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"It's my dad's birthday in 5 days."

This was probably not the best time to realise this fact.

Now I have to find some time to go shopping, and start the desperate search for something that he would want. Irritating man that he is, he continues to buy anything he wants right up to a week before his birthday, so there never seems to be anything to buy him. In a way he's worse than me, at least I can come up with a list of things I wouldn't mind having, he just sits there and says "I don't really think I want anything".

If he did want anything, my sister's probably bought it; in fact, she probably bought it several months ago in advance preperation.

Crap.

I can't even buy him alcohol, my Granddad reserves that choice.

Socks it is then!

No, it's just ****ing impossible to buy anything for him that he actually wants or would enjoy.

He doesn't watch videos or DVDs, listens to the Radio rather than CDs, doesn't like people buying clothes for him, doesn't read any magazines so I can't even buy him a subscription...

Is this the sort of situation where whatever you get him now, you're gonna be judged by that for the rest of his/your life?

This was probably not the best time to realise this fact.

Now I have to find some time to go shopping, and start the desperate search for something that he would want. Irritating man that he is, he continues to buy anything he wants right up to a week before his birthday, so there never seems to be anything to buy him. In a way he's worse than me, at least I can come up with a list of things I wouldn't mind having, he just sits there and says "I don't really think I want anything".

If he did want anything, my sister's probably bought it; in fact, she probably bought it several months ago in advance preperation.

Crap.