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10 Valuable Gifts For Her That Don’t Cost A Dime

The best “things” aren’t things at all.

James Michael Sama
4 min readDec 24, 2021

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Society has so deeply programmed men to believe their value is determined by professional success and monetary contribution that it’s difficult to step outside of that when it comes to relationships.

This mindset is often exacerbated during the holiday season as we watch expensive gifts be posted on social media with “best boyfriend/husband ever!” captions, as if the measure of a man’s worth as a partner is monetary.

Hint: It’s not.

But, nevertheless, we carry this programming with us and often find ourselves asking:

“What can I give her if she doesn’t need my money?!”

This is why [some] men stray away from dating successful women. They’re not sure what they could provide her with if it’s not financially driven.

It’s time that we look deeper and understand where the real value of giving lies — far beyond material items.

Here are some ideas that you don’t need to wrap:

1: Affection.

How often we lose sight of the importance of affection in our daily lives. Sometimes, the busier someone is, the less it may seem like they crave…

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James Michael Sama
James Michael Sama

Written by James Michael Sama

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