i know that the greeting card hates me (i'm a guy, therefore i don't get to send or receive cards) but i think father's day is probably turning into the worst case example.
Seeing how i have paternal affiliations, i've been looking over the scant few cards dredged up from last year, looking for one to suit my Dad and my Dad-in-law. Neither of which golf, fish, or do many of the stereotypical Dadly things.
That's when it hit me. The stereotypes have changed. Granted, i'm not really bothered by this since i'm missing the #1 element required for Father's Day (kids), but i know plenty of folks my age who are in the same situation.
Perhaps we need to have a few new cards…
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I like to think of it as a public service.
See, this way, you panic, but you actually have time to look like you're not panicking after all. This is particularly important when there's a continent or more between you and the person you're sucking up to them.
I already had my "wiggin' out" session when Sharper Image sent me a Last-Minute Father's Day Gifts e-mail Saturday evening.
And macaroni art doesn't come across as well once you pass the quarter-century mark.
I was totally going to give my dad a Level 47 Necromancer but now you've ruined it, jerk.
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Dear JR:
Please stop freaking me out by taking Sundays to write about parental acknowledgment days that are in fact far, far in the future.
Not that I think I'll have figured out who my father is in the next two weeks, but there is that odd chance he's going to come looking for a spare kidney or something, and then I'd have to get him a card.
At least, that's what TV says I have to do.
Thanks.
- Callous