to think the royal family should have been more sensitive

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Prince Charles tweeted: "Whether you are a Father, a Dad, a Daddy or a Pa, wishing you a Happy Father's Day!"

How about a short addition thinking of people who have lost their fathers given how many families have been affected by bereavement this year? They could have put 'and thinking of those without their fathers today'

@ChicCroissant

OP, you have my sympathy if this is a difficult day for you. Sometimes even seeing the cards in the shops can be a killer. The message was targeted at fathers and wishing them the best - I don't think you can cover every base every time in every message!

I also loved the photo of William hugging Charles, both so relaxed and smiley!

Thank you for explaining nicely rather than putting the boot in.

@SteelyPanther

The perpetually offended.

Indeed. No one can do anything right.

Well I’m sorry you have lost someone but you are massively projecting with this thread

Namechanged because I know this is a heartless admission but I really hate how now every happy occasion Christmas, Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Easter my social media is flooded not with joy but with “thinking of those for whom this is a difficult day 💕💕💕💕💕” messages.
It’s like competitive empathy.
I find it depressing.

TBF - lots of famous people have tweeted Happy Father's Day today. Just like many people have tweeted Happy Mother's Day.

People lost their fathers last year, the year before that and...well every year someone loses their Dad. Did this bother you before? would it have bothered you if Covid hadn't happened? Losing a parent to covid is no worse than losing one to cancer.

It doesn't seem to be a popular opinion in 2020 but I think it's the responsibility of the person with the difficult issue to protect themselves rather than than the onus on the rest of society to never mention anything ever that might potentially upset another person. Constant caveats are quite tiresome.

I suffered miscarriages and was sensitive to anything baby related for a time. But it was my responsibility to manage that.

God, really? My own father is dead but Jesus, I don’t expect everyone to preface any comment about fathers with ‘except you’

You (original poster) are right in my personal view. And I would like to take this opportunity to express my respectful deepest sorrow and condolences to anyone impacted by this dreadful disease.

However, on further reflection and as someone has already mentioned in this discussion - theoretically the same can be said for all other days such as mother’s day etc. That is not to say given the ongoing daily Covid fatalities including dads that perhaps there should indeed be owing to these exceptional circumstances extra thoughts and wording to pay respect to those fathers who would have otherwise be here today as they would be on the next Father’s Day as expected if not for Covid.

Wishing you all a very happy Father’s Day and best health to stay safe!

It's a nice thing from Prince Charles.

It was very thoughtful of him to tweet what he did. He was wishing all father's a good day. It isn't about the children of fathers (whether the father is here or deceased). It's about the fathers!

Have you got nothing better to complain about?

YABU and I say that with a fabulous Dad who has died.

Aww, the picture is cute.

They're ineffectual, unproductive, and never knock out anything but the most predictable platitudes in any event. I find them easy to ignore.

Oh ffs people really do seem to go out their way to be offended these days 🙄

My Dad died when I was a child ,I lost my Stepdad as well and my lovely FIL who I was very close to also passed about 4 years ago .However I feel happy about PC wishing everyone a happy FD as it is special to me now ,to think of happy memories with them all .and also a special day for me and my family ,with my DC and DH!

I'm not offended at all, but it would be nice if sometimes there wasn't the assumption that everyone is a parent.

It’s worth mentioned that thousands of fathers die every year from cancer and other heartbreaking diseases or die unexpectedly also.

I think the message is fine.

How about a short addition thinking of people who have lost their fathers given how many families have been affected by bereavement this year?
My DF is dead but it wasn't this year so perhaps you might want to alter your post?

I never had parents or anyone to fill the hole but I'm not offended. I think it is a nice message. I hate Mother's Day but don't find Father's Day as difficult. I still aren't offended.

So by that logic no one should wish anyone a happy anything because not everyone is celebrating?

It's become cringey the amount of people posting about dead relatives, wishing happy birthday/Father's Day/Mother's Day/ Christmas or whatever often with 'fly high/party hard with the angels'. I saw one today wishing a grandad that has been dead 30 years a happy Father's Day. It's too much, the person posting is about 34 so probably has little to no memory of him.

I lost my dad a few months ago. I miss him terribly.
It didn't even cross my mind when Prince Charles said that, that it was in any way twisting the knife.

All of us are more likely to lose our parents during our lifetimes, we shouldn't spoil the day for those that are together

my wonderful dad died 6 years ago. Yes i still miss him like crazy.. but you know what? Today isn't about me, its about my ExH, my brother, my friends who're dads with kids, my friends dads..

I can have a private moment to miss dad and wish him a happy fathers day, without pissing all over everyone elses celebrations.

I dont need to preface every Happy Fathers Day message with a thought for those of us who've lost them.