@gailcalled I can’t ask dad, because the died 6 years ago at the ripe old age of 99. So this question was really for those still grappling with this dilemma.
@Cruiser Enjoy your dad while he’s still around. My dad was in similar straits. And I went with similar gifts, although golf was never a passion of his.
@Coloma Great suggestions for others. I should have made it clear this is an academic study in my case, as my dad is no longer with me.
@PaulSadieMartin Great gift ideas. My dad was a total teetotaler, but the thanks for the thoughts.
@zensky I used to be a good enough artist that I could hand craft a card. But now dad’s gone and I’m so spoiled with computer graphics I hardly know which end of an artist’s brush to dip in the paint.
@livelaughlove21 Makes sense. Thanks.
@gailcalled All very personalized gifts aimed at things you knew they would appreciate. Thanks.
@wildpotato Good luck finding the perfect gift this year.
@hearkat My situation wasn’t all the dissimilar. Dad kicked me out of the house at 17. Then after mom died and I was doing fine on my own living on the West Coast, he called me numerous times crying and telling me how lonely he was without mom. He begged me to move back to Virginia, which I did. Then less than a year after getting back there he met a gold-digger who had already gone through two other men’s fortunes, and married her. Within a couple of months of that, he asked me to move out again.
@Jeruba That reminds me. My wife’s sister sent her a Christmas Package that arrived in November. She said nothing about what was in it, so we kept it unopened till Christmas day. It was persimmons, a fruit we both dearly love, but that was in total meltdown after over a month in the box. :-)
@marinelife He really hasn’t expressed any interest in food or drink since he died.
@filmfann That’s a great idea for my living gift list. Thanks.
@Brian1946 You, for one, read the question details with open eyes. Thanks. I wish now I had made the situation clearer. And those were great gift ideas. Thanks. I can apply that thinking to my current gift list.
@ucme As he was a teetotaler, the former would have been a better fit. Proving that occasionally, when the prevailing wind is strong, the fruit does fall far from the tree.