Having written a review on the same topic for mother’s, I decided to write one for father’s too…I mean father’s deserve the same as mother’s don’t they?
And if you ask me, when it comes to father’s, they are even less demanding(I can’t come up with a milder word) than mother’s. I know one thing; EVERY time dad’s birthday came up, he always encouraged me to get save the money and instead get something for my mum. Same with the anniversary, “just get ma something, don’t worry about me”.
THAT is pretty awesome isn’t it? So what if he knew that the only thing he was going to get from his sons(me and my bro) growing up was a card and maybe a little something else if mum decided to be our financial backer!
Parents are pretty hard to take care off aren’t they? I mean mothers never want anything, at least she very seldom admits it to your face and fathers are even more difficult, he’s NEVER going to ask you for anything and when you do decide to get him something, odds are he’s going to ask you to stop wasting money and “get something for your ma”.
When it is time to get your father something, ill let you in on a little secret, dads are the easier ones to shop for! And that is SIMPLY because he’s a guy! Come on, men are the definitely the easier sex to buy something for. Women have a million things to choose from, we don’t!
Let me explain exactly what I mean.
You want to get your mother a dress for her birthday. This means you’ve got to decide the following. The type of dress, the brand, the colour that suits her, the colour she likes, the colour she likes and that suits her, if she has something like it already… Now don’t get me wrong, you could just as easily walk to the neighbourhood garment store and pick up something hideous for her without worrying about details…. I’m talking about efforts required to pick up something she’s going to like, so that the smile she gives is genuine with appreciation for the thought you put into it!
Fast forward to dad’s birthday….
Now you want to pick up some clothes for him….how difficult could it be? Formal or informal? He doesn’t know what brands are except when it comes to golf sets… He doesn’t care about color as long as you don’t get him something Govinda would wear in a movie. and so what if he has three blue shirts? Great, he’s going to wear that colour more often! And hey, even the size thing is a lot easier with men!
Humour aside, you get my drift right? There’s hardly anything to it, I mean you could get him a golf glove and he’ll be the happiest person on the planet!
Bottom line: Father’s NEVER ask for anything for themselves, it takes very little effort on our part to genuinely please them and they never expect anything from you! He very rarely wants anything and usually needs something or the other but wont get it because it’ll just be a waste. That’s why the occasions are so handy, that’s the time you help update his wardrobe, and buy him a new wallet or something which he just refuses to do for himself! Why? I don’t know, maybe he just wants to help us decide what to get him for his birthday…….hmmm something to think about! So just get him something he needs and that’s usually going to revolve around his wardrobe and accessories( read wallets, glasses, etc)
So be the perfect child and get him something he needs will ya? After all he is Dear old Dad….