Great 'Dads, what would you like for Father’s Day?' Hunt

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Great 'Dads, what would you like for Father's Day?' Hunt

Flowers for Mum on Mother's Day is always a safe bet. But what to get dads for Father's Day, especially if you already bought them socks at Christmas? Dads, here's your chance to enlighten your kids.

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• I always get my Dad golf balls or other 'consumable' golf equipment. Can't go wrong with that.
  As for me I ask my kids to get me stuff for fishing, like hooks and bits and pieces.
• Buy him a spa day for a real pampering, but if you can't afford that how about treating them to a back and shoulder massage or an Indian head massage or a reflexology foot massage. A fun treat for a dad is a session with the fish nibbling away at their feet. Have a great day dad.
• What would I like for Fathers Day?
  Given that I'm a divorced father & have a nasty, malicious ex-wife, who has made it all but impossible for me to actually see my own children for most of 13 years, despite three court orders to 'supposedly' enforce reasonable access.
  All I want for Fathers Day, is the actually see my children & spend a little time with both of them. I love them dearly & miss them so much.
• JohnnyK - I hope you get what you want. Hopefully in time your children will grow to understand just what their mum was playing at.
  As for presents - Basically anything consumable. Dads (or at least mine, me and freinds - I run a Dads' charity) all want something we can use.
  1) Fishing stuff;
  2) Beer;
  3) Alcohol gift sets;
  4) B&Q voucher;
  5) Lynx Gift set;
  6) Rechargeable Batteries - good ones!
  7) Boxes of our favourite chocolates;
  8) Rib Eye Steak (cooked if from OH or DD);
  Don't buy us anything that means work - i.e. DIY stuff or paintbrushes!
  But, to top it all, my current passion, the OH has bought me Skylanders this year! I can't wait to unwrap them
• Like JohnnyK what I'd most like is time with my girls, but as one is in Japan and the other in the middle of Uni exams that's not going to happen. As an alternative maybe tickets for the Lords Ashes Test?
• Just had a birthday & present from my son is a round of gilf. I play dreadfully but we'll get some exercise and spend hours together. Most dads material needs are small so, although they won't admit it, enjoy emotional gifts of time, time & more time partic if attached to some activity or trip. Money/ cost is totally irrelevent. A card is nice, hand made even better.
• This is only my second fathers day, so it's still quite exciting. I'm just looking forward to spending time together as a family. The perfect present would be a big cuddle, but I'd settle for an Audi R8
• Regrettably, in this age of rampant materialism and debt, it still seems that money far too often wins out over thoughtfulness.
  After all, it is much easier to spend money and send/give a present than it is to engage brain and realise that what most parents **really want** and, indeed, need from their children is quality time spent with them.
  We know our stories are frequently boring and full of repetition but it's the sharing of time that's the real joy along with the groans (real or feigned) when we reach the story's punchline.
  Children grow up and move away, mentally as well as physically (even when they still live at home), meals are seldom shared, time is seldom shared and so real time spent together becomes more and more precious.
  My message to all children is please spend quality time with your (grand)parents, they need and want it far more than you may realise.
• https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...-2012061830965
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• I'd take a day of peace and quiet and be VERY happy with that.
• BodyShop men's travel kit, about Ј14, best stuff I've used
• Most important: A lie in. Past 9am.
  Gifts: Tons of chocolate
• For Fathers' Day I'd like my daughter to mend all the fences she's broken these past eleven years and to treat me with at least friendship. Maybe even get in touch.
  I can't see it happening. I can't remember when she last observed FD either.
  So I'll treat myself!
• My daddy died a few years ago - a big hug and a smile goes a long way - but even better a lie in with breakfast in bed complete with flowers in a vase on the tray - a relaxing hot bath - then a nice walk and a pint and lunch at a nice country pub and an afternoon nap but most of all your time - you don't realise what you have till its gone x enjoy your Dads x ill be putting flowers on my Daddy grave x x x x
• I heard on a programme the other day that men like presents of things they already have, but an upgraded version- so if he has a laptop case, get him a leather one, etc. Take something you know he likes already and get a better one! With regards to some of the posts on here saying kids should spend more time with their parents, I offered to take my dad out to a train rally (definately not my sort of thing, definately his) and he said he would rather watch the grande prix, so its not always us kids (grown up kids at that) that are to blame!!