11 September 2006
Father’s Day Gifts-To Dad, with Love!
Fathers are, oh , so important. They provide us with our first experience of a bruised ego and also of our need to prove our worth to someone. Almost all of us remember our childhood days with mixed emotions. The first step into adolescence is often accompanied with frequent ego tussles with our parents and especially with our fathers. We fight and argue to prove our point to the man who brought us into this world and held our little hands to help our take our first step into this world. As we look back with fondness, love and a little resentment at our childhood days, we cannot help but realize that we can never repay the love and the worldly experience that our parents have imbued us with.
The celebration of ‘Father’s day’ is a celebration of fatherhood, a celebration of the relationship between a child and a father. It is the occasion to acknowledge your gratitude not only to your dad but to anyone who has acted like your father by guiding you and providing you with invaluable wisdom. Even though nothing is more powerful than words in the expression of our true emotions, a token of our love to our fathers on this special day is truly a reflection of our genuine emotions. Even though your father, unlike your mother, is most unlikely to break into raptures or tears of joy on receiving a gift from you, be sure that he appreciates receiving a gift from you as much as your mother. Your father, like any man, would not like to exhibit his feelings.
As children, we are well aware of the preferences of our parents. Hence, it is not tough to pick a gift for your dad on ‘Father’s Day’. You could pick a gift related to his interests such as anything related to the sport he likes to play or the hobby that he indulges in now and then. Depending on his interests, it could be a book, fishing equipment, gardening equipment or a golf bag. If you would rather give him an ostentatious item, then an expensive watch, designer wear, expensive sun glasses, a Mont Blanc or an exclusive men’s perfume would prove to be the ideal gift choices.
Gourmet gift baskets are often a hit with dads as they love to indulge in sumptuous food items. Fill up the basket with his favorite goodies and watch him sneak out of the room again and again to take a bite out of the gourmet basket filled with goodies. You can also make an effort to find out if he actually needs something for his practical use and buy him the same. Comfortable pair of shoes to replace his old ones, a new pair of vision glasses or a nice travel bag to replace his shabby old one are some of the utility gifts that will surely please your dad.
Beware of buying anything for your ‘old man’ that makes him feel ‘old’. Instead, give him something that reminds him of his younger days, fills him with nostalgia and transports him back into the times when you were a toddler and needed to hold his finger to feel secure.