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June 13, 2005

[who is this fellow?] ^{4:05 PM}

My Dad's birthday sadly falls within close proximity to Father's Day. I hate when birthdays do that, when they're holiday adjacent. It means you'll overthink each gift, or think too hard about the one perfect gift that will kill two birds with one stone.

My sister and I have been wracking our brains thinking about what 30th Anniversary gift to give to our parents, only to have the Birthday/Father's Day combo sneak up on us.

We eventually settled on "nothing" for the Anniversary (which might seem harsh, but Mom was kinda insistent on nothing to begin with, and we kept drawing blanks when it came to dual-purpose gifts), and today the double gifts for dad were sorted out. For his birthday, Mr. Corporate Office Man would get a paper shredder, and for Father's Day, Mr. Never In a Million Years Would I Have Imagined is getting new chrome pieces for his motorcycle.

Conventional logic would have it that in older age my dad would've skewed towards, I dunno, a sailboat or something. Maybe an extravagant golf club membership or maybe a grill that could prepare food for the 151st Airborn, but instead he got a Motorcycle. Then motorcycles.

The complete absurdity of that gives me hope for the unpredictable future where most anything is still possible.

One of my favorite gifts to give a couple is to give them something that they can give each other... case in point: I gave him a gift certificate to a wonder little shop that sells dresses his wife would love, but that he'd _never_ find himself. I gave her a gift certificate to a nice hotel in the city.

Posted by: Silus Grok at June 14, 2005 10:51 AM

It's not the dollar amount that counts...it's that you are recognizing the birthday and Father's Day separately. I'm not advocating spending $400. I'm saying that two cards or two phone calls are a sweet thing to do to acknowledge both days.

Posted by: Ben at June 14, 2005 5:14 PM



	« Look! No Jimmy Smits! \| Main \| the nightmare » June 13, 2005 [who is this fellow?] ^{4:05 PM} My Dad's birthday sadly falls within close proximity to Father's Day. I hate when birthdays do that, when they're holiday adjacent. It means you'll overthink each gift, or think too hard about the one perfect gift that will kill two birds with one stone. My sister and I have been wracking our brains thinking about what 30th Anniversary gift to give to our parents, only to have the Birthday/Father's Day combo sneak up on us. We eventually settled on "nothing" for the Anniversary (which might seem harsh, but Mom was kinda insistent on nothing to begin with, and we kept drawing blanks when it came to dual-purpose gifts), and today the double gifts for dad were sorted out. For his birthday, Mr. Corporate Office Man would get a paper shredder, and for Father's Day, Mr. Never In a Million Years Would I Have Imagined is getting new chrome pieces for his motorcycle. Conventional logic would have it that in older age my dad would've skewed towards, I dunno, a sailboat or something. Maybe an extravagant golf club membership or maybe a grill that could prepare food for the 151st Airborn, but instead he got a Motorcycle. Then motorcycles. The complete absurdity of that gives me hope for the unpredictable future where most anything is still possible. Comments One of my favorite gifts to give a couple is to give them something that they can give each other... case in point: I gave him a gift certificate to a wonder little shop that sells dresses his wife would love, but that he'd _never_ find himself. I gave her a gift certificate to a nice hotel in the city. Posted by: Silus Grok at June 14, 2005 10:51 AM There's no such thing as "one perfect gift that will kill two birds with one stone." Two separate events deserve two separate gifts. Posted by: Christmas Eve Baby at June 14, 2005 1:08 PM ...here here Christmas Eve Baby! Posted by: schitzo at June 14, 2005 1:21 PM I can assure you, when it comes to being 24 and moderately employed, shelling out $200+ on a single gift IS two birds with one stone. Posted by: kyle at June 14, 2005 4:57 PM It's not the dollar amount that counts...it's that you are recognizing the birthday and Father's Day separately. I'm not advocating spending $400. I'm saying that two cards or two phone calls are a sweet thing to do to acknowledge both days. Posted by: Ben at June 14, 2005 5:14 PM I have a similar dilemma every year-- Stephen's birthday is 8 days before our anniversary. So now we celebrate his birthday in May, dammit. Posted by: Jason at June 14, 2005 10:01 PM Post A Comment Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? YesNo Comments:

June 13, 2005

[who is this fellow?] 4:05 PM

[who is this fellow?] ^{4:05 PM}