Please Help Me Solve This
Decorating By cakemeasIam Updated 15 Feb 2010 , 6:52pm by SpecialtyCakesbyKelli
argument with my 71 year old father.
I have several orders for chocolate dipped strawberries..
i am putting them in size appropriate boxes with a tissue and ribbon around it. he thinks it should be something more of a display...like a floral arrangement. (since when does he care!!)
i am in a uproar because lately everything i do is not good enough...mind you i am 36 years old, married and have 2 amazing daughters. totally capable of putting together a dipped strawberry box.
he even went a step further to say what are tehy gonna do with it after they leave your bakery...what do i care???????
is there any other suggestions to just eas my mind? isn't it amazing how they can shake your confidence??
thanks for letting me vent!
A display of strawberries would be a different price from a box of strawberries...much like an arrangement of flowers in a vase would be a different price from a box of loose flowers...tell yer daddy-o that 
I think both are nice, but personally... I would rather have the box with the tissue. I think displays are just trying to hard. just a little tacky, hope not to offend!!! please don't hate me, but I like your boxed idea better. simple and classy! love the ribbon on boxes too!
My parents are the same, so I feel your pain, except I'm 50. Are they in a square plain box with a ribbon? Or a clear rose box, you know, the long skinny one for long stem roses. Put them in there with a little bit of silk greenery and then they look like long stem strawberries. The customer can choose which price they want.
He is 71, tell him you appreciate his suggestions, that it is a good idea but at this time it isn't feasible you already have things in the works and you may use the idea at a later time. No matter what age we are we all want to be appreciated and acknowledged. And remember old people come from young people. 
nice thought dolfin!
I guess it's nice that your dad cares at all! I know mine wouldn't. 
i know...he just wants to be part of it all...we are all he has.
thanks for the confidence boost and the reminder that all the nudging is out of love.
ps the boxes are white with a window, and i have tissue paper and a gold ribbon ...
aww I think it's sweet in an annoying parent kind of way LOL! You could always do what I do to my parents, say thanks for the advice and do what I planned on doing to begin with........hummm....... I sounded just like a teenager didn't I? oh boy!
... You could always do what I do to my parents, say thanks for the advice and do what I planned on doing to begin with........
...and sooner or later your children, or young/er nephews, nieces, cousins, etc. will be doing the same with your advice. 
... You could always do what I do to my parents, say thanks for the advice and do what I planned on doing to begin with........
...and sooner or later your children, or young/er nephews, nieces, cousins, etc. will be doing the same with your advice.
I know! scary lol
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