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Father’s Day cards for the rest of us

June 12, 2011 by John

There are two types of Father’s Day cards: funny and sincere.  The sincere cards typically exclaim what an excellent father somebody was and how he was always there to listen/give advice/bail you out of jail.  The problem with the sincere cards is that they go too far in their claims of fatherly excellence.  While there are some people who’s fathers have been consistently excellent who can buy these cards and there are some who have no contact with their fathers and don’t need to worry about sending cards, there are many who fall somewhere in between.  As a result, I think that there is room for more realistic class of sincere Father’s Day cards.

In an attempt to rectify this situation, I created the following cards at someecards.com (where everybody is apparently white):

Until cards like these become reality I guess those of us in the middle will have to stick with the funny cards.

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Posted in Aging, Things People Say, Work-Life Balance | Tagged Father's Day, Father's Day Cards, Realistic Father's Day Cards, Someecards, You Were an OK Dad | 2 Comments

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  1. on June 12, 2012 at 9:01 pm Father’s Day is here again « Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] of effort that their fathers have put into raising them through the purchase of greeting cards. As I noted last year, the fathers depicted in these cards are nearly always excellent, leaving few options for sons and […]


  2. on June 12, 2012 at 9:01 pm Father’s Day is here again « Memoirs of a SLACer

    […] of effort that their fathers have put into raising them through the purchase of greeting cards. As I noted last year, the fathers depicted in these cards are nearly always excellent, leaving few options for sons and […]



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