Butch Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Being the father of 2 wonderful kids I hate fathers day with a passion....commercialism has made an opportunity to make money out of guilt ! Think of the many without fathers , of my best friend who took his own life and left behind 3 beautiful kids and a wife. This is such a waste of time and money. Next Fathers Day ask your Kids to donate to a worthy charity... if your like me you already have too many socks . Happy Fathers Day 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDQDI Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 It has all been overly commercialised, Christmas, Easter, fathers and mothers days ect ect ect. It seems if you don't buy something for someone you are the worst in the world. As far as I can see the idea to have a set day to remember things is a good idea but is totally ruined by the commercialisation of them. This last Christmas we refused to buy presents for anyone except our own kiddies and told our immediate family to not buy anything for us and to spend it on their own kiddies. We still got together and had a great catchup but without the whole worry of "did we buy cousin so and so a good enough gift?" Or "oh no they spent more on us than we did on them!". So as we go forward we will be shunning spending every last cent on useless unwanted gifts and focusing more on catching up with family, IMO much more valuable and a lot less stress. (Ok family still causes stress but at least there is less of it!) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farri Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Happy Fathers Day Happy Fathers Day, Butch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty_d Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Being the father of 2 wonderful kids I hate fathers day with a passion.... Think of it as "kid's day". They're the ones who love to run in and jump on you at 6:30am with the gifts from Bunnings. Took mine fishing off a local wharf today, despite only catching 1 tiddler they had a ball. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hihosland Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Good to see so many enjoying the September feast of Saint Hallmark, the way things are going She'll have a feast for each of the 12 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 I see Fathers Day as a day when I receive things that I wouldn't generally buy for myself but love to have plus seeing my daughter spend time in the kitchen making me lemon meringue pie 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Don't the leg irons put you off the pie? Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Don't the leg irons put you off the pie? Nev Doesn't matter when I am sitting down in my recliner chair watching Netflix eating Lemon Meringue Pie and having a glass of the newly released Johnny Walker Select Cask whisky 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Because you can.. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff13 Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 My daughter and her partener took the wife and I out to tea last night. When she commented that she never knew what to buy me any more I replied that she had just given me the perfect gift. What could be better than a couple of hours of your childs time. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmccarthy Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 I saw the grandkids,briefly yesterday when they came out of the TV room. Apparently there was an exciting show that seven kids could not miss. Meanwhile the adults had a nice catch up and Father's Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 Apart from these things being commercialised, it's a good excuse to get the "mob" together. Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driftamark Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 We have now wanted presence not presents and that has been working great for all. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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