January 2010 Weddings
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What are you getting...

your father for Father's Day?  Evidently it's only a week away.  I'm stuck.  I don't want to get him some trinket or a coffee mug or a tie, I don't want to get him a book because he never reads them, and I don't want to get him a restaurant gift certificate because his eating habits are probably killing him.

What does that leave?  I was thinking maybe some CDs... but I'm not sure. 

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Re: What are you getting...

  • We got my dad a motorcycle mount for his GPS. We usually don't get him anything because he's insanely hard to buy for (like most men). Usually he just requests that we spend the day with him (my sis and I) but I live in GA now so it's not possible. 
  • what about a nice framed pic of the two of you from the wedding? or a collage of such pictures?

  • hmm...thanks for reminding me that father's day is coming up...
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  • imagejrsygrl10:

    what about a nice framed pic of the two of you from the wedding? or a collage of such pictures?

    I was trying to avoid anything wedding related.  I got my mom a picture for Mother's Day and she wasn't too excited. 

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  • Not that this will help, but we got my Dad a nice bottle of wine and a parasailing excursion for our cruise this month. Does your Dad like to drink? Maybe some wine, or Jack, or something?  Usually we get my dad a new movie and his dad some kind of tool/mr.fix-it toy.


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  • I never know what to get my Dad. Luckily, I did a combo gift with my siblings and we ended up getting my parents a 42" flat screen tv. This was a gift  for both of their birthdays, mother/fathers day. It worked out really well, cause it is so hard to figure out what to get my Dad. Sorry I don't have  any suggestions that have not already been mentioned.
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    Not that this will help, but we got my Dad a nice bottle of wine and a parasailing excursion for our cruise this month. Does your Dad like to drink? Maybe some wine, or Jack, or something?  Usually we get my dad a new movie and his dad some kind of tool/mr.fix-it toy.

    That's it! I'll get my father some tequila...

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  • raeynraeyn member
    Wow, I'm a horrible daughter... I call my dad on the phone to wish him a happy father's day, but I don't think I've ever gotten him a gift.
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  • I usually get my Dad a nice bottle of Scotch... I try to get him on he hasn't had before- he likes trying new liquors
  • i'm not going to get him anything this year. i didn't get my mom anything. we're all just far too broke (they have 2 daughters getting married this year..so they totally understand!).  we'll go to dinner with him and spend some time.

    typically though we would do practical gifts, like new garbage cans or things for landscaping.

  • Well considering that my dad's birthday is on the 14th which is just 6 days before Father's Day I don't know what we are going to do. I'm thinking that for his birthday we, myself, mom, sister, brother and hubby, are going to cook him a fancy dinner. For Father's Day the DH and I are going to get him a fishing license for when we go back to Michigan for a month to visit the in-laws. My dad loves to fish so we figured perfect.
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