If you are to believe Father's Day Holiday Gift Guides, all men really want are three things. Things to grill with, things to golf with and things with which to consume alcohol.
What? You thought I was going to say sex, drugs and rock and roll? Who's your dad? Steven Tyler?
Maybe it's five things. Let's include, things to tell time with and shoes with which to walk around your non-existent boat.
I would laugh and make fun of these stereotypical options but since Mike is as alpha male as it gets, these are his interests exactly. I am forced to take them seriously.
Of course, after seven years of birthdays, holidays and anniversaries, I have already exhausted the grilling, golfing, alcohol-consuming, gadget-loving, time-telling, meat-eating, fake-boat-dwelling gifts out there and am left with some less than stellar options.
Monogramed steak branding irons
If I really want to make him happy, there's also the really expensive options. Like, I could buy him a Hawaiian golfing trip, a 55-Inch Cinema 3D LED-LCD HDTV
I seriously considered getting Mike a $200 digital weather station
So. This year, I'm going to leave the Father's Day Shopping up to someone else. HIS DAUGHTERS.
Yes, they have no money and they can barely reach a retail counter even with the baby on the three-year-old's shoulders but from now on, it's their responsibility.
I'm going to stick to my own dad. I think he could really use a GRILL SET
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What's the best gift you ever got for your husband? (And if it's some sort of sex act coupon, please keep it to yourself.)
Yeah, as the BBQer in our family I’m a little sad I didn’t get some bourbon extreme sauce for mother’s day….maybe I should by my husband some cupcake pans and a frilly apron for Father’s Day…no wait, grill set…that’s the perfect gift, that’s what Amazon keeps saying anyway ;>
So true! I think I am lucky that my husband is also into tools. There is always a tool to buy. When I see him ogling one at the store I take a picture of it and add it to a running list. And also – thinkgeek.com – if you have a geeky hubby, you need to know about this site. Tools, geeky funny presents & the occasional shutterfly photo gift. These are my go to’s for the most part.
55-inch tv is stupid. real gifts start at 60 inches.
You know, I started with a 70″ flatscreen and then opted for the 3D instead. It was the largest 3D I could find!
ahh such great list of options… but which grill set to pick?
also, what do you get a man, who is afraid to BBQ (not kidding, he’s not from around here… obvs), is a non drinker, hates golf, and doesn’t go outside, doesn’t work in an office….. So i just took cute pics of our daughters (2 and 4) in his clothes and will frame later today. 🙂
I’m always one for making stuff. Plus, my boyfriend’s birthday is the same week as Father’s Day. My birthday is always the same week as Mother’s Day. So May-June are usually are broke months.
I used to give my boyfriend AWESOME gifts (x-box, computer, camera), but then we got married and I lost my mojo. Now I SUCK at gift giving! I actually gave the guy a KEYCHAIN for his birthday this year (albeit, one that he actually wanted, but still. A keychain.). Always looking for ideas – and I love the idea of letting the kids pick gifts!! He’s not my dad, after all.
I’m surprising him with Buffalo Wild Wings, which is his favorite restaurant. I’m expecting him to be ridiculously excited 🙂
Best pre kid birthday gift was a weekend in the city with tickets to the opening night of The Producers and lunch at his favourite restaurant. I scored a lot of points for that one. Best Fathers Day gift was when boychild and I went to the pottery painting place for the first time. I did second guess the sludge green and brown mug our nearly three yr old did by himself when I saw the meat platters other mums did with perfect hand prints of their children and beautiful italic script, but he still loved his mug so its more meaningful. Or something. Last year the kids wrote a story about Daddy and we printed it as a photobook illustrated with pics of him and them. This year I’m pregnant with kid 3 which is a gift in itself right? And he gets to BBQ for my dad too. Lucky him. Maybe the older two will stick pasta on paper or splosh some paint around before Sunday. Homemade “creative” gifts all the way!
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I’m not buying one, since I can put one together myself much more affordably (and if you do it yourself, you can customize more), but it’s a fun idea for one or two holidays/birthdays.
Also, http://www.artofmanliness.com has a couple of stocking stuffer Christmas lists that can give some great ideas.
When the munchkin(s) are a little older, though, it’s definitely time for them to do the work. Hubby and I used to do pottery painting, pre-kids, so that will be fun to do when the pottery has a slightly better chance of not crashing to the floor. 🙂
All the better! As the BBQer in the family, buy him BBQ stuff and then YOU get to use it 🙂
I’m going to take him stand up paddle boarding with our 9 & 6 year olds. It’s something neither one of us has ever done. We have a newborn and haven’t been getting out of the house much. 😉 I hope he appreciates the effort…and adventure!
Father’s Day is this weekend? Shit, I better get on that!
I always take DH & my dad to dinner. What can go wrong with feeding them?? 😉
I am SO over all of this. ugh.
I wasn’t going to do anything for Father’s Day, but then felt mean. so I went with a golf lesson and some new tools for his existing set.
p.s. let it be noted that I didn’t even get a CARD from him on Mother’s Day. a-hem. not that I’m sad about that or anything…..
