Father’s Day and adult children

3 of our 4 AC’s remembered Father’s Day even though the DS were in Dublin for youngest son stag do. My DD bought her dad a box of James Bond film inspired chocolate bars and the DS bought him large Toblerones and our youngest DGD gave him a teddy with a papa bear tag because that’s what they call him.

As it is important to your husband, I think you are quite right to remind your adult sons to remember Father's day and that you should go on doing so.

It would be different if it meant nothing to your husband.

I always reminded my DD's. I shouldn't have had to because as an adult everyone should be able to do simple things like send a card or even just make a phone call. However, in this day and age of social media it appears to be more important to be messaging friends about what they have just eaten and posting pictures of themselves pulling silly faces than to have a thought for parents. So far this year I have sent Birthday and Easter cards & gifts to DD's. I received zero cards, phone calls, messages on Mothering Sunday, my Birthday and Easter. Yes it hurts.

I was very touched that 2 of my D’s wanted to come from Birmingham and London on Monday to put flowers on their fathers grave. The third had clients she could not reschedule but I know she would have been thinking of him.
DH made nothing of Fathers Day, he thought it a made up commercial nonsense, but as a widow the day now has a certain poignancy for me.

Sarahr

Sarahr - do what I do - remind them. They know me better than that - I get really, really cross if I haven’t received a card. I’m not bothered about presents - I just love receiving Cards .

Father's Day Card posted , first class to OH on Thursday . Arrived today 18th.

My son is in currently in either America or the Philippines- I confess to telling him when Father's day is coming up. He may know already. I don't ask.

The other 4 remember with a card and usually a plant or a whisky or something. We know it's made-up.