Posted on 02/03/2007 1:03:40 PM PST by timydnuc
This morning my wife and my daughter left for a cruise. The old man had to stay behind and work.
My daughter hugged and kissed me at 4:30 in the morning, as they left the house. I had given her the money to go on this cruise. My daughter and I had been at odds for a while. This was a bribe, pure and simple. I love that little girl more than she will ever know. Even if she is 23 years old, she is still my little girl, and she will always be my little girl. She is the youngest of our family and she is the most precious, please don't tell that to my son's, they didn't like her to begin with. I tried to explain that girls needed more attention and a little more caring. They, the boys, got the message and they spoiled the little girl.
As much as I love her she does piss me off now and again.The perfect daughter would do exactly as daddy says. But then, she wouldn't be the perfect daughter would she?
I cannot make this child's life for her, no more than I can hang the moon. I have to bitch, gripe and sulk until she get's the point, I guess. But, I love her.
Fathers and daughters are as close together and as far apart as the stars in this universe, and I'm just discovering that fact. I never even wanted a daughter, but all of a sudden I had one. Then I had to think like a father of a daughter. I had to protect her, I had love her, I had to teach her, I had to hold her, and cherish her. I had to be her father, and I knew that was going to be hard. Probably the hardest thing I had ever done in my life, but I had to do it. From the first minute I saw her, I was in love. She was so perfect, so wonderful. I had 2 sons, I didn't need a little girl, but there she was, and she captured my heart.
I told a kid one time that if he ever hurt my little girl again that I would tear off his head, and s%^t down his neck. His father came over and shook my hand.
I did all I could and now she has the rest of the job to do. She has a wonderful fiance, and I strongly approve of her choice (the boy reminds me of me, at that age).
Answer me this: Why do fathers love daughters more than they love sons? I thought I loved all of them the same, but it turns out that there is something.....different.
The ones I know don't.
They don't. Theres something wrong with you.
it's not more; it's just differently.
because it's just more natural to love girls
When I walked my eldest down the aisle, I shook so hard, she had to hold me up. It was a long way from bringing her home from the hospital to giving her away at the altar.
We think they need more protection.
Don't know about loving them more. Loving them differently, perhaps.
When you have only boys, your girl is special.
She's been recovering from the flu this week. Monday was the worst day. She was asking me about viruses, and how they make you sick, and how they're different from bacteria, etc. I told her that people knew how to cure most bacteria, but nobody had figured out how to cure a viral infection yet. I told her that it would take someone really smart to do it, and maybe that someone would be her.
She said "but daddy, I'm fighting viruses right now" and I said "really? How?" and she said "by trying not to throw up."
I have two daughters and five sons.
Each knows that they are my favorite.
Love doesn't divide, it multiplies.
They are wonderful. I never knew.
I don't think you love her more, but I think you have that ache to protect/take care of her more than your boys.
On this earth, a Father's love for his daughter is the most perfect love:
A Father's love for his son has pride in it;
A Father's love for his wife has lust in it;
A Father's love for his daughter is most perfect!
You can't love all of them just the same. They are all individuals and therefore your love for them differs. That doesn't mean you love one less than the other, it is just different.
Fathers don't love their girls more than their boys, they love them differently.
Also, there's an old saying: A son's a son until he takes a wife, but a daughter's a daughter all of her life.
By the way, disregard the first two replies to your post. They're jerks.
That's a wonderful thing you've said.
If I encountered the same situation, I would do everything I could to end their relationship quickly and ruthlessly.
My friends and family that have daughters do not love them more. You may need a more 'qualified' opinion in this matter. Do you actually love her more than your sons, or do you feel more of a need to protect her?
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