What are DWs planning for Father's Day

[Anonymous]

blow job and a bottle of a scotch. and he can sleep in as late as he wants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was just thinking about this. I SAH with our 2 year old. He is very hands on, and does most of the watching her on weekends (I sleep a little, teach a class, and do all the dog-walking and some picking up). Thinking:

- arrange a date with him and his best friend to go to a dive bar to see band he wants to see (the Wednesday before)
- help dc make a card
- have him sleep in and pick up bagels and stuff for mimosas
- get sitter and go to dinner that night

Doesn't this feel a little weird for Father's Day?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was just thinking about this. I SAH with our 2 year old. He is very hands on, and does most of the watching her on weekends (I sleep a little, teach a class, and do all the dog-walking and some picking up). Thinking:

- arrange a date with him and his best friend to go to a dive bar to see band he wants to see (the Wednesday before)
- help dc make a card
- have him sleep in and pick up bagels and stuff for mimosas
- get sitter and go to dinner that night

Doesn't this feel a little weird for Father's Day?

Not sure - it is weird to go out that night for a kid-free dinner? It's a place he's been wanting to try, and is famous for its cocktails.

[Anonymous]

DH here - what I want is a day with no particular plans other than sex & I get to grill something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most DHs, including me, just want hot sex with their DWs, and preferably not just for that one day. It's that simple, really.

wtf. It's father's day. Can you get over your chip on your shoulder for one damn weekend. Get a divorce if not having sex that often bothers you this much.

He's thinking about it. All it takes is a viable plan b to show up at work or at the gym, if plan a is trying to be an unattractive choice. And you may not appreciate his point but it's true: husbands are very happy when their wives are interested in having sex. That makes a great weekend, Father's Day or otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do DWs do for the DHs for Father's Day?

We will go out to dinner at a restaurant of his choice and he will receive cards. Same thing that we did this weekend.

[Anonymous]

I'm the DW. Father's Day always falls within days of our wedding anniversary and for years now, both of those fall on the same day as or within a few days of our teen DC's big annual performances in DC's very demanding and much loved extracurricular activity. I guess the DCUM thing to do would be to complain and wail about how stressful and upsetting it all is etc. but that wouldn't be true. DH doesn't expect a big deal for Father's Day and I don't for Mother's Day. He'll likely get a book and a meal out ( not on the day itself because places are too crowded) which is what he and DC did for me for Mother's Day. The focus is mostly on DC and the performances, because we help with those. Anniversary is flowers and card. This year is a milestone anniversary so we all took a big trip at spring break.

So many Mother's Day threads. It's amazing to me that people place such huge emotional weight on Mother's and Father's Days. They're nice, and yeah, we mark them, but some posters seem to judge their spouses pretty seriously by what is or isn't done on those days. It's not as if they're a birthday or wedding anniversary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:blow job and a bottle of a scotch. and he can sleep in as late as he wants.

Change scotch to bourbon and you win wife of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm taking my ex-husband out for crabs. And will probably get him something to do with one of his hobbies as a gift. He made my Mother's Day very nice for me and I'm going to return the favor when it's his turn.

Bravo. You guys sound nice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:blow job and a bottle of a scotch. and he can sleep in as late as he wants.

Change scotch to bourbon and you win wife of the year.

Wow. Awesome wife! Either bottle would be great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most DHs, including me, just want hot sex with their DWs, and preferably not just for that one day. It's that simple, really.

QFT

Funny how even 4 pages of the "Official good DH Mother's Day" thread, not a single mention of sex

[Anonymous]

I usually take the kids out to pick up a treat so husband can sleep in, and then we do some activity he picks before we have dinner with his parents. But I need to find a good way to make this Father's Day special because his dad passed away in November and I know this one will be hard for him.

[Anonymous]

We basically do the same thing for mother's day and father's day. We go out for brunch as a family, the "honoree" doesn't have to do any childcare and gets card and a small gift supposedly from the children but actually from the other parent as the kids are too young to buy things themselves. (The older kid makes a card, the youngest one is too young even for that.) Then we book a babysitter and go out for a dinner and a movie (restaurant and movie to be picked according to preferences of whose day it is.) It's a good excuse for a date night. Works for us!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I asked DH what he wanted and he said that he wanted a day to play video games with our sons without me nagging them about turning off the TV and screen time. Done.

That actually sounds sweet.

[Anonymous]

I've decided I'm just getting my husband a card. That's all he did for me. Our kid is making something at school for him. If it's good enough for me then it should be good enough for him.