Father’s Day Gift Ideas
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Audrey Costa
don’t know about you, but buying the perfect Father’s
Day present is challenging. When buying or making
gifts for men, it never feels like it hits the mark –
that is unless you have the dough for electronics or
tickets of some sort. Many of us want to give our
fathers and/or father-figures something they actually
want and can truly get excited about. But this isn’t
Christmas, so a hint of sentiment along with a cool
factor is what I’m aiming for. I love shopping and/
or creating the perfect gift for just about anyone, but
when it comes to the men in my life, boy do I struggle!
One Father’s Day, after searching high and low in stores
and online, I was incredibly lost as to what I wanted to gift.
Nothing stuck out. And heaven knows how much I loathe
fart-centric things. It’s degrading, and who in the world
proudly sports a “Fart Loading” shirt anyway?! If you do,
well then, ya’ll need Jesus! I wanted my dad, who I lovingly
call “Pop”, to know how much I loved him and what he
meant to me. Naturally, I honed in on something we
shared a love for – space! So, after I landed on page 20 of
my Google search for best Father’s Day gifts ever, I found
some rando company website offering moon real estate…
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you read that correctly. I was exhausted and broken inside
from the hunt that I allowed this bootleg company to
convince me that for the low-low price of $100, I, too, could
bestow property on the moon to my intergalactic dad.
Do not laugh, I was desperate. So, that’s what I got
him. It came as a plaque notating his plot of land and a
corny certification of authenticity. Seriously, what was I
thinking?! At that point, I thought I struck gold – or in this
case, moon. I could tell when he opened my awe-inspiring
Father’s Day present that he thought I got bamboozled,
which I did, but he played up his excitement. He was likely
in awe at how dense I was to spend money on a B.S. deed
to the moon. “This is so great, honey! I love it.” Bless his
heart, he even hung the plaque behind the front door of
his house to appease me. I hated looking at it every time.
The moral of the story is, some of us stink at giving gifts to
certain people. And if I see another fart-related Dad gift,
I’m going to boycott the interwebs. But, for this Father’s
Day, here are some ideas we can think about getting good
ol’ Pops, Dad, Grandpa, Pop Pop, Gramps, Daddy, Papi,
Baba, or whatever you call the special man in your life: