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 “What do you want for Father’s Day?” Most dads, like me, won’t have a good answer. We don’t need new ties, cologne or electric razors. So what do we want? Women think we are a bunch of shallow, egotistical chauvinists. So I asked a bunch of dads to prove them wrong. The first to weigh in was my friend Sonny Kothari, a stockbroker: “Seriously, I do like getting a tie,” he said, blowing up that theory. “Last year I got a pink one, and to see (his daughter) Anika’s face full of joy when I wear it is great.” OK, let’s try another. From mortgage broker and flooring specialist Matt Monnig: “Men are simple. Maybe play a round of golf, then come home and watch the final round of the U.S. Open with a beer and a paper. That’s it. Just one Sunday not to be relied upon to do anything at all.” Bill Sharp, a well-known kneeboarder who can ride The Wedge at 20 feet: “The one gift I always want is the Micro Leatherman, which goes on my key ring and can solve nearly every problem that exists. But somehow within a year each one flies off or gets confiscated at a TSA airport checkpoint.” Dan Georgopolous, a graphic designer and surfer: “Nothing says Father’s Day like having time to do what I want. So I say this father wants the gift of time. On that note, let’s go surfing.” Yeah, we’re not shallow – really. My friend Jeff Keating, a former journalist and communication leader, came to the rescue: “What I’d really like for Father’s Day are little notes from my kids describing what they like best about Dad. Add the date and a photo of each child, and I’ve got scrapbook material.” And Larry Thomas, a former executive, father and grandfather, had this to say: “What I most covet and appreciate is an experience. Anything – big or small – that gives us a new, fun, loving experience together.” But it was Eric Nunez, my friend, neighbor and police captain, who saved us all with this very poignant story about his father, a highly decorated war hero killed in Vietnam. Each Father’s Day, he visits his father’s grave. “By taking my family to these hallowed grounds, I am hoping that I can give him the best Fathers Day by seeing the kind of loving father that his son has become, even with my faults, flaws and failures,” he says. Finally, I asked my dad, a father of five and grandfather of 11 who just celebrated 50 years of marriage with my mom, what he’d like. He was stumped. “I really don’t need anything. I have everything. It’s kind of difficult for me to say … I have some of the best things in the world. I couldn’t ask for anything better.” You see? Being a dad is the best gift of all. Happy Father’s Day. Tony Dodero is a longtime Orange County journalist and former editor of the Daily Pilot. Contact him at doderocommunications.com. |
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