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8 gift items that evoke bad fortune in your love life

How often do we find ourselves pondering over the perfect gift to make our partner feel cherished and special?

Giving gifts is a common expression of love, bringing happiness to both the giver and receiver.

However, not all gifts are auspicious. Some items are believed to potentially sour a relationship, though there’s no scientific proof to support these claims.

While these beliefs might lack empirical evidence, they often stem from cultural traditions and superstitions.

With that in mind, here are eight gift items that are commonly considered inauspicious:

GIFT ITEMS THAT YOU SHOULD AVOID GIFTING YOUR PARTNER

1. Clocks and watches

The ticking of time is considered to signify our mortality in this world. It is considered inauspicious to gift clocks or watches to your partner in many cultures.

In China, it is related to attending a funeral as the phrase “giving a clock” resembles “attending a funeral.”

According to Vastu in India, gifting a watch to someone means that you are giving your good time to that person.

2. Handkerchief: taboo of sorrow

While it may be very gentlemanly for a guy to offer a handkerchief to a lady when she is crying, gifting the same is not so.

The handkerchief is often associated with tears and sorrow.

It is a belief that gifting a handkerchief to your loved ones may bring sorrow to their lives.

The handkerchief may bring reasons for which they may have to shed tears in the coming future.

3. Perfumes as gift items?

While it is a very popular gift item among most lovers, perfumes are not considered very auspicious.

It is believed that the love between the giver and the receiver will fade with time just like the scent of the perfume.

Another way this has been justified is that different people have different aura around them. some perfumes may carry negative energies which may interact with the person’s field and give unwanted results

It is also believed that different zodiac signs have different aura and fragrances which may not align with the perfume you have chosen.

4. Thorny plants are considered an inauspicious gift item

While gifting plants is quite trendy nowadays, avoid gifting the thorny ones.

Gifting thorny plants is considered to bring conflict and trouble in your relationship.

Instead, you can go for some leafy or flowering plants which can be an excellent gift item.

5. Shoes

Yes, shoes!

Shoes are also considered to bring bad luck to your relationship.

Popular or unpopular, the belief is that gifting shoes to your partner makes them walk away from your life.

So, if that is not your goal, you can avoid gifting shoes to your partner.

6. Black clothes as gift item is a big no

Black clothes are often associated with inauspicious events in life.

It could be a funeral or some mourning time.

Gifting black clothes to your partner is considered to evoke certain energies that may delay the progress of your love life.

So whenever choosing clothes for your loved ones avoid the color black.

7. Sharp objects

Gifting sharp objects is not a very common practice. Even so, if you are thinking of gifting one to your loved one, you may want to reconsider it.

Gifting sharp objects like a knife is considered to sever the relationship between the giver and the recipient.

But if you want to give a sharp object as a gift try attaching a coin to it.

Ask the recipient to give back the coin to you after he/she receives it.

This will be like they are buying the gift from you and may cause no ill fate.

8. Avoid giving Glass objects as gift item

You may have heard that the breaking of glass objects is not considered a sign.

This belief is extended further and is believed that if the glass object that you so lovingly presented as a gift breaks, it may lead to the breakage of your relationship too.

As glass objects are very fragile, it is best to avoid gifting such items to your loved ones.

So, what are the gifts that you are supposed to give your partner? Worry not as there are still many gift items that may be suitable to gift your loved ones

Gift items that you can give your partner

  1. If your partner is a reader you can gift them the pleasure of good books.
  2. You can gift grooming items like skin care for her as well as for him
  3. Gadgets are a good gift item if you have the money to spend.
  4. You can also gift them something useful like a subscription to an online course.
  5. Book a trip to some romantic place and experience and explore the place together.
  6. Romantic items like chocolate and flowers are always a good idea if you are looking for gift items for her.
  7. Diamonds and jewelry are good and sustainable gift items both for him and her.
  8. Money is also a very practical gift in today’s world. The recipient can put it to any use he/she wants at the moment or may keep it for future use.

While there’s no concrete evidence backing these beliefs, the saying “There is no smoke without fire” reminds us not to dismiss them outright.

What are your thoughts about it?

Do you know any such gift items that are considered inauspicious? If yes, let us know in the comments below!