Father’s Day: 8 Gifts Guys Secretly Want

I love this gift guide, it was really helpful! I also just got this personalized cologne from Hawthorne for my boyfriend–the quiz was super fun, and he smells amazing now. Just a heads up! ;)

Turns out I am a dad inside.

Joanna & Team,
I don’t even recall how I found you blog, but I am so glad I did. I LOVE your home tours and seeing how other families live. I am always impressed by those that are so creative and design their home for what works for their family.
Besides the home design, I love the variety of information shared and I continue to learn new things with every post.
Please accept my sincere thanks, as your blog is the treat I give myself.

I bought my dad LP Vinyl Jazz and Big Band music. I’m so excited, we’ll have a whole afternoon of wine, music, how he met my mother and who he would like to see live. My husband always gets a new recliner every four years. I’m good for two more….; )) We always have his favorite meal at lunch and then appetizers for supper with a movie. We have one child in her late teens. She and her dad are like carbon copies, so they would rather spend hours together than any gift.
I might have to purchase the Birks for me! And maybe I’ll update the picture on the nightstand for him. All good ideas. Love your children with all your might, they slip into adulthood all too soon.

Plastic Birkenstocks for Father’s Day – really? Meanwhile, Mother Earth is drowning in an ocean of discarded plastics.

My husband has had the waterproof birkenstocks for awhile now & they might be his favorite possession. He called them his “birken-crocs” because they’re Birkenstocks but rubber like Crocs ?

My husband has had the waterproof birkenstocks for awhile now & they might be his favorite possession. He calls them his “birken-crocs” because they’re Birkenstocks but rubber like Crocs ?

This year my sister and I made a donation in our dad’s name to KIND (https://supportkind.org/), an organization that “protects unaccompanied children who enter the US immigration system alone to ensure that no child appears in court without an attorney.”

Given everything that is currently going on, we felt like this was a great way to honor our dad.

I immediately went and bought a pair of waterproof birkenstocks for my father and pair for me! Now we can match on our upcoming family vacation to the Cape!

The father’s day is up again . And it might interest you to know that his birthday fell into the same date, I think this post is really of great help to me, because it will serve as a proper guide for me to get him an awesome gift.

Thanks a bunch again Joanna.

I read this hoping to find out where I could purchase the lead photo…only to discover it’s a family snap of Alex! Great photo! Would love to hear the story behind it…!

I think my dad would most enjoy the sausage (if he gets his blood pressure under control) and I want the waterproof Birkenstocks for myself!

I also would love a behind the scenes post!

And re: publishing posts earlier, I’d rather wait for you guys to go at the pace of inspiration rather than being a slave to churning out contrived “content,” which I see happen on other beloved blogs. Don’t worry, we’ll still be here! Maybe we’ll read a book or do jumping jacks in the meantime, haha.

Please be thoughtful in where you purchase your Venus Fly Trap. Venus Fly Traps are often illegally poached from parks, primarily in North Carolina. Poaching is a big issue for this plant.
For example, read this.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/venus-flytraps-poaching-north-carolina.html

I just burst out in a snort when I read “Venus fly trap”! My husband and 5 year old son are obsessed. We were at a nursery and he saw one and I just rolled my eyes. My man finally bought one and I’ve never seen him so diligently take care of a plant before. (and it really does snap shut on flies – kinda cool!)

Great picks, Alex. Great picks. I’m bookmarking the frisbee and venus fly trap for my seven year old, too :)

Thank you! Just ordered the Birkenstocks for my husband.

I already have a gift for my Dad (Grateful Dead Tee!) and no hubs/kids yet but I have to admit I just order MYSELF a pair of those Birkenstocks. I didn’t know there were waterproof ones and I have been looking for a good pair of sandals for camping. These are perfect! Also oddly enough I have also always secretly wanted a Venus Flytrap :)
And as a side note- I love reading the comments sections in all articles on CoJ, it is such a great community and I appreciate the comments as much as the content. With that of course comes a variety of opinions and Joanna, I just wanted to say I applaud and respect your ability to respond to what seem to me like sometimes unnecessarily critical comments, or difficult comments such as the one in the mental health post, with such grace and openness. This is the one blog I visit almost daily and have for years. I love your voice and the community it fosters. Thank you.

is it hot in here? this list makes me want to have babies with alex :D

Thank you so much Alex – these are awesome ideas and love the perspective …so so helpful as I tie up loose ends for FD 2018.

I just bought those Birkenstocks in blue! Best purchase of 2018.

Of these 5, my top pick is the ’meater’. My husband has one and is absolutely obsessed with it. It’s a wireless meat thermometer that you connect to your phone using Bluetooth. You tell it how you want your meat cooked, stick it in the meat, and it guides you through the process via an app on your phone. So many guys want to be able to cook the perfect medium-rare steak, and this little device makes it possible. It’s actually got my husband cooking more for the whole family because he’s had so much success with it. Total bonus for me!

The airport comment has me cracking up…just so spot on! My dad once seriously insisted we leave at 10am (with a brunch stop, but still) for a 5pm flight because “you never know what to expect with Detroit traffic” and “you need to be there at least 2 hours early, you know.”

Hi Jo! As so many have said, I’m a long-time reader, but first time commenter. My older sister and I have read your blog for three or four years now. We feel so lucky to have found you, and think of you and each of the other writers as part of this big girl gang (we’re looking at you, Abbi, Ilana, Mindy, Tina, Lena, and others) that we can depend on for moving/hysterical posts and wonderful advice. I’m finally commenting on this post in particular because I’m the youngest of three and due to family circumstances, my brother has really taken the place of a father figure–he was the one who taught me to do what some think of as traditional dad tasks: mowing the lawn, driving a car, and smoking my first cigar. Each year, my sister and I have joked that we are going to reclaim Father’s Day by sending our brother gifts and our thanks for really stepping up. He would really love some of these gifts, and I think this may be the year we actually do it! I’m sorry for the long comment, but wanted to thank you so much for your work. We’re sending you major virtual hugs and hope we can thank you in person some day <3

My dad died when I was in high school and I’m not a mom (yet? ever? GUYS twelve eggs die a daaaaay), but I love the tenderness of this list. I love thinking about a man who just wants to play some light up frisbee with his kids, who is both a little bit of kid himself (a flytrap!) and the hairy chested guy to play SHARK with in the pool for kids in water wings. Dads make the world make sense. Long live dads.

I was considering these Birkenstocks for my husband for Father’s Day. This solidified the decision because Alex seems like a cool dude. Thanks!