MORE ATTENTION FOR PETS THAN HUBBIES?

NEW YORK -- Men spend more time looking for gifts for their bosses than for their wives, but women spend more time shopping for their pets than their spouses.

According to a survey released by FindWhat.com, picking a present for a boss was the second hardest task for online shoppers in the United States -- after buying presents for mothers-in-law.

Men spent an average of three hours looking for something that might keep their names present at promotion time, but only 45 minutes looking for a present for their wives, according to the survey of 714 people.

But the survey found only 31 percent of women said they had a tough time choosing a present for their bosses, compared with 63 percent of men.

The FindWhat.com survey showed that women take an average of 1½ hours finding a present for their pets -- 15 minutes more than the time devoted to find a present for their husbands.