As the title suggests I need gift ideas for my father in law. To give some background on his personality. He loves reading (I have already got him a library card & sometimes we do hang out in Book shops & stuff). He loves going for walks & exploring things & neighborhoods. He is most definitely into Arts & theatre. Museums, Old houses with history. He was a hunter in his own time & talks about how he would love to go out with people who hunt here in the US. I personally don’t know any Desis or Goras for that matter who hunt.
He is MashaAllah a great man. Doesn’t make me feel like a “bahu” & even if he does sometimes, we both know how to maintain a respectful relationship with care & love while also respecting each other’s views & thoughts. Alhumdulillah for that. Recently he did something for me that really touched my heart & I genuinely feel like appreciating him for that.
I don’t wanna go all cliche & buy him a perfume or a shirt. I was thinking of planning a day out with him & my daughter after Ramadan. Problem is due to his age he has to use the restroom frequently. I don’t mind stopping again & again for restroom breaks but then after 2,3 breaks he starts getting embarrassed & in turn gets cranky & just wants to head home. Now keeping this mind any recommendations on where should I take him & what I should do?
where do you live? maybe you can plan an all day picnic and trip to a museum.
I am in the US.
maybe you can get him an ipad or nook (since he loves reading!)
Wouldn't either one of this be too heavy? He recently got a heavy book from the library & was complaining that it hurts while holding for too long. He didn't even finish the book & ended up returning it.
Also considering the fact that he stays a lot in Pakistan too. Will this make a good gift? Buying new books & all? I can maybe look into buying one but still want to do something more memorable. Something completely different than just a buying a material & handed it to him.
i think you talk to him in order to explore what he would like to do or what he would like to have.
He is too humble. He most likely won't tell me straight up. That's why I mentioned all his interests. And I kinda want to make this all a surprise & at the end of it all write him a thank you letter appreciating that particular thing he did for me as well as the other things he does for me without even mentioning them.
Anyone here watches theatre? Any recommendations for something we can watch together that is good but clean & doesn't even have any suggestive dialogues? No musicals though.
Get him "kindle paperwhite". It's light as feather, and probably the best ebook reader out there. Not only that you can purchase ebooks, but can download plenty of free ebooks through your local library membership. Also there are lots of Urdu books in pdf format available online that you can download to that kindle. Plus kindle paperwhite has backlight so he can read on the dark at night on his bed. It's about $120.00, I think.
Hey Bint..just wanted to say hats off to you and may Allah give you ajr for this. We don't hear positive stories..and know that..there are few of daughter in law like yourself. So lots of respect to you. As for the gift..ya can get him some islamic book or something...
Get him "kindle paperwhite". It's light as feather, and probably the best ebook reader out there. Not only that you can purchase ebooks, but can download plenty of free ebooks through your local library membership. Also there are lots of Urdu books in pdf format available online that you can download to that kindle. Plus kindle paperwhite has backlight so he can read on the dark at night on his bed. It's about $120.00, I think.
TLK Bhai I'll go check it out this weekend & most likely end up buying it. I am really liking how you can download free ebooks through local library membership.
But us kay ilawa. Any other suggestions?
damn it, my grammar is bad but not that bad. Autocorrect changes in to on and of to if. :(
Second last sentence in your previous post was indeed funny.
Hey Bint..just wanted to say hats off to you and may Allah give you ajr for this. We don't hear positive stories..and know that..there are few of daughter in law like yourself. So lots of respect to you. As for the gift..ya can get him some islamic book or something...
Hey Xtron, there are those that unfortunately do have it tough & then there are those that like to "make" it tough. May Allah grant us all (men & women alike) the wisdom do differentiate between the two.
Ameen to what you said & Jazak Allah Khair for saying it.
As for the gift, Islamic book ain't gonna cut it. I need more than that from you. Think outside the box.
You have been awesomely kind. Well...in our fathers age..i would recommend you ask him what he wants. Or try to fimd out something through your husband?
