fathers day gifts
Definition
Articles, experiences, or consumables purchased or prepared to express appreciation for a father or father figure on the annual holiday known as Father's Day.
A perennial source of marketing-driven anxiety involving the search for something specific enough to feel thoughtful, yet generic enough to avoid social repercussions.
Examples
If I buy him another 'World's Best Dad' mug, the gift will likely end up in the donation bin before the toast is cold.
Modern Father's Day gifts have reached a point where the options range from advanced nose hair trimmers to kits that essentially ask the recipient to build their own stress.
Most people treat Father's Day gifts like a strategic military operation, desperately balancing the budget against the dad's insistence that he legitimately needs absolutely nothing.
Giving him a gourmet coffee subscription is basically an admission that I have run out of creative ways to say I love you.