Luckily my wife is more civil than your dad. See response above ☝️

My next battle is to get him a pair of walking sticks (the ones that look like ski poles) for his daily walk. That’s going to be a tough sell. 

After I posted my reply I imagined my father's reaction. What the f#$& did you do that for? 

siggy47

Did she end up using after her initial response?

This reminds me of the time when I bought Dyson, the world’s most expensive hairdryer, for my wife - and all she could do was mutter a shocked “Huh?”

cryotosensei

Haha until he got pissed and said “I didn’t ask for that”. He changed his tune later and uses it all the time now. I get it. No one likes when time takes things away from them. 

grayruby

Where was the last time you felt unbridled joy buying something?

Getting your dad that snowblower must have been the best feeling in the world. 