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My oldest daughter is home from college for Thanksgiving!

I'll probably be fairly scarce around here!

;)

liz3564 wrote:My oldest daughter is home from college for Thanksgiving!

I'll probably be fairly scarce around here!

;)

Lucky you. Mine went off and got married and now I'm just the third glove. :-(

I realize that's what they're supposed to do, and that I wouldn't have it any other way . . . but we were best friends for a long time before she decided (correctly, of course) that Dad just wasn't enough anymore.

But, life goes on . . .

I still have 14-year-old and a 9-year-old. Daughters are the best. Males are stupid. Except when they're being Dads, of course.

Enjoy it Liz....she'll probably come home at Christmas wearing a piece of glitter on her finger from some RM.


*Think about that mistress LOL*

William Schryver wrote:Daughters are the best. Males are stupid. Except when they're being Dads, of course.

You're way off, Will. I love my daughters, and they are the best. But so are my boys. Sitting with my 8 year old last night at the BYU basketball game and just watching him was pure bliss.

Runtu wrote:

William Schryver wrote:Daughters are the best. Males are stupid. Except when they're being Dads, of course.

You're way off, Will. I love my daughters, and they are the best. But so are my boys. Sitting with my 8 year old last night at the BYU basketball game and just watching him was pure bliss.

I hope it stays that way. And I'm hoping that my son (now 20) wakes up one day, too. He was a remarkable little 8-year-old. It wasn't until he turned 16 that he really started getting stupid.

But, I was also pretty stupid until I was well into my twenties and early thirties. In fact, I'm not sure how smart I've become over the years. Most of the time, I still feel pretty stupid. So, maybe what that tells me is that I shouldn't be too impatient with a 20-year-old that is currently wandering aimlessly on the landscape of life.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I was primarily intended to be a father of daughters. I understand them. We see eye to eye - most of the time anyway. We know how to talk with one another; we connect. That's one of the reasons I get a little worked up when I hear people claim that Mormons oppress women; that they are misogynistic, etc., etc. Nothing could be more foreign to my family life; more antithetical to the way I view my wife and my daughters.

William Schryver wrote:I hope it stays that way. And I'm hoping that my son (now 20) wakes up one day, too. He was a remarkable little 8-year-old. It wasn't until he turned 16 that he really started getting stupid.

My oldest started being stupid at about 12. But we survived his adolescence without killing him. He turned out to be a good kid, and despite the dumb behavior, we enjoyed having him in our home most of the time.

But, I was also pretty stupid until I was well into my twenties and early thirties. In fact, I'm not sure how smart I've become over the years. Most of the time, I still feel pretty stupid. So, maybe what that tells me is that I shouldn't be too impatient with a 20-year-old that is currently wandering aimlessly on the landscape of life.

I have found that if I stick to my principles and love my children, things eventually work out.

On the other hand, I'm pretty sure I was primarily intended to be a father of daughters. I understand them. We see eye to eye - most of the time anyway. We know how to talk with one another; we connect.

I have 3 daughters, and they are so completely different from each other. But we do connect. But my boys and I do too.

That's one of the reasons I get a little worked up when I hear people claim that Mormons oppress women; that they are misogynistic, etc., etc. Nothing could be more foreign to my family life; more antithetical to the way I view my wife and my daughters.

Well, that's another issue entirely.

Bond...James Bond wrote:Enjoy it Liz....she'll probably come home at Christmas wearing a piece of glitter on her finger from some RM.


*Think about that mistress LOL*

:P

She's not stupid. And, she would like her parents to continue to pay for college. LOL

Actually, personality-wise, she's more your type, but since you're not going to school in Utah, I don't have any worries. LOL

liz3564 wrote:

Bond...James Bond wrote:Enjoy it Liz....she'll probably come home at Christmas wearing a piece of glitter on her finger from some RM.


*Think about that mistress LOL*

:P

She's not stupid. And, she would like her parents to continue to pay for college. LOL

Actually, personality-wise, she's more your type, but since you're not going to school in Utah, I don't have any worries. LOL

Obviously you don't know about my enjoyment of long distance relationships.

How does she feel about slightly awkward Kentuckians with wit to burn and a highly developed sense of humor?

Bond...James Bond wrote:

liz3564 wrote:

Bond...James Bond wrote:Enjoy it Liz....she'll probably come home at Christmas wearing a piece of glitter on her finger from some RM.


*Think about that mistress LOL*

:P

She's not stupid. And, she would like her parents to continue to pay for college. LOL

Actually, personality-wise, she's more your type, but since you're not going to school in Utah, I don't have any worries. LOL

Obviously you don't know about my enjoyment of long distance relationships.

How does she feel about slightly awkward Kentuckians with wit to burn and a highly developed sense of humor?

LOL

She would be very open to it...with the exception of one thing. The fact that her mother thinks he's a good guy would kill the deal.

;)

liz3564 wrote:LOL

She would be very open to it...with the exception of one thing. The fact that her mother thinks he's a good guy would kill the deal.

;)

Better start talking me down then.....make up some stuff about how I don't rewind videos (cause I got a DVD player and thus don't get VHS anymore) and how I mistreat my cat by not feeding it (cause I don't have a cat and thus don't have to feed it).