UGH....Father's Day

[pixxi]

For my husband to get a gift for me for Mother's day is easy (flowers for the yard, books, art supplies, clothes, pedicure, jewlery etc...).

What can I get for my husband? He doesn't have a hobby, hates to read, he is lazy when he is home, doesn't play sports, doesn't drink coffee or alcohol, grills maybe 1-3 times in the summer, gets a fishing license just to assist the kids when they fish in a pond. He's diabetic so sugar is out.

We have gotten him dad shirts, hats, coupon books, kids pictures in a frame, massage before. I'm at a loss as what to get him! We have 4 kids and feel we should acknowledge him. Lately he likes his food dehydrator for making jerky. I thought about just spending the day with him outdoors but he works third shift and needs to sleep all afternoon.

Maybe a massage gift certificate...maybe a fitbit (although I'm not sure if he would really use it much since he checks his phone for steps some days).

Anyone have idea's. This would be so much easier if he DID/USED things! He's the type that would say don't get me anything but then kinda be pouty if we didn't!

 

[Jen and Ashwin]

For my husband to get a gift for me for Mother's day is easy (flowers for the yard, books, art supplies, clothes, pedicure, jewlery etc...).

What can I get for my husband? He doesn't have a hobby, hates to read, he is lazy when he is home, doesn't play sports, doesn't drink coffee or alcohol, grills maybe 1-3 times in the summer, gets a fishing license just to assist the kids when they fish in a pond. He's diabetic so sugar is out.

We have gotten him dad shirts, hats, coupon books, kids pictures in a frame, massage before. I'm at a loss as what to get him! We have 4 kids and feel we should acknowledge him. Lately he likes his food dehydrator for making jerky. I thought about just spending the day with him outdoors but he works third shift and needs to sleep all afternoon.

Maybe a massage gift certificate...maybe a fitbit (although I'm not sure if he would really use it much since he checks his phone for steps some days).

Anyone have idea's. This would be so much easier if he DID/USED things! He's the type that would say don't get me anything but then kinda be pouty if we didn't!

Some kind of experience is always good for people that are difficult to buy gifts. Maybe there is something that he would enjoy doing with your kids? You could take a look at Groupon or Living Social to find something local. Or you could find a day that you are all free and have a picnic at a park or go boating or anything he might like.

 

[Corsetopia]

Are you guys Amazon subscribers? My husband usually has an ongoing wish list on Amazon he'll update with things he wants but doesn't want to buy himself. Maybe you can have him make you one and you can pick out a couple things from the list and purchase them? I know it's not as much of a surprise because he already put the items on the list, but he won't know which ones you picked in particular and you know you're always going to get him something he wants!

 

[manning]

For my husband to get a gift for me for Mother's day is easy (flowers for the yard, books, art supplies, clothes, pedicure, jewlery etc...).

What can I get for my husband? He doesn't have a hobby, hates to read, he is lazy when he is home, doesn't play sports, doesn't drink coffee or alcohol, grills maybe 1-3 times in the summer, gets a fishing license just to assist the kids when they fish in a pond. He's diabetic so sugar is out.

We have gotten him dad shirts, hats, coupon books, kids pictures in a frame, massage before. I'm at a loss as what to get him! We have 4 kids and feel we should acknowledge him. Lately he likes his food dehydrator for making jerky. I thought about just spending the day with him outdoors but he works third shift and needs to sleep all afternoon.

Maybe a massage gift certificate...maybe a fitbit (although I'm not sure if he would really use it much since he checks his phone for steps some days).

Anyone have idea's. This would be so much easier if he DID/USED things! He's the type that would say don't get me anything but then kinda be pouty if we didn't!

As a fellow diabetic I advise him to get off his butt and exercise. It doesn't have to be strenuous. A simple brisk walk about 20-30 minutes a day at a pace where you are breathing harder but able to speak will go a long in controlling his sugar. I move around and don't have to take medication. I assume he watches his diet. It ain't that hard!

 

[SunnieRN]

Since he enjoys jerky, get him the meat and other supplies he needs then help him make it. Or, get him an introductory Omaha Steaks gift box. Or make him some sugar free ice cream that is sweetened with fruit vs sugar. Or make him a book of pictures of your family.

Does he enjoy baseball? Get him tickets to a game. Is there music he is particularly fond of? Buy him a couple of CD's. Same w with movies, if he has a favorite actor.

Or what he might enjoy more than anything is if you wrap up movie tickets, a certificate you make telling him he can pick any restaurant for dinner, arrange babysitting and have a date night!!!!

