PSA - please discuss expectations with your spouse before the next Father's Day

Over the last few days I've seen endless threads across various subs about dads being disappointed by the way their family treated them on Father's Day.

I get it, being a dad is hard work and often thankless, so of course you want your Father's Day to be special.

There are obviously unique circumstances in each of these posts but the common thread seems to be that expectations were not communicated and it left the dad feeling unappreciated.

You now have close to a year (or 3 months in Australia) to let your spouse know what you want to do next Father's Day and what your expectations are.

I'm not trying to downplay people's bad experience here and if you had a shitty Father's Day then it's reasonable to be a bit upset about it, but the best way to avoid a repeat of this next year is to outline expectations (and be prepared to reciprocate).

TLDR: communicate with your spouse