“The father of a daughter is nothing but a high-class hostage. A father turns a stony face to his sons, berates them, shakes his antlers, paws the ground, snorts, runs them off into the underbrush, but when his daughter puts her arm over his shoulder and says, ‘Daddy, I need to ask you something,’ he is a pat of butter in a hot frying pan.â€
—Garrison Keillor
Mine is just 2, but Keillor’s words ring true already.
Bruce Ross(Quote)
Stony faced in Connecticut. I am blessed with only males of the species.
Steve Z(Quote)
I have only 1 daughter. Teaching her to drive now, as she is sixteen. I’ll humbly admit that she is smarter than me now and more mature than her years should allow. Gods will you say, Gods will it is. Anyway, she has always been a daddys girl and I would move the sun, moon, and heavens stars for her if she asked…….just saying.
JJZ(Quote)
Yep that’s pretty much how it works, except 19 year old son won’t leave, 17 year old daughter is one step out the door. And I agree with JJZ whole heartedly
Brian(Quote)
Maybe you’re not pawing the ground hard enough.
Tom Chandler(Quote)
I have 3, and I’m raising them alone…the oldest is about to get her driver’s license – please pray for me.
Ian(Quote)
You don’t need prayer; you need a comprehensive insurance policy and a shotgun to deter the bounders…
Tom Chandler(Quote)
Here’s a line that always seemed to work with Jessi’s “boys”… “See that little girl over there? She’s my world. If you ever do anything to hurt her, just remember….. I’ve got no problem going back to jail.” (Bill Engvall)
Or you can simply use these rules: http://www.websitement-tm.com/Darwin/Content/rules_for_dating_my_daughter.htm
The Chile Doctor(Quote)
Oh SO true……I have 2 grand daughters who get this treatment and poor Nick the eldest boy gets nada….so he thinks…..I did at his age,with my 2 sisters. But he’s hip on fishing,at least,so we get to be guys. I WILL wait till he’s 18 (ten more years) to introduce him to single malt,though…..
JP2(Quote)
It doesn’t change even when the baby girl is 38… But the youngest son of Girl Friend is graduating from HS this weekend and needs to see both the elephant and the very big gun!
Tell Ian that I’ll mail him the keys to the Arsenal.
JJP(Quote)