Gifts For Parents
Yes, today is Father's Day. What did I get my dad, you ask? Well, I gave him the best present of all, of course. My company! What can be better than that? Haha. Don't answer that.
You know, as I get older...getting gifts for my parents gets harder and harder. I mean, as a kid, I used to be able to get away with scribbling with some crayons and it was considered cute and a great gift. Now...psh, yeah right. I tried that last year and it didn't work. Hehe. Just kidding, of course. But seriously, gifts for my parents? Forget about it. My parents are the hardest people to shop for. Based on my experience, gift giving to parents can be broken down into four categories.
First, as a kid, I remember going through the "school-made parent gifts" phase. I would go to school, all the materials would be provided for me, and basically, all I had to do was write 'I Love You' and color, cut, and glue stuff together. Those were always the best. I would bring it home, give it to my parents and then find it stuck to the 'fridge. Those were the days when I couldn't give a bad gift. And, apparently, since my artistic talents as a child were on par to what the expectations actually were...that was always nice.
And then I remember the "I'll come to the mall with you" phase. I would go shopping with one of my parents to pick out something for the other one. That was always fun. I mean, I didn't know how good I had it back then...getting to pick out a gift that I didn't have to pay for. Haha. You can't argue with that, right? I can't tell you how many times I wish I could go back to those days. Wishful thinking on my part, I know.
Then I moved into the "save as much as I can for a useless piece of crap" phase. I remember saving 'a lot' of money to finally have the opportunity to go out shopping and buy something that I really thought was a great gift. I would get dropped off at the mall with some friends, wander around to find a gift, and go through the trouble of hiding it from my parents...only to look back on it now and know that it really was a useless piece of crap. Yeah, that's the phase when you learn that it really is the thought that counts. Haha.
Finally, there's the "try to figure out what they really want" phase. Shopping for parents, specifically my parents, is so freakin' frustrating. Now that I actually have the money for a good gift, my parents say they don't want anything...and I don't know if that's always necessairly true. I mean, of course, I always hunt for the perfect Hallmark card for them...but aside from that...they don't want anything else. What's up with that? Ugh.
Anyway, gifts for parents...never an easy task.
You know, as I get older...getting gifts for my parents gets harder and harder. I mean, as a kid, I used to be able to get away with scribbling with some crayons and it was considered cute and a great gift. Now...psh, yeah right. I tried that last year and it didn't work. Hehe. Just kidding, of course. But seriously, gifts for my parents? Forget about it. My parents are the hardest people to shop for. Based on my experience, gift giving to parents can be broken down into four categories.
First, as a kid, I remember going through the "school-made parent gifts" phase. I would go to school, all the materials would be provided for me, and basically, all I had to do was write 'I Love You' and color, cut, and glue stuff together. Those were always the best. I would bring it home, give it to my parents and then find it stuck to the 'fridge. Those were the days when I couldn't give a bad gift. And, apparently, since my artistic talents as a child were on par to what the expectations actually were...that was always nice.
And then I remember the "I'll come to the mall with you" phase. I would go shopping with one of my parents to pick out something for the other one. That was always fun. I mean, I didn't know how good I had it back then...getting to pick out a gift that I didn't have to pay for. Haha. You can't argue with that, right? I can't tell you how many times I wish I could go back to those days. Wishful thinking on my part, I know.
Then I moved into the "save as much as I can for a useless piece of crap" phase. I remember saving 'a lot' of money to finally have the opportunity to go out shopping and buy something that I really thought was a great gift. I would get dropped off at the mall with some friends, wander around to find a gift, and go through the trouble of hiding it from my parents...only to look back on it now and know that it really was a useless piece of crap. Yeah, that's the phase when you learn that it really is the thought that counts. Haha.
Finally, there's the "try to figure out what they really want" phase. Shopping for parents, specifically my parents, is so freakin' frustrating. Now that I actually have the money for a good gift, my parents say they don't want anything...and I don't know if that's always necessairly true. I mean, of course, I always hunt for the perfect Hallmark card for them...but aside from that...they don't want anything else. What's up with that? Ugh.
Anyway, gifts for parents...never an easy task.
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