A father's day gift WWYD?

[wall*e2008]

Not normally, no. Once in the past 5 years, did it go over that amount, and that one was 'practical'. However, we don't have 'yours-mine-ours' money, it's all 'ours', and although I wouldn't just throw away $300, it won't break the bank- so if he decides to buy it for himself, getting him a different gift would ultimately cost the household more money, if that makes sense.

I understand completely. We are an "ours" money family. Most of our WDW trips either precede Christmas, our anniversary or my birthday (but not on those days). I show him stuff I like and he buys the "souvenirs" that I wanted but he picks them out and gives them to me as gifts. A male friend told him he is getting off easy.

 

[luvmy3]

I would get my dh another one if that is what he wanted. He isn't an irresponsible child and I wouldn't treat him like one by not *allowing* him another. Now, if he lost the second one I gave him there would definitely not be a third

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

 

[jrmasm]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

I agree with everything you said.

 

[TinklednPants]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

Thank you.. I too was taken aback by the vindictive attitudes.

 

[NMAmy]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

Exactly. This isn't a teenager who needs to learn to be more responsible. This is an adult who accidentally lost something.

Three years ago, DH bought me an expensive digital camera. I'm very good at keeping track of things but that camera simply disappeared off the face of the earth. I think someone else may have moved it from it's usual place and it fell into a box or a trash can or something. So, the following Christmas, DH replaced it with an identical camera.

Last year, DH asked me if I could please try to lose my camera again because he didn't know what to get me for Christmas and he was thinking this could become an annual thing.

 

[blissventure]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

Fantastic answer! Thanks for posting something that needed to be said.

 

[Micca]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

 

[allison443]

Wow. Honestly, I find some of the responses here to be so insulting. He's a grown man, not a child. He doesn't need to be "punished" or "taught a lesson."

I say, if it's the thing he wants for Father's Day, and it doesn't break the budget - then that's what you get.

I lost my glasses last week...$700 no-line bifocal designer glasses. Can't find them anywhere...I had a hectic week with work, doctor's appointments, running here and there...and somewhere, they were laid down, left behind, eaten by the dog, thrown away by mistake, whatever, I can't find them and that's that.

If my husband treated me like a child and said, "you can get a refurbished pair or cheaper pair until you learn to be more responsible..." Geez - I think I'd blow a gasket.

I'm sure he was rushing around, packing up - and simply forgot.

I say get him his Touch, give him a giant hug, have the kids record Father's Day messages and upload them to the Touch and leave it at that.

Just my opinion...

Well said! I agree with you!

 

[Think-tink]

I say if that is what he wants for Father's Day and you can afford it then buy it for him.

 

[FinallyBoughtDVC]

Last year, DH asked me if I could please try to lose my camera again because he didn't know what to get me for Christmas and he was thinking this could become an annual thing.

That's funny.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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