MEMORIES.......
I recall reviewing many of those very same words with BOTH of my daughter's dates as they were growing through those years.
I invited the prospective hot blooded younguns into my office for a discussion with "dad" as I was busy sharpening my Marine issued knife. (Ribs will know what that is)
We began talking about how to be a gentleman, and treat Ladies with respect, and not as a conquest. Thenw e eventually got into what would happen to any overly agressive male that thought he was above my reach....
So I did not have much trouble with my daughters coming home ata decent hour and I was always UP and waiting to say hello when that happened. Of course, I was alsoknown to literally drive ahead to where I was told they would be going to see if I was lied to or not.
Fathers know what is on the mionds of hormonal driven youngsters because we wenttrhough it to.
What matters is that you go through those years with honor, uprightness, and learn to be a gentleman.
My daughters and my sonin laws learned this principle well and now that my oldest has a teenage daughter of her own, my son in law will now begin to replicate the responsibilities of being a Father and protector of his daughter that I passed on to him.
Plus he did not wantto go thru life missing some vital parts of his anatomy that would give him difficulty in ever having children when he actually grew up and became a responsible young man.
Today he is a wonderful son to me. His dad passed about five years ago of cancer. I am now his "dad" besides his father in law.. He turned out pretty good as is my grandson who is ALL LEAGUE in three sports and Honor Society. He is the scholar athlete atthe High School.
Very quiet and humble. I am so blessed...
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