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Father's Day Gifts (1 Viewer)

Did you get any gifts for Father's Day?

  • I get gifts from my kids only.

    Votes: 14 25.5%

  • I get gifts from my kids and my wife.

    Votes: 26 47.3%

  • I didn't get any gifts.

    Votes: 11 20.0%

  • Wife and I have an agreement to not buy each other gifts on Mother's/Father's Day

    Votes: 4 7.3%
  • Total voters
    55
I got a snickers, my wife bought and made ribs, and my kids picked up a couple small things.  So yes, gifts, but nothing of monetary note.

The real gift was I got to sit on the couch in front of the big TV all day switching between the World Cup, US Open, and the Twins game with nobody asking if they could have the TV.  That's the real gift and it's priceless.

 
Slept in. Woke up with coffee already on bedside table. Hour plus run in the woods. Sandwich and a wedge salad waiting for me when I got home. Few holes of the open. Uninterrupted nap. The rest of the open. Clams, pork loin, pasta salad, corn on the cob, and beers on the deck with the extended family. And no clean up responsibilities. 

I'll call all of that a gift. 

 
MAC_32 said:
Slept in. Woke up with coffee already on bedside table. Hour plus run in the woods. Sandwich and a wedge salad waiting for me when I got home. Few holes of the open. Uninterrupted nap. The rest of the open. Clams, pork loin, pasta salad, corn on the cob, and beers on the deck with the extended family. And no clean up responsibilities. 

I'll call all of that a gift. 
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This is really it.  Give us a day to do what we want, ending with family time and good food.  I'd take that any day.

 
That one guy said:
Kiddo, 3, drew me a card; it’s amazing 

Wife got me a round of golf at the Waldorf Astoria here in Orlando
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My 3 yr old grand daughter made me a sticker card.  :wub:
We celebrated other grand daughter 1st Bday (15th), two Father's days, my wifes BDay (22nd) and SonIL Bday (26th).
 

 
Got a couple of gifts (bluetooth headphones and new flip flops) that the wife picks out and the kids openly joke about getting "oh yeah, now I remember what we got you" after I open the boxes.

We just got back from a week long vacation in Hilton Head, including driving straight through from Atlanta to Minnesota on Saturday.  Best present was my wife feeling a little under the weather so she didn't insist on doing something "fun" and I got to just sit around and do nothing but watch TV and play video games all day.

 
I have told my kids that from now until I die on this earth, the only gift I ever need from them for Christmas, Birthday or Father's Day is a note or card just saying how much they love me.  No way I want them to ever stress about buying a gift and a few words will mean more than anything they could buy me.

 
I never ask for anything.   Daughter 1.  Garmin golf watch.  Daughter 2.  Ray Ban sunglasses.   I would have not bought either for myself.  Those gifts were great but never match up to the homemade cards they make me every year.   They started doing this when they were little and I told them to please never stop.

My wife bought me a couple of UA golf shirts.

Best part of the day was both my daughter boyfriends were with their dads so we spent the whole afternoon bar hopping and getting apps at different pubs while my wife drove us around.

 
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card from my youngest

oldest made cinnamon chips out of tortillas. she likes to cook/bake/create (she's 9).

wife got me cold looks, indifference and silence. a win/win :thumbup:

 
Card from son #2

Very nice text and instagram post from son #1

Indoor/Outdoor thermometer from wife, who also agreed to leave me alone to watch sports all day.

 
Don't really do gifts in the Epic family for anything but Xmas, but our son ( 18 ) still gets birthday presents. We do what we can to live life to its fullest and want for nothing. We make a point of spending time to together on the special days. Hit restaurants we want to, see places we want to see in exchange for material things. 

In saying that, earlier last week we were joking that my son could take me to go see The Incredibles II for Father's Day.  Loved the original and it is the sequel I've been most anticipating since the Underminer closed out the original. 

On Saturday

Son ----- "we (him and his girlfriend) are going to the drive in tonight" 

Me --- "what are you going to see?"

Son ---- "The Incredibles" 

Me --- :mellow:  

 
Wife and kids got me a Fitbit and wireless headphones.  On Sunday all the men in her family go golfing together then we meet up with our wives and kids afterwards for food and drinks.  It's a lot of fun.

 
I don't think I got any gifts the last couple of years.  This year my 2.5 year old made me something at one of her craft classes.  That was cool.  So far every year it's expected that I go play golf early in the morning then meet my wife and kids (and extended family this year) for lunch at the pool at the club.  Rest of the day I am pretty much free to watch sports and not be expected to change diapers, cook, or engaged in otherwise expected chores.  So, I consider that a gift -- although this year I did try to go play in a softball tournament but my wife asked me to switch to back normal plans because her family wanted to come up.  

My wife doesn't buy me anything and, frankly, I don't want her to because I'm generally free to buy myself whatever I want/need.  Heck, Friday night I bought myself a new sand wedge. :shrug:  

For Mother's Day basically my wife, her sister, and mom spend the two days getting hair done, nails done, going out, etc.  I'm expected to take care of the kids the entire weekend at my sister-in-law's non-baby proofed house.  So, basically I'm just trying to stop my kids from destroying themselves or others' property.  And usually my wife will ask for some luxury item she wouldn't normally purchase like a new [insert name brand] purse or whatever. I'm good with that.  

 
Frostillicus said:
I got a snickers, my wife bought and made ribs, and my kids picked up a couple small things.  So yes, gifts, but nothing of monetary note.

