I've been wondering about this for the longest time but have always been afraid someone I know will read it so I end up putting it off.

Do men in your family typically get cookbooks, flowers, plants or generally "feminine" gifts for their birthday or holidays?

I've never even heard of this before and the guys I know back home would think it's a joke if someone were to do it. But it's the norm for DH and BIL. MIL and SIL always seem to gift them plants, flowers, cookbooks, basically things they themselves like. DH doesn't think it's odd at all since it's all that he knows. This man loves movies, video games, and although he likes plants, he doesn't really like them that much and isn't really into cooking. Surely they know this ... I just don't get it.

Is it as unusual as I think it is?