How to celebrate Daddy dearest – 90s style!

So father’s day was a couple of days ago and I came across an ad with the theme ‘show love offline’, that brought back some memories from my childhood and made me wonder what the world has come to because of social media. In today’s social media dominated world,  it’s all about sharing your dad’s picture on Father’s day or your mom’s picture on Mother’s day, which isn’t wrong. But how about actually celebrating them?

Being a 90s kid, I didn’t have as much access to social media when I was younger. To my sister and I, father’s day meant walking to the gift shop and using our allowance to pick a thoughtful greeting card and a cute little present for dad. Since the words inside the card are obviously not enough, we also added our own personal touch with sketch pens and glitter pens. It was an entire experience and we loved doing it every year.

As the world turned digital and we moved on with our lives, I feel at a loss because I can’t celebrate my parents like I used to due to the distance. I can still send them a card or flowers, but I can’t give them a hug or show them how much they mean to me.

For those of you who still live with your parents or even close by, you have no idea how lucky you are. Take your dad on a date. Just you and him. Leave your phone at home, you don’t need it to make memories. More importantly, you don’t have to wait for father’s day to do this. I remember my dad took me out on my first date, to a fancy restaurant, and we talked and talked (I am quite the chatterbox so he mostly listened). It was a regular day, but the daddy/daughter date night made it special.

How did you celebrate father’s day? Share your experience in the comments below.