The real gift was I got to sit on the couch in front of the big TV all day switching between the World Cup, US Open, and the Twins game with nobody asking if they could have the TV.  That's the real gift and it's priceless.
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Yep.  My wife and her family actually honored this all weekend; which was awesome. So, my brother-in-law got to watch a ton of US Open and World Cup. 

 
Frostillicus said:
I got a snickers, my wife bought and made ribs, and my kids picked up a couple small things.  So yes, gifts, but nothing of monetary note.

The real gift was I got to sit on the couch in front of the big TV all day switching between the World Cup, US Open, and the Twins game with nobody asking if they could have the TV.  That's the real gift and it's priceless.
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Change whats on TV, and that is most of my weekends now that the kids are no longer in weekend sports.  I guess I'm living the high life.

 
I need to start specifying what I want for gifts.  They gave me tiki torches, a Guns and Roses sticker meant to be put on the dashboard of my truck (?!), and a ceramic turtle to put in my garden (!?).  I did get two good dinners one steak, one ribs.  I would think I was being punked but for the innocent looks in their eyes.  

 
I worked till 4pm which sucked, but then my 2 year old made me a present then took it back saying "mine", then proceeded to play with it for the next 20 minutes, at times taunting me with it and running away.

Wife made me pork chops.

Got to do whatever I wanted for the next few hours which was pretty much sitting down and watching golf, then channel flipping.

Really, damn near every father I know would think the best possible present would be the "do whatever you want today" gift.  

 
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Anyone care to share what they got/did for/did with their own dads?  I've struggled with this ever since I became a father myself.  Before kids, I would go golfing with my dad (and my brother and brother in law).  Once I became a dad, I decided it was my day too and spending a bunch of money on something I hated wasn't how I wanted to spend "my day."  My relationship with my dad has been up and down for a long time, so I've struggled with how much to make out of it.  Currently I am at a stage of just shooting him an email.  :shrug:  

 
Hot Diggity Dog said:
I need to start specifying what I want for gifts.  They gave me tiki torches, a Guns and Roses sticker meant to be put on the dashboard of my truck (?!), and a ceramic turtle to put in my garden (!?).  I did get two good dinners one steak, one ribs.  I would think I was being punked but for the innocent looks in their eyes.  
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Ha!  I sent my wife a list of random stuff that I would like for gifts a few weeks ago since she is always griping that she never knows what to get me as I buy what I want for myself.  Her inability to listen or pay attention to my needs is an issue I've given up on.  So I email her with the list, which is all stuff that is easy to get and $10 to $50 per item.  She's now upset with me because I've taken the "fun" out of it.  Oh for cripes sake, just get me the umbrella hat then!

 
Mookie said:
Ha!  I sent my wife a list of random stuff that I would like for gifts a few weeks ago since she is always griping that she never knows what to get me as I buy what I want for myself.  Her inability to listen or pay attention to my needs is an issue I've given up on.  So I email her with the list, which is all stuff that is easy to get and $10 to $50 per item.  She's now upset with me because I've taken the "fun" out of it.  Oh for cripes sake, just get me the umbrella hat then!
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Yeah my wife would be plenty fine if I give her a list but I feel like if I have to do that why don't I just go buy what i want myself and cut out the middle man. So this year I bought myself a nice bottle of whiskey and a real nice cigar.  I did light my cigar with the tiki torch so it was a win win I guess.

 
Every year on any gift-giving holiday, my wife gives me fantastic gifts that make me feel severely inadequate at gift giving.  For Mothersday, I go to Amazon and buy something.  She gets me 2 fantastic basement/man-cave games, and plans a trip for me and the boy to go play with construction equipment at Diggerland...

I suck at gift giving.  It's not even about how much I'm willing to spend - I just can't think of good ideas.  My wife is the complete opposite.

 
Bull Dozier said:
Anyone care to share what they got/did for/did with their own dads?  I've struggled with this ever since I became a father myself.  Before kids, I would go golfing with my dad (and my brother and brother in law).  Once I became a dad, I decided it was my day too and spending a bunch of money on something I hated wasn't how I wanted to spend "my day."  My relationship with my dad has been up and down for a long time, so I've struggled with how much to make out of it.  Currently I am at a stage of just shooting him an email.  :shrug:  
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Hosted a backyard BBQ which my dad attended.  I will take him out to dinner another night just us two.  About what we do most years now.  My mom died right before mother's day this year, so we try to have my dad over 1-2 times a week for dinner.  I haven't gotten him a gift gift in years; I think he prefers the dinners out just the two of us.  I know I do.  Hope that's what my kids do for me one day, although only one of them bothered to get me anything. :hot:

Now if you'll excuse me, I have a pony to buy my favorite child....

 
Bull Dozier said:
Anyone care to share what they got/did for/did with their own dads?  I've struggled with this ever since I became a father myself.  Before kids, I would go golfing with my dad (and my brother and brother in law).  Once I became a dad, I decided it was my day too and spending a bunch of money on something I hated wasn't how I wanted to spend "my day."  My relationship with my dad has been up and down for a long time, so I've struggled with how much to make out of it.  Currently I am at a stage of just shooting him an email.  :shrug:  
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Sent him a package consisting of a few decent cigars and a bowling pin.  The pin belonged to a bowling alley that shut down here like 15+ years ago, and I was able to get my hands on a few.    He used to bowl there, so thought he might put it somewhere for a decoration.  Him and his wife like sentimental stuff like that. 

 
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