GQ’s Father’s Day Gift Guide, According to a Father
From one father to fathers, soon-to-be dads, and father figures everywhere: the best Father’s Day gifts are tricky. There’s the dad who relishes a cold one by the grill with a couple of scratch-offs in his pocket, the dad who recently decided grinding his own coffee beans is the key to an inflation-friendly at-home pour-over, and the more discerning dad who appreciates a silk tie and a candle from a centuries-old Parisian label. Dads mostly want to feel appreciated, and, in some cases (me), aggressively over-caffeinated. Every year when I get a scribbly homemade card from my son, I’m reminded that it really is the thought that counts: It’s his way of acknowledging that what I do as a dad, day in and day out, matters, and that he appreciates me for it. That said, as someone who “doesn’t need anything” (a line every dad rehearses annually), I’ll admit I still appreciate a good left-field gift on Father’s Day. The trick is finding something that lands somewhere between practical, stylish, and not destined for the …
