Taking daughter on date speech

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

he posted a pic  and if i can get married (twice) to seemingly normal women all things are possible

[T.O.M.]

Having dated a good bit back in the day, I heard the speeches, got the not too subtle threats, and even had the guns on the table moment.  I can say that none of it really had any effect.  As near as I can figure, instead of spending time and energy working on the threat, you should instead spend the time and energy teaching your daughters.  What you need to teach them are the following:

1.  Good judge of character
2.  How to avoid involuntary and voluntary intoxication
3.  How to recognize problems before they occur, and how to escape a bad situation before it becomes inescapable
4.  How to get out of a jam physically if necessary
5.  How to use a cell phone to call you any time for help, no matter what the situation may be
6.  That no matter what she does, you'll come to help her and not judge her for what she's done

I met a few young ladies who had this type of situation.  Two are, and will be, lifeling friends.  The third is my wife.

[bmitchell]

Your wife isn't a lifelong friend?

Ben

[CNYCacher]

Your wife isn't a lifelong friend?

Ben

Isn't it implied?

[charby]

Your wife isn't a lifelong friend?

Ben

I look at it as a life long prison sentence. :)

[S. Williamson]

STOP THE THREAD!!!

You have a girlfriend?

[bmitchell]

"Two are, and will be, lifelong friends.  The third is my wife" implies that the third differs from the first two.
"Three are, and will be, lifelong friends, one of whom is my wife" would be more accurate to what I hope the situation is.

Ben

[Jamisjockey]

"Two are, and will be, lifelong friends.  The third is my wife" implies that the third differs from the first two.
"Three are, and will be, lifelong friends, one of whom is my wife" would be more accurate to what I hope the situation is.

Ben

Seriously? 
 
Nitpicking grammar is one way to begin an acrimonious relationship around here.....

[S. Williamson]

Seriously? 
 
Nitpicking grammar is one way to begin an acrimonious relationship around here.....

Ellipses do not consist of five dots.  Three shall suffice.






 

[bmitchell]

Sorry, I'm really bored.
:)

Ben

[seeker_two]

Ellipses do not consist of five dots.  Three shall suffice.






 

.....but I prefer to use SUPERIOR ellipises..... 

[AJ Dual]

Dads liked me, which was the kiss of death, as far as any girl was concerned.  Did wonders for my dating life in high school.

Later on, in my early twenties, at the time, the only thing Mrs. Dual's father knew about me was that I was a "college dropout", and "had a whole bunch of guns".  And the first time he saw the apartments where I was living, he had to drive the back way through what was then the rundown part of Milwaukee's warehouse district to get my roomate's and my rather posh loft. Apparently he was freaking out, and the future Mrs. Dual enjoying every minute of it.

It didn't last long, I was a perfectly respectful and clean-cut twentysomething who didn't finish school because I never found a good time to break the golden handcuffs of corporate I.T. work. As opposed to his daughter who'd spent four years getting her B.F.A. in -cough(underwaterbasketweaving)cough- theater and only worked retail clothing in the mall.

But, I still managed to freak him out, if only for a little while, and she was the one I wound up marrying.

Funny how that works out. 

My four little girls, almost all the same age?

I strongly suspect that after enduring a few years of their puberty, by the time they're dating age, I'll be saying something like: "You have a windowless van, with carpet in the back?.... Great! Here's $100, take the other three with you too!"

[digitalandanalog]

again: without photographic or video proof, didn't happen...

You know I love my fellow APSers, but I am not about to broadcast my lady friends identity for anyone to see on teh interwebz.

Just like it is unlikely you will ever see a pic of me either.

[Lee]

If I feel the need to intimidate - then she isn't going with him.
If I were to intimidate though, it would probably go something like this, "I'm old and my l my life doesn't mean all that much to me...but your's means even less."

[Phantom Warrior]

You know I love my fellow APSers, but I am not about to broadcast my lady friends identity for anyone to see on teh interwebz.

Just like it is unlikely you will ever see a pic of me either.

Wise.

http://www.epsaddlery.com/pc-77-21-ez-carry-holster.aspx
^^^ Basically the best I could get for the money I have--open top, no retention.  :|

You can get a basic Uncle Mike's medium frame velcro holster with a thumb break for $20-30.  I recommend looking at a Fobus holster.  For example, their basic paddle holster for SIGs here.  Fobus holsters are also in the $20-30 range, extremely durable, and have great retention.  The trigger guard has an indentation which snaps into the trigger guard on the gun.  Which effectively keeps it from going anywhere.  I'm still carrying my Glock in the same GL2 I bought six years ago.

[RevDisk]

My four little girls, almost all the same age?

I strongly suspect that after enduring a few years of their puberty, by the time they're dating age, I'll be saying something like: "You have a windowless van, with carpet in the back?.... Great! Here's $100, take the other three with you too!"

So how much are you planning on charging the guy to take them back?  $100 per head?

[AJ Dual]

So how much are you planning on charging the guy to take them back?  $100 per head?

You see right through me. Ammo is expensive! And it won't be any cheaper around 2020 or so when mine are going to be moving into dating age...

I never understood the tradition of dowry, especially where it continues in the third world today. I always thought desperate guys, and their families, would pay to get the wife they wanted.

With a wife and four daughters of my own, now I get it. 

Oh, and digitalandanalog, thanks for the PM, Yowza! She really is a catch! One question though, are they real?

Never mind, who cares? 

[Uncle Bubba]

I've always liked the line I heard Howie Mandel use in one of his stand-up routines:

"I look forward to the day when my daughter starts dating because any guy who wants to take her out has to come to the house and meet me."

I'm going to have fun. And probably embarrass my daughters.

[T.O.M.]

Your wife isn't a lifelong friend?

Ben

Hey, I'm a lawyer, and a magistrate at that.  Picking on my grammer and doing so in a way that could result in rocking my marital bliss is a sure way to invoke my contempt powers!

All three are lifelong friends.  My differentiation was dramatic effect, with the intended implication being that all three women have played, and will continue to play, key parts in my life.

[S. Williamson]

The fun continues.   

Sue's getting her place ready to put up for sale, so Saturday I spent going back and forth between "helping" her mom convince her that she didn't need 75% of the cosmetics, clothes, and other random stuff she had, and helping her dad install all-new countertops in the kitchen. 

Was especially fun holding the piece being cut out for the sink from underneath as her dad did the sawing.  I had a lot on my mind: 1) making sure the piece didn't land on my head and disable or kill me, 2) trying to keep the sawdust out of my face and nose, and 3) ensuring that my fingers were well out of the cutting path of the saw. 

After an hour of moving furniture and boxes, Sue's dad declared that it was time for barbecue, and insisted that I come along with them to Earl's Rib Palace, his treat.  Only condition was that I dust myself off so that I wouldn't get Sue (or his truck) dirty.   

Oddest part of the whole evening was the radio station her parents had playing.  I don't listen to 70s-early 80s pop/funk (was raised on Metallica), but I seemed to impress them when I started picking out stuff like Morris Day, Average White Band, Hues Corporation, etc. Apparently embarrassed the heck out of Sue in the process, who then died laughing as I started singing along.