I have convinced myself that Father’s Day is just another marketing ploy. Not because I don’t think Fathers don’t get involved with raising family. Quite contrary, I think they are pretty much involved with kids lives and household chores compare to when I was growing up. It’s just the fact that usually men don’t really care about this kind of thing. They are not emotional if nobody says Happy Father’s Day or give a card.
I asked a few of my co-workers what’s their ideal Father’s Day or what do they normally do for Father’s Day. As usual, my co-workers are my source for research. Here’s the majority of the response:
- Some said they just normally go out and eat at their favorite restaurants
- One of my female co-workers said she bought a hat and t-shirt for her hubby because that’s what he wears almost everyday outside work, and take him to his favorite restaurant
- One said the most memorable present he’s ever gotten was when his nine year old son gave him a squeeze ball that said “My Dad is My Hero”
- My other male co-worker’s memorable present was when he broke his favorite baseball glove while playing with his kids, his six year old daughter bought a new one for him. Not the same brand or even as good quality as his broken one, but he said it’s the thought that counts
In the country where I was from, we don’t even have Father’s Day. The only times I ever gave presents to my dad was birthdays and Christmas. Quite honestly, I’m not the most thoughtful person in the world. For the longest time, I always gave comic book to my dad for both birthdays and Christmas. Then, once my dad was so much into golfing, I gave him golf related presents every year. Sometimes I don’t even know what I was giving; as long as it met my budget and bought it from a golf store, it was a done deal.
I was already in college while my younger brother flew from Indonesia and visited me in Seattle, WA on one Summer break. As I had mentioned, we didn’t have Father’s Day but it was close to my dad’s birthday. So just before my brother headed back home, each of us bought our dad a birthday present. He got him a set of Godfather VHS (it was the year of 1996 and DVD wasn’t around then). As usual, of course, I bought a golf related present. So I got him a set of nine golf balls that are in the shaped of other sport’s balls, such as tennis, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, and four other balls that I can’t remember their shapes. It looks something like this, only the box came with one of each:
For so many years this box of golf balls was sitting nicely on top of his nightstand, still wrapped in its original box, unopened. My little nephew begged him to open the box and let him played with them, and my dad always said no. Only until recently, my mom opened the box and actually put them in a jar for display because the plastic wrap has aged and it looked horrible.
To this day, I don’t know what makes those golf balls so special to my dad. I bought it because I thought it was cute. All in all, I have made a conclusion about Father’s Day gifts.
“The best gift is the one that comes from your heart”
“The best gifter of Father’s Day gift is none other than your own child”
“Once in a while, you hit the nail by unexpectedly giving a present that your dad would really love”
Happy Father’s Day!!
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