Quote: My ? for today is if there are any ideas out there on father's day. If we go and buy something, ex will know that it came from me (ie. pressure!) and so son and I are making a great big father's day card. (It was leftover from class and is the other teacher's writing; not mine on it!) We will just add some stickers and coloring and I have a couple of school papers to enclose. Does this sound like a good gift to mail to him from son?
Sounds like an excellent gift. But I wouldn't worry about purchasing a present if you want. Let you son pick it out if you want. All of our spouses know that for the most part none of the younger children have jobs and therefore the money of course comes from the ex. It came from you when you were married to. I've done this for years. When my kids were old enough to shop for themselves I still provided the money.
But that's not to say go buy something. The card sounds absolutely lovely and a great present. Just for your stockpile of possibilities, a couple things I've got in the past that don't seem like real pursuit are a coffee mug with the kids pictures on it and one year I got a calender with a different picture of them each month. That was great and very sweet of my ex. Just some ideas.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. Theodore Roosevelt
Cute!
