Father's Day gift ideas

SilverTurtle · #1 06-08-2003, 04:31 PM

As usual, I have no idea what to get my dad for father's day.
I just spentabout an hour online looking @ suggestions. They all suck. No one wants most of that crap.

So I was hoping some of the GCers ideas would help me out.

What are you getting your dad for father's day?

If you're a dad, what's something you'd actual want? No fair saying that it's the meaning that counts, either!

sigmanuzk · #2 06-08-2003, 10:34 PM

What is the price range?

What does your dad like to do?

What did he just buy himself?

sororitygirl2 · #3 06-09-2003, 12:58 AM

A nice single-malt seems to go over well with most men...

DELTAQTE · #4 06-10-2003, 07:36 AM

I'm bumping this up because I need help as well! And my budget isn't that big

KSigkid · #5 06-10-2003, 08:31 AM

My budget isn't so big, so...

I got my dad a hardcover Yankees 100th anniversary book. It has about their history, a bunch of photos, and seems like something he'd really like (like me, my dad is a diehard Yankees fan).

My sister got him Yanks tickets, but since I have to pay bills (while my sister does not), I did the best with the money I have.

EagleChick19 · #6 06-10-2003, 08:47 AM

I got my Dad an AC/DC CD (He likes couple of the songs on the CD.)
My bro is getting him a tie from the school he goes and a Laugh In DVD.

honeychile · #7 06-10-2003, 09:00 AM

My dad was one of those guys who saw something he liked, and bought it - he was really hard to shop for. With that, I'll leave two suggestions:

a) Find out his favorite type of socks or underwear, and replace the whole drawer, throwing out the old stuff (that isn't "sentimental" - Daddy has his favorite golf socks). Who wouldn't love a drawer full of brand new undergucci's?

b) Whatever you decide to buy, write a sincere note or letter. Last year, I told him how so many people have fathers who are or are not a big part of their lives, but I was especially blessed by having a Daddy. He cried.

My Daddy passed away suddenly in August, and that note was at the top of his dresser drawer. I will be forever grateful that I told him how much I loved him while I could!

Happy Father's Day, y'all!

GeekyPenguin · #8 06-10-2003, 12:49 PM

Like everyone else, I have no idea what to get my dad - he does not like stuff. The man wears Hawaiian shirts and jeans almost every day, and the only thing he is "into" is his motorcycle, which I can't afford anything for. I was thinking about getting him a "Gamma Phi Beta DAD" shirt because he won't wear anything from Marquette (even though my mom is alum and now I go there) and I don't know what else he would want.

astroAPhi · #9 06-10-2003, 01:48 PM

My dad is a huge space geek, and I'm interning with Boeing at the Cape this summer, so I got him one of the STS-107 (the last Columbia mission designation, for those of you who don't know) polo shirts like all the engineers around here have. I figured he would appreciate feeling like he was "on the team".

My dad's favorite father's day gift is a picture I drew when I was like, 11. He's had it hanging up in his bathroom for something like 10 years now. Sometimes it's the silly sentimental things that really count.