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10 Rules for Dating my Daughter

oldone

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Hi All,

#9 is my favorite:

Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waistline.

Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing some kind of "barrier method" can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five: It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: "early."

Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating my daughter. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka -- zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which feature chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.

Rule Nine: Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless God of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, a backhoe, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.

Rule Ten: Be afraid, Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. Or a fighter jet over the desert in Kuwait. When my Agent Orange or other things I have been exposed to start acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car -- there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.



And yes I do have a daughter just beginning her dating career.
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haha so true.. i've got 2 girls in thier young years and am not looking forward to things to come in this area of things. wish i had a son to help out with the role i play in looking out for them. oh well. sucks knowing what goes on as we were all the boyfriend once. :(
 

David762

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Thank you, OldOne, for a trip down memory lane.

I rather like your 10 rules. I would especially like them if I had a daughter. Might I suggest the following additions to rule #8:
public ice skating rink
guided tour at a local museum
an evening of bowling with another young couple
church-sponsored youth cafes

Best of luck with your young daughter's entry into the dating ritual. A proper upbringing, along with some measure of trust and respect extended to her will go a long way. :)

:tiphat:
 

SOTF420

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You got it. :bigeye:
 
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Lunatic Fringe

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:laughing:
Yes I remember those days.. LOL My daughters Hated me for a while... looking back though I don't know that it did much Good... But I love the rules and would follow those again if I ever Had more daughters.... Although Gran-daughters are not old enough yet for me to worry.... Someone else job now.... You can bet I'll be watching and providing Backup though.. LOL :tiphat:
 

oldone

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@SOTF420; All due respect my friend, but my sense of humor changed somewhat after I became a father of a daughter.

@David762; We're Canadians so skating is in our blood!

I'm very fortunate that I have a wonderful relationship with her. Its something special. Oh and I forgot to mention that she has her green belt in karate going onward to blue. I pity the fool that messes with her!

later,
OO
 

TruthOrLie

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Rule 8 and 3 are for the unexperienced. You can easily do all kinds of nasty stuff on a wooden stool. And sagging the pants lets the balls breathe, maaaaaan. I can't get away with the sag as much anymore, but they sure do get sweaty down there nowadays.
 

oldone

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Thanks for the rep TruthOrLie your rep comment "dont guard her too much she'll go nuts" is excellent advice.

My wish for her and her brother is to be happy, healthy and confident people. I really dont care what they end up doing (within reason of course). I also hope that they may experience the joy of children some day.

She is my oldest and she taught me the meaning of life: children. And I never wanted to be a father in the first place!

Sorry I got kinda gushy there,
OO
 

HighDesertJoe

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Good list BUT if I had a daughter I'd be driving her to where ever she needs or wants to go till she is at least in her second year of an all girls college,
I know boys can not be trusted any farther then you can throw them. I was one of the good boys you thought you could trust.
 
C

Cheeb

Unfortunately

/daughter disregards all rules and only further distances herself from daddy...boyfriend follows suit.

Father continues to be angry and essentially does nothing as daughter is really the one in control here.

right ol' man?

:laughing:


- - Give her privacy/space now or she'll be immediately gone when shes 18.
 

fabvariousk

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I like how many of the rules are centered around your meeting the boyfriend.
I don't know if this is the case with all teenage boys but I will tell you one thing.
When I was in High School I had a rule.
If I am meeting you. I have already had your daughter.
Not gonna go through any parent hassles unless your daughter has proven her worth.
Maybe kids are less sexual than they were in the nineties. Doubt it.
Have fun.
 

Greyskull

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ive got 2 girls
wee ones but the thought of them dating makes me grimace.
especially because i know what fabvariousk is talking about with that rule hahaha
shit.

i like rule four four personally
Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing some kind of "barrier method" can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.
 

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