by Xena 11 Replies latest jw friends
Ok ya'll I am fixing to head out to buy Bubbles' Dad a fathers day gift....and I haven't a clue what to get him. She dropped it in my lap and went off to the lake with a friend..soo any suggestions?????????? What are you getting the Dad's in your life?
BTW early Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there!
I didn't know. I hate FathersDay, I bloody hate it. There are these cute little things out here that say "thanx for being like the most fabulous daddy ever", those very commercialized things. But I can't bloody give those to my dad, he left me for more than twenty years.
So I got him a stupid little clock. He likes clocks, antique ones, and now I am giving him a little modern one for on his desk. I like the thing, he'll probably hate it.
*Sorry for being of absolutely no help here*
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Dutch District Overbeer
shucks I only just found out it was Fathers day tomorrow! Havent even got my dad a card or nuttin, my kids just let the cat out of the bag by telling me they have hidden my card, I didnt know what they were on about until I saw this thread!
I'm not going to be much help am I.
A quick suggestions....Buy him a pair of socks to add to all his others.
Brummie
I'm sorry Viv...I never had a very good relationship with my dad either..he didn't physically leave us..unless you count all the time he was gone in the military...but he was never there for me in any way shape for form...you know I honestly don't even ever remember him telling me he loved me..
Brummie not a bad idea since I claimed most of his socks in the divorce.....
Xena...I just saw this new thing from Craftsman...its an electronic level with a laser beam and also finds 2x4s in the wall....no more chalk lines...I think it just came out or maybe they just started advertising it. Have a good weekend and pinch pinch for Tim.
Sincerely,
District Overbeer
What day is father's day? I have no clue, as I havent done all of the holidays yet........talk about feeling out of it. I have a father in law I love like a father, and want to get Wild something nice for father's day.
We got my Father in Law a cedar hanging basket filled with flowers (he loves to garden), last year it was new tools for his BBQ - but pretty much anything from the hardware store or Lee Valley.
Yep today I was looking at the cards and so many of them I would have loved to have sent to my step dad...but with him being a JW still not very appropriate unless I modify the card somehow so he knows it's not a "Fathers Day card".
Oh and Fathers Day is Sunday June 15th.
You know, I had almost forgotten until someone mentioned to me at a store I was shopping at.
I saw signs up all over, but never paid much attention to them. Most simply stated a SALE of some sort was going on.
Then I was approached by someone re: 'a gift for your father'.
It kind of knocked me a back, just a little. I was not offended, but I simply wanted to say 'no thanks' and move along. But salespersons and their pitches are paramount. It didn't take much to shut him down.
"My father is dead, sorry.....won't do me any good"
Of course the salesperson was speechless, but I was not being mean about it, but sometimes people need to remember there are those of us out there that don't have 'dads' any longer.
He apologized profusely, and I told him to simply 'not worry about it', I mean, how was he to know? I told him quietly, that it is not always necessary to be persistent with these things (sales pitches) because I was polite about it, someone else may have been completely different.
It's hard to believe, it has been more than a year and a half since my father passed away.
I really think about him alot, but this 'Fathers Day' thread, kind of brought it all back up again. No, I'm not sad or broken up about it, far from it honestly.
To those who have fathers whom are alive and well, and have a great relationship with them: I envy you.
When my father passed away, I did not shed a tear. (Long story)
Happy Fathers Day to those of you who have a loving and respectable Dad.
My father died also....but if he were here...I would buy him something for one of his cars...He had so many of them . I remember when I was a kid I never knew what he would pick me up in. Once he bought one of those VW Things (bright orange)and took off all the doors and top...It looked like a clown car I was so embaressed My friends started laughing!Ahhh good old dad!!
Wow you guys I am so sorry to have brought up so many bad feelings
Well I ended up getting Tim a statue of a Chinese God of Wealth and Prosperity.....he really NEEDS it...to put by his door...quirky kinda gift we both always liked.. We are taking him to brunch in a couple of hours too...
Thank you for all your input and again I am sorry for any of the bad memories I might have triggered with this!!!
