Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 OK, here in the UK it's Fathers Day. I'm a father, so its a special day for me and all other fathers. Right? Maybe a day when I get to do the things I like to do, yes? So, maybe spend some time with the kids - good. And, knowing me as you do, I bet you can guess what one of the things I'd like to do would be - of course, going flying! But I've just been told by SWMBO "Surely you're not going flying today - it's father day!" Mmmm, I know they mean well and all that - but,.... How about you - is fathers day what you want to do, or is it really a day when you do the things they think fathers should do? BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john melia 1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Its basically a load of rubbish, i'm a father 367 days a year, its just another scam to make money in my opinion, and yes i'm flying today all day lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Cotsford Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Sorry if I'm bursting any bubbles but IMHO Father's day (and Mother's day too) are a commercial promotion to sell gifts and cards. OK Mothering Sunday may have a religious derivation if you are devout. You already have your birthday and Christmas when grateful (or otherwise) progeny can express said gratitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 its a load of croc. I do the things i want to do every day. (build models) so on fathers day i have to do the things THEY think i should want to do, like go out for a coffee and a garden center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john stones 1 - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Flying, building and a bit of footie John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It certainly makes sense if you're a card manufacturer Besides, I don't really need to be told annually I'm the best Dad in the history of the world - that fact was established many years ago.... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Feeling really sorry for all you poor people who have to spend Fathers Day with your family lol. 12 hours at work for me so I cant do anything I want, either flying or spending time with the kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 few victor meldrew's on here today.... ... ken Anderson...ne...1......VM dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 i got jelly babies. yum yum yum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braddock, VC Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 You miserable bunch of old misogs, isn't father's day about your family showing appreciation for all your efforts? My eldest son, who doesn't drive, brought my only grandson on a 350 mile round trip by train to see me, my other two kids gave me a little gift and I think it's great that they actually bothered. Flying can happen any time it's just nice to have the family give a bit of attention for once. Of course commercial interests try to wring every penny out of it but that's what we all do every day at work don't we. Just my 2p. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Parker Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I'm afraid that I'm one of the many of you out there who have to do the family thing for the day and then back to building / flying another day. I'd love to go flying, but being a husband and father over the years I have learnt to go with the flow and keep the peace ( need to build up "brownie" points for when the next parcel arrives!!!). There's always next week. Regards Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I just go with the flow fathers day. My better half and me don't celebrate each others birthdays much, wedding anniversaries etc, we treat each other with love every day. Oh, I've gone all gooey now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 For a three year period my family completely forgot three father's days and thought it hilarious especially as the mother's day's were remembered. Today I have got one parcel to open and at least one card from my youngest son and the usual nothing from my eldest son who has though wished me a happy day. My eldest son's girlfriend will be coming round for dinner today,she is a professional dancer and likes clay pigeon shooting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John F Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I like to think of it as another day where I get a couple of free gifts and acard or two.Admittedly the drill bits are made of cheese and were probably bought from poundland but at least I can use the cards in the winter as kindling for the log burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Blake 1 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Hi, I'm quite satisfied with Father's Day especially as my son has just handed me a bottle of Chianti Classico. The best part is my wife doesn't drink alcohol so it's all mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avtur Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 As with many other celebrations Father Day has become highly commercialised, some enjoy it and like the fuss others don't; as long as we all get to do what we 'want to do' that's all that matters. But perhaps that's the problem sometimes we get caught up in what other people 'think we want to do' I've received cards from both my (adult) daughters which is great, they remember me! But as to what we do today, well that's totally up to me, luckily they recognise it's what I would like to do and not what 'they would like me to do'. With any luck, if the rain stops, then I'll finally get to maiden the 'Super Cub' which I bought some weeks ago, that will make my day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 We hd lunch together in the pub yesterday and my Mum and Dad have had the sprog overnight, allowing us to go to a formal dinner and have a nice stay n a nice hotel. Today will be a normal Sunday at home (don't get many) but going swimming later. weather rubbish for flying, and not feeling the building vibe today.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 As someone who lost his 24 year old daughter to illness last year, this is the first time I've had a Fathers day without a card.prezzie or message from her. Yes, it is a commercial event and yes, people make money out of it but to all you moaners, please don't take it for granted. Appreciate what you've got while you have it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuban8 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 I accept my fathers' day card and present with due gratitude, but I wish they wouldn't do it as I'm on the side of the anti commercial brigade (didn't the card industry try to cook up a grandparents day recently?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Ramsay-Fraser Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Does nobody find it slightly ironic that the page we're posting on has a banner headline reading 'We've got Fathers Day sorted....' yet everyone moans about the commercialism of it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Never had kids in my first marriage, and inherited two with my second (19 & 17 at the time), didn't get on with my own dad, so Father's Day was always meaningless to me. Now, I always get a card or message from the stepdaughter (now 33) and I really appreciate it. Nothing from the stepson however, even though we get on well, in fact he normally sends Christmas cards to "Mum and her husband". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich too Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Posted by David P Williams on 15/06/2014 12:45:04: Nothing from the stepson however, even though we get on well, in fact he normally sends Christmas cards to "Mum and her husband". Haha! quality! Neither a family day or my own day - I'm under pressure to get floor boards prepared for oiling, and have been on it all weekend Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 It was my birthday on Friday so rather than impose a celebratory double-whammy on the poor old family, they agreed it was probably best if I just went flying today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Posted by ken anderson. on 15/06/2014 09:56:09: few victor meldrew's on here today.... ... ken Anderson...ne...1......VM dept. ............................................................................................................................. would you Adam and eve it...since I posted this morning ..... one of Mrs A's weapon's of mass destruction(dyson) has departed to the place in the sky....the electrics have thrown in the towel- 7 years old......(wish she would look after things etc)...so a replacement has arrived (£220.00) ...just like that........price of a decent ARTF ....... I hear you say..... ken Anderson.....ne....1..... Mrs A's dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avtur Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Posted by Michael Ramsay-Fraser on 15/06/2014 11:51:38: but to all you moaners, please don't take it for granted. Appreciate what you've got while you have it. My brother in law died a few months ago, aged only 55, left us all devasted. A simple thing like fathers day (which most take for granted) is a sad reminder of someone missing from our lives, as we try to support his wife and daughter. As said by the OP, appreciate what you've got while you have it .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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