I don't hate Father's Day. There are a lot of good fathers out there and I think they deserve to have their day.

Regarding my own dad... no comment.

The only thing I usually try to do for my dad on Father's Day is just spend time with him, whatever that may entail. Thankfully, we usually visit some steprelatives or something, so we already have something to do. He hasn't told me he wants anything in particular, so that's what I'm going to do.

I don't know what it will be like if I have kids, but I don't see myself putting any pressure on them to do anything for me on that day other than just be good and maybe pay *slightly* more attention to me than they normally would.

RhettButler posted:

Fathers Day and Mothers Day is very hard for some people. It can be a very sad "holiday." It would be nice if commercials, stores, etc. were a little more sensitive--fat chance...

That's very true, come to think of it. Because a lot of people have had parents who have passed away, divorces in the family, or they themselves are infertile and can't have children.



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RodrigoD posted:

Rhett makes a good point, but if we walk down that road, every holiday could end up getting construed as something insensitive -- Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, you name it, and there will be people pissed off at the day being relentlessly shoved down their throats.

Maybe the media could just lighten up a bit on all holidays, not exaggeratedly sell them so much. Just a thought.

I was thinking the same thing. Except my thought is that whatever issues cause someone to be upset by a holiday are probably something each person needs to deal with. There's no reason that some people's issues with celebrating fatherhood should be cause for scaling back the celebration for those who like it.

Father's Day (and Mother's Day, for that matter) aren't much of a deal for me anyway -- if I remember it's coming up I'll buy a card for my dad and that's about it. I won't ever have kids and there would never be a father figure in my household even if I did because I'm a lesbian -- therefore the holiday is pretty meaningless to us and most years we don't even realize the day has come and gone until it's over. This year I did remember to get a card, but I just wedged it in the door frame at my parents' house while they were gone because I needed to sleep most of the day. I didn't even go see them.

I feel for you. I have friends who have bad moms and dads and I know it can be rough.

But I have to brag about my dad because he is just awesome. When I bought my home he bought both of my big screen tv's for me, and all the accessories for it. My mom is awesome too. Growing up we didn't have much money but we spent alot of time together doing things as a family. I can't complain about the old folks.

With that said, I never want kids. Too much responsibility and sacrifice (if done right).