No application necessary, as she will not be allowed to date. I will permit gentlemen to court her when she is a mature adult ready for marriage.
Well, that's the way it would be if my opinion counted for anything. ;o)
Actually, the yr. she turned 17 is the first time we let her go to a 3 day weekend Rodeo we have in this area by herself. Well her older brother went. But that was the first year I didn't go. I figured if she hadn't learned to behave by then we were out of luck. They have this rodeo in the middle of July in the hottest part of summer. We took the kids for yrs. and a few yrs. me and her went together. You camp out at the rodeo grounds. It can get pretty wild.
Anyway she went by herself for the first time at 17, met the first boy there that she dated and married him 2 yrs later. Go figure. I guess this stuff happens. Luckily Mack never had to use his pond. Travis is a great guy:)
Becky