Pa's Day

[janiejones]

Can someone please tell me how to find my pa a Father's Day card that doesn't involve golfing, fishing, home repair, or sitting on the couch in a bathrobe and drinking a beer?

I do not get this. There are a million varieties of Mother's Day cards, but apparently all fathers fit into the greeting card industry's selected molds.

So. Annoying.

My dad hates golf. He likes fishing, but if I gave him a card to do with fishing, he'd think I was insane. He isn't in to duct tape and home repair. He doesn't even have a bathrobe, and my mom hates it when he drinks beer. He doesn't have fantasies of riding lawnmowers. He's never threatened my boyfriends. He isn't in love with his barbeque grill.

Where is my card? Where is that card that says, "Papa, I love the way you rag on me and make me laugh and the way we make fun of Mom together, and how quiet you are and how much you don't mind that I am just like you"? Or, "Happy Father's Day, Pa! You are pretty cool and I promise I'll put you in a good home when the time comes." Ha. He would enjoy that.

Damn you, greeting card industry!

Comments

[em-meredith.livejournal.com]

How about a car that isn't "I'm a stupid girl who asks for money and makes you fix my car!"? That would be helpful, too.

Perhaps you should print something out. *g*

[jjworld.livejournal.com]

I'm a stupid girl who asks for money and makes you fix my car

That one, too! Grr... I hate that one.

I'm beginning to think it's construction paper and crayon time. Screw Hallmark. Hee.

[bella-lulu.livejournal.com]

Construction paper cards are the best. I think that's a great idea and I just might steal it.

[mcsister.livejournal.com]

I hear ya! My dad does not golf, fish, hunt, drink beer, fix things around the house, or wear a bathrobe. I don't think he's ever had to deal with children begging him for money. Okay, so he does like to flip channels sometimes, but he's not obsessively protective about the remote control.

Every year I wander around aimlessly hoping to find the section of cards for fathers who spend the majority of their free time reading and who are as excited about going to the symphony as they are about a basketball game. I'm still looking. ;)

[christinekh.livejournal.com]

I hear ya! I can usually find a Dad's day card (the sappy kind) or use a funny fix-it one (since he is that kind of guy.)

My problem has always been my grandmothers. I don't have warm and fuzzy memories, we didn't bake cookies together, we didn't cuddle, blah, blah, blah.

But most of all? I am an ADULT. Someone should remind the card writers that not only do most people NOT fit into their stereotypes, but most people over the age of 10 still have living grandparents. I don't want to send a card that sounds like it's from a six year old.

[yanatya.livejournal.com]

YES. I have a real pet peeve with the birthday/FD/whatever cards for fathers. Are there any non-goofy cards out there that just say "Hey Dad, you're terrific. Have a Happy Father's Day!"?

As opposed to, "Hey Dad, you're terrific--as demonstrated by the fact that I bought this card because it says more about how terrific I am than about any contribution you may have inadvertantly made to my upbringing, and if our relationship weren't completely emotionally stunted I'd be able to express the true depth of my feelings for you, but the only person to blame for the fact that I'm uncomfortable exhibiting sincere emotion around you--to say nothing of the minefield that is our relationship--is, in fact, you, so you should be grateful that I even remembered. Have a Happy Father's Day! PS: Aren't I a rascally scamp?"?

I mean really. Could I find a card devoid of flowery script and rhyming poetry that exhibits honest, generous emotion? And my dad loves golfing, but you can't get him that Snoopy golf card for his birthday *and* for Father's Day every year.