He gave me these boots for a reason, but in anticipation of the return step.



Indignation almost choked me with tea. Girlfriends, they say! What should happen to a person to stop believing in goodness and sincerity? If they do not have such friends, then you should not sharpen your teeth about more successful friends. They're just jealous of me because men don't give them presents! On this note, we broke up, extremely dissatisfied with each other.

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