In a relationship, there are several stages to go through. When you are still on the first three months of your relationship, which is what we call as the infatuation stage, you have to keep things light and easy. That goes the same for gift giving. As we all know, gift giving is an indispensable aspect of any relationship.

During the first three months of exclusive dating, gifts that are less than $30 can be expected. You can give the special person a gift that has something to do with his passion. If he loves to bathe long hours, then scented bath oils will do the trick. If she likes to bake, a customized cookie cutter is sure to tickle her fancy. The list can go on.

The great thing about relationship gifts that are not too specialized for an occasion is that you can give it any time you please. Some would think of it as a thinking of you gift while others bring cute gifts as dating presents. If you are feeling sweet and romantic at any day, you can spend $10 or less to give something to your loved one. It doesn’t cost that much but it sure will tighten more your bond with him or her.

A great thinking of you gift for someone who is overworked if not workaholic would be a small book about stress and how to be free from it. This will serve as a sign of your concern for him or her. Women would especially fall for this as they like men who show concern more obviously than they usually do. Besides being a thinking of you gift, this can also be used as a making up gift. If you had just gotten out from a short lover’s quarrel, you can easily patch things up with the help of some sweet nothings that most often come as relationship gifts.

During the four to seven months in a relationship, you can give your man pens, hobby gifts, pins, tickets to some events, and others. Women would be delighted to receive gifts like sweaters, massage, facials and others. There’s just one thing you should think of; don’t give her lingerie just yet.

When the relationship reaches the 7 to 9 months stage, that’s when kitchen utensils, and some house cleaning aids are not too awkward as relationship gifts for women especially if you have been talking about marriage and family life. But if not, don’t try to give women these for relationship gifts as you will appear to be very presumptuous.

Lingerie is also not a common part of relationship gifts; perhaps it will be part of a list of choices for wedding anniversary gifts however. This will truly heat up any marriage that’s getting cold.