Mine was mostly pretty low-key, which is how I like it. I got some small gifts from my wife and daughter, including a 7oz hammer with a colorfully painted handle. I actually really liked that. For dinner my mother-in-law took us out to an expensive steakhouse, where I had a wonderful ribeye, but I don’t think it was worth the price. I’m grateful and appreciative, but I think it was a little too much. I think that she and/or my father-in-law had a gift card, so it made sense for them. Besides all that, I somehow hardly had to put up with any complaints, even from my ever opinionated four-year-old.
I would have enjoyed the day a lot more if I didn’t have to worry about work today.
That sounds like a decent father’s day. Mine was good as well. My wife got us weezer tickets, that’s amazing.
Mine was rainy and gloomy. Our daycare lady has COVID, but my wife and I can’t afford to miss work this week, so we unfortunately spent most of Father’s Day driving my daughter two hours to stay with her grandparents. Not the greatest Father’s Day for me, but no doubt a fantastic one for the grandfather.
She’s been helping him paint the living room. Pretty good for a three-year-old.
Took a 4-day weekend down in the states (Ocean Shores WA) then zoomed back on Sunday to attend a fathers day bbq in Vancouver. No gifts, but I’m itching to hit Home Depot and buy some unnecessary tools.
Was staying at a cabin with my wife and kid. We went hiking. Was literally 5 foot into the hike… Wife fell and hurt her knee pretty bad because she landed on a large sharp rock. Went straight to urgent care for staples and stitches… 😂 But she’s tough and we actually took the kiddo to the lake and I got in the freezing cold water and swam because the kiddo insisted. Ate some Korean bulgogi style tacos for dinner and I got a Father’s Day shirt.
Glad you were able to turn it around, but I feel really bad for your wife!
Mine was good, went to a Nepali food festival for lunch which was cool because I’ve never had Nepali food before. Then went to the carnival that’s in town for a few weeks. Took my 3 and a half year old son on his first Carnival ride and he loved it.
Went home after and barbecued shrimp skewers and corn on my new BBQ while having a gin and tonic.
Nice! Is there a particular gin you like? Hendricks is the go-to for my wife and I, but I recently found a Japanese gin made with yuzu that’s pretty good.
I also like Hendricks. I’m more of a whisky drinker but I usually keep a few bottles of gin on hand. The ones I have right now are Hendricks neptunia(this is what I had on Father’s Day), Hendricks lunar and nikka Japanese gin.
My weekend was booked up celebrating for my dad on Saturday and my wife’s on Sunday, so no time for me, but I requested a lunch with my wife and kid on Friday so we went out and it was really great. Didn’t really need more than that, but I was pretty dead by the end of the weekend.
I slept most of the day and then went to work. My daughter made me a card thats on the fridge and at some point in the future were going to watch the dnd movie
Woke up to some coffee in bed, and a nice card with a gift cert to a brewery tour, mouse pad with my daughter’s on it, and a new shirt. Then downstairs for chicken and waffles for breakfast before heading out to the zoo. Had a blast there seeing the kids react to animals they had never seen before.
Then on the way home the older of the two got car sick but we managed and pushed through to dinner which was some hot pot and a nice bottle of red wine.
All in all a pretty fine day, maybe got a bit sunburnt however at the zoo.
The zoo is great! Ours has a platform where you can handfeed lettuce to the giraffes and my kid and we have a lot of fun with that.
It was alright I guess. Nothing really that special. We went to brunch at a restaurant I wanted to try. It was ok but overpriced. Our 15 year old has been letting her bad attitude get the best of her lately. She complained about where we went to eat and I ended up grounding her for acting up at the restaurant.
As my fathers day gift, I’ve been promised a date day with the wife and a tool shopping spree (on a budget) so I have that to look forward to.
Mine was excellent! I got my shop rewired to include an exterior outlet and double the light fixtures.
No more running cords through a partly open door or long extensions from the house.
No more squinting or having to wear a headlamp when measuring, marking, or following a line. Although I have to say, wearing a headlamp is pretty darn effective for some things even with the extra lighting.
Oh yeah, got a text from my son and acknowledgement from my wife. Which is about as much celebration as I can handle. 😀
Mine was also low key. We went out the night before to an Italian restaurant we’ve not tried before. It was pretty good but not quite as good as I had hoped based on reviews. My wife gave me a small selection of different jams she’d picked up. I’m a sucker for a tasty jam!
Congrats on the jams, man!
Nothing, really, and I can’t complain. Kid is too young to know or care about fathers day, wife knows I’m not really into celebrating things like that.
