Why is it so difficult to purchase gifts for men? I never know what to get my brother-in-law for his birthday or Christmas. It takes me months to think about what to get him. Whenever, I ask my sister she is not any help. She just says something like, “get him whatever you feel like giving him.” That is not any help whatsoever. Last year, I did not end up getting him anything, because I did not have a clue what to buy him. About a week after his birthday, I eventually gave him a gift card. I felt so bad, but what is a girl to do?