Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Ask the Strategist: What’s the Best Birthday Gift (When You’re Quarantined Together?)

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In our advice column, Ask the Strategist, we take your most burning shopping questions and survey friends, call up experts, and draw on our own personal experience to answer them. As always, please comment with any questions of your own — we’re here to help.
Question: What do you suggest buying for someone’s birthday when you’re trapped in quarantine together?
Celebrating a birthday when there’s a stay-at-home order in effect is kind of a bummer (but hey, at least it’s historic?). And just because we’re all practicing social distancing doesn’t mean you can’t have a little fun. We’ve uncovered 26 gifts for birthday online for every kind of person, whether you’re observing the birth of your partner, your child, or your roommate you only sort of know. Best of all, these best birthday gifts to India can all be purchased online — but consider ordering a couple of weeks before you’ll need it, since delivery drivers are working overtime right now and some nonessentials are experiencing delays.

If the news is giving them insomnia

If they panic-cut their own bangs (or dyed their own hair) and it didn’t go so well

If you can name their favorite YouTube channels by now

If they’ve finally given in and started a TikTok

If they’re tired of doing the Instagram push-up challenge

If they’ve binged on Tiger King (twice)

If they’ve run out of whodunnits on Netflix

If they’ve exhausted Animal Crossing

If they’re so bored they’ve started talking to their succulents

If they have a standing weekly manicure appointment


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