Your least favorite people · 6 picks · Updated
Shared friend group? Co-parenting? A family that still invites them to Thanksgiving? However it happened, you're buying a gift for your ex. The trick is landing somewhere between “warm” and “we are absolutely not getting back together.” These gifts are kind, useful and mildly self-improving. Draw your own conclusions.
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A best-selling book about letting things go. You're simply passing along good advice.
Real-life use: A blunt, funny read on priorities, for long flights and new chapters.
Check price on AmazonOne question a day for five years. Some of them they'll finally have to answer.
Real-life use: A few lines each night, then look back on how much you've grown. Separately.
Check price on AmazonSomething warm to hold that isn't you.
Real-life use: Cozy evenings, cold apartments and solo movie nights, with auto shut-off.
Check price on Amazon100 movies to watch. With someone. Not you, but someone.
Real-life use: A scratch-off bucket list that doubles as wall art.
Check price on AmazonChocolate: neutral, polite and completely unromantic in box form.
Real-life use: Shareable truffles for their roommates, family or self-care night.
Check price on AmazonSomething to fill the quiet evenings. Just a thought.
Real-life use: Medium crosswords for morning coffee and lazy weekends.
Check price on AmazonPairs well with
Book, journal and a cozy throw. Very supportive. Very over it.
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