Are We Overdoing Father’s Day?
American Greatness,
by
Joe Long
Original Article
Posted By: Judy W.,
6/16/2019 7:25:33 AM
Like most American households, mine carries on all of the old-time Father’s Day traditions. Last weekend, we put up the Father’s Day tree. We’ve bought the fireworks, inflated the outdoor decorations; and we’ve laid out the decorative “Father’s Day Village” with the electric racetrack which runs between the sporting goods and the hardware stores.
We watch the Father’s Day TV specials, too. We love the old animated classics, like “Rude Al, The Red-Nosed Daddy,” and “The Grinch Who Caught The Punk Who Tried To Steal Father’s Day, And Thrashed Him Within An Inch of His Miserable Life.”
Reply 1 - Posted by:
MOBeef4u 6/16/2019 8:07:23 AM (No. 99158)
Fun read albeit for a rather sad reason; the short shrift that dads get in our current dysfunctional culture. The carols are spot on.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
fayebeck 6/16/2019 9:03:14 AM (No. 99197)
Actually I think mothers day is the over done day.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
BirdsNest 6/16/2019 9:13:28 AM (No. 99206)
It's all overdone. Simply buying a nice gift and saying "Thank you" for being a great Dad or Mother should be sufficient. Actually saying simple things like "Thank you" and "I love you" should be said every day. We are not promised tomorrow so we must appreciate today.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
chance_232 6/16/2019 9:18:02 AM (No. 99211)
I've been walking the earth since 1961 and for as long as I can remember Fathers Day is something rarely "celebrated" by anyone. Oh sure, the obligatory card and or gift. Maybe dinner, but that is about it,
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Urgent Fury 6/16/2019 9:18:20 AM (No. 99212)
There used to be a Children's Day but I think my Mom and Dad shut that whole thing down by spreading the word that "every day is Children's Day".
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
HotRod 6/16/2019 9:30:57 AM (No. 99216)
All holidays, including Father's day and Mother's day, have become occasions to spend money on unneeded items. We are assaulted with commercials and advertisements that demand we buy this, or that, if we truly care about the person. Mother's day demands that we spend thousands on diamond rings and other jewels. Father's day means we buy power tools from the home improvement stores.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
The Other Guy 6/16/2019 9:34:53 AM (No. 99220)
Personally, I tend to agree with the author. Compared to uncounted other fathers, my contributions were relatively insignificant. I've never had to make any real sacrifices on behalf of our two kids, our life has been fairly mundane. No significant hardships or occurrences. Anything I've done in the past (they're both well into adulthood now), or may do in the future, is inherent in the job description. It goes with the territory. Being called Dad and a card from the neighborhood big box store or just a verbal, "Happy fathers day" is sufficient,
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
LadyHen 6/16/2019 10:31:09 AM (No. 99257)
I sang the carols to dh this am. Very clever!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
red1066 6/16/2019 11:23:36 AM (No. 99296)
Dads will find this funny, but imagine if this same approach were applied to Mother's Day. All hell would break loose. The cries of discrimination and toxic masculinity would be splashed across ever major news outlet. Dads don't expect much, because we don't want much.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 6/16/2019 11:50:04 AM (No. 99314)
Whoa there. I received phone calls, visits, and these presents: A bag of pistachio nuts, a gift card for coffee at my special convenience store, and lamb chops. What more can one ask for? My wish list included a new Corvette, but you can't get everything you wish for. I am happy to accept what was offerred. The only problem was that TWO of the cards I received were identical, so it must be a really popular one.
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ZeldaFitzg 6/16/2019 1:10:30 PM (No. 99390)
We celebrate with a family dinner at a moderately priced restaurant. Our sons give their dad small gifts and very sincerely inscribed cards, usually also signed by the grandchildren. Today I gave my husband a card and a promise of a restaurant later. I believe Father's Day, over-commercialized as it is, is for men who take responsibility for their children, including marrying the mother and working in support of the family. Baby mama and baby daddy is just a sham for the lazy and irresponsible. I recall seeing on television a couple who had three children together. The man said they were going to get married when they had enough money to give the woman "the kind of wedding she deserves." What a linel
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hershey 6/16/2019 1:59:05 PM (No. 99433)
Actually, Mothers Day is the BIG one for telephone calls...used to work in a telephone switch office for Long Distance and NO ONE got off on Mothers Day...it was bigger than any other 'call home' day...
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chumley 6/16/2019 11:25:05 PM (No. 99664)
Its just another obligatory card and gift holiday, which abound. Mothers day, fathers day, grandparents day, bosses day, secretaries day, valentines day, birthdays, anniversaries, christmas. The list is endless, made even more insidious by the knowledge that the dinners and gifts that we pay so dearly for are only noticed if they are absent.
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Joe Long's satire gets the point across, and the point is the right one. Check out the Father's Day carols.