 

[BarbMike821]

Sunglasses. Buy the man really nice sunglasses. Or what about a high-end shaving kit? I dropped good money on my husband last anniversary with an incredible shaving kit!

 

[kymom99]

My husband is similar but not diabetic. My son is old enough to get his own gift so I suggested he give him a card and tell him he will take him to the neighborhood dairy bar one day for lunch. Otherwise I would get him a gift card to someplace like mcdonalds to pick up something on his way home from work.

 

[MinnieSweetheart]

For my husband to get a gift for me for Mother's day is easy (flowers for the yard, books, art supplies, clothes, pedicure, jewlery etc...).

What can I get for my husband? He doesn't have a hobby, hates to read, he is lazy when he is home, doesn't play sports, doesn't drink coffee or alcohol, grills maybe 1-3 times in the summer, gets a fishing license just to assist the kids when they fish in a pond. He's diabetic so sugar is out.

We have gotten him dad shirts, hats, coupon books, kids pictures in a frame, massage before. I'm at a loss as what to get him! We have 4 kids and feel we should acknowledge him. Lately he likes his food dehydrator for making jerky. I thought about just spending the day with him outdoors but he works third shift and needs to sleep all afternoon.

Maybe a massage gift certificate...maybe a fitbit (although I'm not sure if he would really use it much since he checks his phone for steps some days).

Anyone have idea's. This would be so much easier if he DID/USED things! He's the type that would say don't get me anything but then kinda be pouty if we didn't!

My husband got movie tickets so he could go to the movies by himself.

 

[Immadismom]

I'm in the same boat with my husband. So far, I've gotten him some funky socks for work (he's really into the wild pattern ones right now). I think I'm also going to get him a hummingbird feeder and maybe some men's toiletry products (nicer than the ones he usually buys). Not really the greatest gifts, but he's also extremely hard to buy for!

 

[Hikergirl]

A hammock

 

[PatMcDuck]

My husband is not my father, I am not his mother, we really do not give each other gifts for these holidays. We did help facilitate the kids giving gifts when they were young, of course. Now we help plan something with the adult kids, like a meal out or a BBQ, and the kids get the gifts for us.

 

[georgina]

My DH and I don't give each other gifts for Mother's and Father's Day either. It happens my birthday is in May and his in June, so we usually go out to dinner around then, but we are not big gift-givers at any time. No pressure that way. When the kids were little I think they may have made cards or silly coupon books for Dad.

 

[Jeff_G]

A card from your children. When did these hallmark holidays become a major gift giving requirement.

 

[Sadie22]

My Fitbit is helpful for managing my diabetes. It was recommended to me by my Certified Diabetes Educator.

 

[Vijoge]

Some kind of experience is always good for people that are difficult to buy gifts. Maybe there is something that he would enjoy doing with your kids?

My DH can be hard to buy for because, as he says, "There's nothing I need and if there was I'd just go get it." So tonight we're going to dinner at a favorite Seafood buffet and then heading in to Chicago with four of our granddaughters to see The Sound of Music at the Cadillac Palace.
Tomorrow DH is grilling four slabs of ribs, pigging out, and probably napping after that!

 

[loves to dive]

Another couple that don't exchange Fathers/Mothers day gifts. To be honest, we don't exchange gifts at all. We are lucky enough to be able to get whatever we want when we want it (I'm not saying a million dollar boat, I'm thinking a new shirt or dress or blender or grill) so exchanging gifts just got too hard and really a waste of money. We've even gotten to the point of telling all our family and friends not to buy us gifts for any occasion, if they just can't stand the thought of not giving a gift, we ask them to use the money they would have spent and give something to a local charity then just give us a card. Both of my parents are dead but when they were alive they were the same way. My mother went so far as to say we were supposed to show her we loved her every day not just one day a year so it was sort of insulting to her if we did something on mother's day.

 

[mjkacmom]

DH asked for all of the cars to be washed. My younger teens will clean them out, the older ones will take them to the car wash.

 

[powellrj]

We give each other gifts because he is the father of my children, but we don't do much. This year I got him an AMC stubs account and a gift card so we can go to the movies together more often. Our oldest DS got him a box of sausages and I am not sure what the other kids have gotten him.

 

[Gigi22]

If there is a deluxe barber near you, how about a gift certificate for a fancy shave and a haircut? Everyone likes to be pampered.

 

[TrueLove's1stKiss]

We are going out to lunch at the restaurant that DH choose. That is typically our tradition, a nice meal out!