That discribes my hubby amazingly well. Our girls are daddy's girls and they have him wrapped around their finger. But he has a twin and our girls are very much like my BIL own children .
I think my husband looks back on his own single days, and my BIL has never married. Dates or boyfriends have had to measure up and at the same time put to the microscope. My husband has always been a very involved father and that may be why the girls have the self confidence they do. Fathers are so important to girls, as well as boys.
But he's really never been the disciplinarian, that's left to me. I do think he has a difficult time seeing them as women.
When the girls were allowed to date, it was a rule that the boy had to come to the house, had to come to the door and come in. There dad was waiting and my husband would reiterate to them when she had to be home, where they could go or not go. My husband is a big guy and I know his intention was to be intimidating. He also expected the kid to extend his hand for a hand shake.
Then he'd wait a second to extend his hand ( just to make the kid sweat) and make sure he used a very firm grip.
Down deep I think he would have liked to kick the kid into next week and never have to deal with any of this again.
My oldest is unofficially engaged. They will pick a ring soon. Marriage when they are out of college.
These kids have been together for close to 3 years . Its taken a lot for my husband to finally accept this young man. But he has. And he has totally accepted him into the men's lair of he and his brother. They'll watch a game and recently the 3 of them were home watching something, when my other daughter came home with a guy. I kind of felt sorry for this new kid. Now there were 3. This kid was confronted by dad, uncle and accepted future family member. I don't know if this boy will one day be ' the one' , but he has a long, treacherous road in front of him..
My daughter is 22 years old, and I believe my husband thinks she is still as chaste as a nun. While I don't want to think about it lest I dwell on it, I know otherwise. I've given her "the talk" in the 8th grade, which was too late as she probably could have corrected me on some things. Anyway, my mother gave me the talk right before my wedding (too late) and my father never said a word.
If I told Cap to have "the talk" with Pris he would have a nervous breakdown. Not that he's a prude, quite the opposite, but he's the embodiment of a double standard. I don't think he would know what to say. "Uh, don't do what I did, ok?"
