So you’ve remembered Mother’s Day, and you’ve tackled the tricky hurdle of St. Valentine’s Day. What’s the next big opportunity for emotional blackmail of the year?
Well, the World Cup of course. But apart from that, Father’s Day is fast approaching on the 20th June.
I had a birthday recently and had the usual conversation with family & friends about what present I would like. Given that I am happily married and safely housed, there is little I actually need. I am also told by female friends that buying for men is impossible. Clothing- no, it’s like being dressed by your mother. Sporting equipment- It’s a lovely gesture to buy us the latest bit of golf kit but if it’s our hobby, we’d rather choose the item ourself and tell you EXACTLY what we want.
So, let me make it very easy. Never a truer phrase has been coined than “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. We like food, we dream of food, we even lay claim to an entire mode of cuisine in summer time with the barbecue being man territory. We are thrilled with the prospect that somebody has thought of the fundamental requirements for life (shelter, food, water), has realised that we are housed and unlikely to die of thirst, and has identified food as the one area where they can improve our quality of life. Living in the developed world, we are fortunate that we can access sustenance relatively easily. What we want, what we really want is tasty food and the odd glass of wine.
So, speaking on behalf of men everywhere, when you want to treat us to a gift or spoil us rotten, please give us food- tasty stuff that we wouldn’t buy on our weekly run to the supermarket. Treat us to a cheeseboard we haven’t enjoyed before,
Enrich our lives with a selection of meaty British Salami treats,
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