See which birthday gifts our editors and etiquette experts recommend, including ideas for both loved ones and acquaintances.

Dear GIFT, Gift-giving is a love language, and it’s OK to want to feel special in your relationship. It’s not petty to want your partner’s thoughtfulness to extend to you in the gift department.

Anxiety Gift-giving Anxiety How to care about gifts' symbolic meanings without being obsessive. Posted December 16, 2014 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan ...

At work, it is often traditional to give a gift down the ladder of responsibility, but not up the ladder, said Lizzie Post, the great-great granddaughter of etiquette maven Emily Post.