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

[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.