Posted on 07/01/2007 10:12:22 AM PDT by wagglebee
Thanks for proving my point.
I always get a little chuckle when some clueless dad thinks he’s in charge of his daughter after the age of 12.
And thank you for proving mine.
Ping (Copy for later...daughter is 9 years old)
Hahhaha, that’s good!
Copied and saved! Will print out for bf’s oldest daughter’s new bf. He’s in the Navy ;-)
He wants his daughters to avoid people like he was himself when he was younger. (Don’t we all—smile?) Why do people always have to have their cake and eat it to? If we lived better lives when we were young, we wouldn’t be carrying around so much baggage.
She likes a young man in her school who will be a senior this year. She’s a sophomore. He’s a very nice young man so hopefully her intuition will be able to distinguish if one has good character—sooo important. So far she’s not allowed to date. I told her (as her protective grandma) that she couldn’t date until she’s out of college. I doubt that will happen but you can always hope (smile). Her close girlfriends seem also to be nice young ladies.
Ah, it may be an oldie but it’s a goodie...
It’s also good to look at how the boy (or girl) treats their own family members.
Internet Tough Guy alert, LOL.
This guy is a total jerk. I’ve never once read anything that made me want to kick someone’s arrogant ass as much as this piece makes me want a piece of Mr. Giles. I’d slap th snot out of the first jerk that treated my son like this guy intends to treat his daughter’s suitors. Unlike Mr. Giles, I know that I’m from the wrong side of the tracks, and I found it useful upon occasion.
On the off chance that this guy thinks this was funny, it wasn’t.
Tell him to save his back and stop. I have two daughters, one who is 28 and another who is the baby of the family at 13. If there is one thing I've learned from raising the oldest is that the secret is raising good kids who make good decisions when you aren't looking, because any kid can find plenty of time behind your back.
Oh without a doubt. I remember well the fathers that thoroughly pissed me off at first meeting. Job number one immediately became convincing his darling daughter just what a jerk he was, but usually she already knew.
My daughters have a strong, involved father (also polite!) and five brothers to protect them, along with myself and my stock of bitter cynicism.
I’m not impeded by politeness, when it matters.
I am teaching my kids to make good decisions when I am not looking, but that does not stop a father’s protectiveness towards his little girl, nor should it.
He’s coarse, but it sounds like he is just satirizing his main points. I thought it was good. Ultimately, he’ll have to rely on his daughters to maintain the values they were taught and make the right decisions.
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