10 gifts you should never buy a married man

A man on a bad date. (Courtesy/iStockphoto)

Gifting someone who is married is like walking a tightrope in heels. Your gift, no matter how personal, will never be an individual one. You're basically buying a gift for two. Often, we get them things recklessly, without thinking, only to hear a week later that "Mama Junior alileta shida". Or we think we are being cheeky and hilarious, but our silly gift launches a cascade of accusations which result in someone going to their sister's for a week. Here are some things never to gift a married man:

1. Designer perfume

You were not hinting at anything. It wasn't that your married buddy lifted his arm and the steam from his armpit wiped out a nearby colony of flies. No, you saw someone selling Dior Sauvage cheaply, and you thought your bro would appreciate it. The problem is, as soon as he walks into his house smelling like anything other than the Imperial Leather soap and Vaseline lotion his wife is used to, he will be confronted by a seething wife and explain who that new whore is.