# Dads United Against Father's Day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 19, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992 "2011-06-19T00:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/21 "2011-06-19T12:42:14Z")
Well, I’m in bed right now doing this instead of in the kitchen feeding the baby, doing dishes, or making breakfast. So, hey, it’s worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/22 "2011-06-19T13:04:16Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > If I knew where my sperm doner was, I wouldn’t spit on him if he was on fire. If my stepdad ever shows up in my life again, I’ll kill him in cold blood, drop his body down a well shaft and walk away without ever thinking twice. (well, I would think twice about keeping the gun, so I’d have to clean it carefully, then toss the parts into different well shafts) I can’t remember if I actually started a ‘how would you dispose of the body’ thread, or if I just think about starting it at night as I fall asleep. This Father’s day, **Imp** has legged it out of town, leaving me with a sick \*\*Cheerleading Dropout \*\*, **Attacklad** and the dog. We’re going to watch Hellboy and get the potato cannon working. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/23 "2011-06-19T13:05:36Z")
My son made me Father’s Day cards two years in a row. I’m his mother. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/24 "2011-06-19T13:17:22Z")
Can I get in on this even though I’m not a dad? My dad sucks and I’m not honoring him on this day or any other. And I’m sick of hallmark holidays designed solely to get people to buy shit, and yes I’m including Mother’s Day in that. God I feel cranky today. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/25 "2011-06-19T13:25:43Z")
Did someone get the dreaded Chia tie for Father’s Day? ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/26 "2011-06-19T13:42:17Z")
My daughter was born on Father’s day. Best gift I ever got. IMHO, the following Monday should be a national holiday. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/27 "2011-06-19T13:46:16Z")
Happy Father’s Day everyone!! Shouldn’t it be Fathers’ Day, though? That has always bugged me. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/28 "2011-06-19T14:27:53Z")
I love Father’s Day. It isn’t about stuff. My 4 year old daughter tells me the reason that she can’t get me any big presents is because she can’t drive so she can’t get a job and therefore doesn’t have much money. I am just taking my daughters to Plymouth, MA for the day to walk around and see Pilgrim stuff. It should be fun. I did tell someone I barely know at work that he is a horrible father because he said he was going to spend Father’s Day away from his kids on purpose because it was a day designed to let him do whatever he wanted. ---
**Author:** ![xoferew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/e9a140/32.png) [@xoferew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xoferew)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/29 "2011-06-19T14:56:52Z")
Little kids in general love their parents but take them for granted. It’s good for them to have their attention directed to appreciating another person and thinking about all that that person does for them. Ideally, not just one day out of the year. …Whether it’s good for the dads as well, I don’t know. But won’t someone think of the children?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/30 "2011-06-19T16:48:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Well, that makes sense, at least. There’s always the chance, no matter how small, that the _next_ one will be filled with hydrogen instead of helium… > [@elucidator](#): > > Wow, that’s never happened to me, even once! Must be different in California, huh? Not yet. ☹ But that doesn’t stop me hopin’… ---
**Author:** ![raindog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@raindog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raindog)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/31 "2011-06-19T17:24:36Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I really enjoyed Father’s Day this year. My little girl made me little things and they’re cute and awesome. It’s just one more of life’s little joys. Just shows to go you… Once you become a moderator you go as soft as lime jello… ---
**Author:** ![zoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/71c47a/32.png) [@zoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/32 "2011-06-19T18:10:55Z")
The family gave me a Wii for Father’s Day. Now I can spend the rest of the day beating them senseless. After that perhaps we can play the Wii boxing. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/33 "2011-06-19T18:24:48Z")
My wife forced me to call my dad to wish him a happy Father’s Day. As I predicted, my dad mocked me mercilessly, told me to save my calls for actual holidays, and reminded me that \*every \*day was Father’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/34 "2011-06-19T18:50:03Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Honestly, I feel the same way about Mother’s Day. I’ve only been able to tolerate the pair by thinking of Mother’s Day as the secular Beltane, and Father’s Day as the secular Summer Solstice. I console myself with the personal delusion that the Energies of these two days are just so darn strong that even nonpagans feel the need to celebrate them somehow. 😉 Thank you! I am so going with this. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/35 "2011-06-19T18:51:48Z")
> [@Rhiannon8404](#): > > Thank you! I am so going with this. You’re welcome! Blessed be. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/36 "2011-06-19T19:13:58Z")
To me there’s a bit of stereotypical Jewish mother to this whole charade. “Pay no attention to me! I’ll be fine. Don’t fuss or bother about little old me. Don’t get me a plate; I’ll just hobble over there on my bad knee. Doctor said I need surgery again. Can you believe that? Just because of unremitting pain. Tsk. tsk.” Put on that ugly tie and fake smile, say thank you, and enjoy the day. Not because you deserve it, but because they do. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/37 "2011-06-19T19:15:40Z")
> [@tnetennba](#): > > To me there’s a bit of stereotypical Jewish mother to this whole charade. “Pay no attention to me! I’ll be fine. Don’t fuss or bother about little old me. Don’t get me a plate; I’ll just hobble over there on my bad knee. Doctor said I need surgery again. Can you believe that? Just because of unremitting pain. Tsk. tsk.” > > Put on that ugly tie and fake smile, say thank you, and enjoy the day. Not because you deserve it, but because they do. Ugh. No, we really don’t. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/38 "2011-06-19T19:23:32Z")
But I worked really hard on my dad’s present this year… got his Navy medals reissued, took them to a framer… okay, so they won’t be done for a week, but I did try! ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/39 "2011-06-19T19:25:20Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Ugh. No, we really don’t. I’m not sure what that means. You don’t owe it to dad to give him a crappy tie, or he doesn’t owe it to you to say thanks? What is the crime against humanity here? ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2011, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992/40 "2011-06-19T19:25:45Z")
> [@Cyros](#): > > Did someone get the dreaded Chia tie for Father’s Day? Chia tie? There’s a chia tie? Like the chia head? God wouldn’t be so kind. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dads-united-against-fathers-day/585992.md?page=3)