Well, he’s kind of a nerdy guy, so I was thinking something for his X-Box. On the other hand, he hasn’t been to a Magic the Gathering tournament since our son was born. Even still, I might just take him to a movie…
I was quite stoked this year to find the Best Father’s Day Gift EVER: CleanSpa Luxury Handheld Bidet! I know, I know… but the man has been shamelessly talking about wanting a house with a Bidet since I met him… so when I saw it, I didn’t think twice about it. Best. Gift. Ever.
I got my hubby a Cobb, like in Jayne Cobb. But without the chain off command. This awesome bbq does it all!
I gave my BF a ’67 Camaro, and told him he owes me for the rest of his life. I’m pretty sure that’s the one and only big gift he’s going to get for a very long time.
This year I am combing golf and grilling and getting him grilling utensils with golf grips in a mini golf bag. And a TMNT coffee mug because apparently mine are too girly.
ok, i don’t mean to be a debbie downer, but how the hell are you supposed to get into the grilling-golfing-gadget shopping when your own Father has passed. He’s not my dad, I’m getting flowers for mine. He’s getting a tie from his girl and some daycare project from the boy. I’ll see if I can get him a “thanks for being my baby-daddy” card.
I kinda feel the same way about Mother’s day. Days like this are harder when you’re missing your own parent.
I am taking my hubby to a Korean restaurant for BBQ with real charcoal. Someone else will cook for both of us while we are enjoying the food!
Two words…..Extreme Racing. Provides your husband the opportunity to drive incredibly fast and in an amazingly cool car. They can take photos of their study selves standing next to said vehicle and purchase a videotape of their experience. My husband was delighted!!
my husbands a commercial fisherman, and will be gone his first fathers day on the ocean, i ordered him a special phone case for his iphone from shutterfly that has a photo of us three, so that on the ocean he can see us even though he wont be able to call me until hes ported and he wants me to come pick him up from the docks, his phones in his bunk and hell be able to glance at it at night. (: i thought it was great and different
Bongo drums. Big ones that, without the stand, were probably 3 feet tall. This was for a different husband.
Touch-screen universal remote control (this one is still a hit more than 4 years later).
The “new” gaming system, when there is one: Wii, PlayStation, XBox, whatever else I’m forgetting. New ones come out in time for your December holiday of choice this year.
Pajama pants. At least he wears these, even if he doesn’t act all excited and thrilled for them.
Manly shirts and sweaters that actually fit. This I find difficult since it’s not a surprise if he has to try them on first.
Port wine, excellent vodka. Again, not excited to open it, but appreciated later, when he’s forgotten it was a gift.
Hmmmm…
I am taking him strawberry picking with the little guy. It’s going to be sweet. Last year it was a tea pot. Used every day, but…yawn. This year, getting him a ray gun made from an old drill and other cool glass and metal recycled art do-dads. Yeah, we’re nerds. (and it’s hideously expensive) I just couldn’t resist.
For germophobes a sanitizing toothbrush holder sold at Brookstone
My husband didn’t give me a single thing, including a card, for my FIRST Mother’s Day. Needless to say, when Father’s Day rolled around he got nothing. When he asked why, I told him. Now he starts a couple of months ahead of Mother’s Day telling me what a great gift I will be getting, and he seriously plans for it. Lesson learned. 🙂
I am giving my husband the Chillsner (http://www.amazon.com/Corkcicle-Chillsner-Beer-Chiller-2-Pack/dp/B00B5EDXMM), which is obviously alcohol-consuming related, but I am pretty proud of myself for this one! Plus, I give him a framed picture of him with the kids every year.
Subscription to the Dollar Shave Club (you HAVE TO see the commercials) plus some fun stuff like a LEGO hockey player from his fave team, and a pocketwatch because he said he thinks they’re cool. Mish-mosh? Yes. I don’t care. He’ll enjoy it.
Kid handprint art. Bahahaha!
I bought hubby a 10-pack of white athletic socks to replace the way-to-worn socks currently inhabiting his drawer and I’m hoping a new case for his phone will arrive before Father’s Day. I’m trying to come up with something more “fun” but falling flat – I suppose my Mother’s Day gift wasn’t terribly exciting (I’m totally okay with that) so he’ll probably be fine with just those things.
Ohhh, I’ve been eyeing the Dollar Shave Club for awhile and haven’t jumped on it. That might be a good gift for him!
Recently got the hubs a Jord wooden watch for our anniversary after I saw you wearing one on Instagram. He (and everyone he runs into) is obsessed with it. Just a note for those “desperately seeking”
Best gift I ever gave my husband was two tickets to a Chicago Blackhawks game. And he got to pick who to take. (Surprise, surprise, it was NOT me!) I have no idea how I’m going to one-up that one!
I’m going to let him sleep in. Me and the Kidlet will go out and buy him some donuts and give him bfast in bed. If I get it together I might get him a mug with her pic on it. But sleep is the real gift!!
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