[FamiliarFace]

I thought we were talking about teenagers dating. Thumbing your nose at a girl’s father is a sure-fire way to earn his distrust of you. It is called respect, and it sounds like you were one of those guys my Dad wanted me to steer clear of, with good reason.

I’m also guessing you don’t have any daughters of your own.

[Wyrd bið ful aræd]

I probably came across as rather a stinker, but in retrospect it was just an somewhat immature display of the sense of self-worth and lack of awe for supposed authority that I think all conservatives possess to some extent. I wasn't a bad kid, but if someone tried to overawe me or influence me with veiled threats, I instantly held little respect for that person. I haven't changed in that in that sense.

And while I don't have a daughter, the advent of younger sister while I was in my teens whose activities I frequently felt obliged to chaperone as she got older caused me to see the other side of coin more than I would have cared to. Karma has a way of paying people back, I guess.