I plan to get up early and take the kids out for a fun breakfast so that he can sleep in. We will bring him back a treat. After that, he can decide if he wants to do anything else special to mark the day! We generally don’t eat out (especially brunch) because brunch food is so overpriced and mediocre on these “occasions”.

Anonymous wrote:We handle Mother's Day and Father's Day the same way. We ask the other what they want to do and we try and make that happen. The only real difference is that I am not going to subject my DS and DH to the Mother's Day Tea that I really want to go to because it really would be pure torture for the two of them. We go to brunch instead, which is always very good and enjoyable. So far I have asked DH about brunch (no) a baseball game (no) and in general what he wants to do (nothing so far).

And next year I am totally organizing a group of friends to go tot he Mother's Day Tea without the kids and husbands. Because I really love teas.

The bolded is what it's all about.

Everyone likes to celebrate in different ways.

We handle Mother's Day and Father's Day the same way. We ask the other what they want to do and we try and make that happen. The only real difference is that I am not going to subject my DS and DH to the Mother's Day Tea that I really want to go to because it really would be pure torture for the two of them. We go to brunch instead, which is always very good and enjoyable. So far I have asked DH about brunch (no) a baseball game (no) and in general what he wants to do (nothing so far).

And next year I am totally organizing a group of friends to go tot he Mother's Day Tea without the kids and husbands. Because I really love teas.

I find this so irritating. Generalization alert: Most moms who want to relax, kid-free on Mother’s day want to do so because they are mothering nonstop and would like a break on Mother’s Day. Generalizing here, but dads don’t usually need a break from being dads. Maybe they could use a break from husband duties, but they don’t really need a break from the kids on father’s day.

My DH wants to laze around and pawn the kids off on me. But he wants to do that every weekend. Sadly, it’s the kids who care the most. They would love some quality time with their dad, and would want to do a family activity to celebrate their father in father’s day. Not feel like their dad needs a break from them.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for a fun event the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) of father’s day to make a special memory for that day. Maybe taking the water taxi from old town Alexandria to something fun?? Or strawberry picking if the picking is still good? Something like that? Any ideas?

Yeah these sound like Mother’s Day plans at best. What does your H like to do? Hobbies?

So gendered. The ladies like strawberries and the family activities for Mother’s Day. But the men feel entitled to some down time. Guess what...lots of women would love a day off on Mother’s Day. It’s not like women are just dying to pick strawberries.

Anonymous wrote:Men would rather not have to deal with the kids and wife and father’s day. I’m a woman and I ask for a husband and kid free mother’s day every year.

LOL. Preach. I am the same way,

Anonymous wrote:Looking for a fun event the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) of father’s day to make a special memory for that day. Maybe taking the water taxi from old town Alexandria to something fun?? Or strawberry picking if the picking is still good? Something like that? Any ideas?

Yeah these sound like Mother’s Day plans at best. What does your H like to do? Hobbies?

Anonymous wrote:Men would rather not have to deal with the kids and wife and father’s day. I’m a woman and I ask for a husband and kid free mother’s day every year.

As someone of the male persuasion I will disagree with you. As busy as our life has become, spending time with my daughter on father's day is what it's all about. My ideal day would be getting up early and making some bread dough with my kid, then an hour or so fishing with the family off an uncrowded dock somewhere, then hopefully find a family friendly place for lunch (must have a pinball machine) and then home to bake the bread. Putting our feet up and relaxing the rest of the day and have a simple pasta dish with fresh bread would be the perfect dinner. In an ideal world, I'd be able to leave my phone at home to disconnect from work.

Dads like being dads more than you think. It's tough to juggle a lot of things sometimes, so a day of just being dad with no other responsibilities sounds great to me.

Men would rather not have to deal with the kids and wife and father’s day. I’m a woman and I ask for a husband and kid free mother’s day every year.

Man here. These sound like really nice Mother's Day ideas. I would go along with it to be nice and keep the peace, but this is not how I'd want to spend Father's Day. I don't think of myself as the stereotypical man, but nonetheless I still appreciate sports tickets, a steak dinner, and the carte blanche to do lounge around guilt-free.

If I had to pick something in the same vein of what you're describing...
Take the water taxi over to The Wharf. Have a nice brunch. Then uber down to Nats Park for GOOD seats for the game against the Diamondbacks. That's assuming he likes baseball. If he isn't the sports type, then hang around the Wharf that day. They have a jazz festival and some other events down there on Father's Day. Or you could go to a movie, go home and let him rest, or take the kids somewhere and give him a few hours of peace. Any of those would be perfect Father's Day events...followed by a steak dinner.

My DH normally asks to play as much tennis as he wants and take a nap. So that is what we do.

Ask him what he wants to do.

So you mean Father’s Day photo ops?

Is that what he wants to do? Sounds boring

Looking for a fun event the weekend (either Saturday or Sunday) of father’s day to make a special memory for that day. Maybe taking the water taxi from old town Alexandria to something fun?? Or strawberry picking if the picking is still good? Something like that? Any ideas?