Proud Dad Moment. Son starts dating.

StarSis, as devotees of the various kids' sports threads know, has four daughters aged 6 to 15, and holy moley, I don't envy her and Hubby one bit. They're going to be chasing boys off pretty much the next 12 years.

Actually, as the 16-years-older brother, I had to wear the Darth Vader armor when StarSis herself got involved with a real piece of work her junior year in HS.

I only met this mook twice, he was rude, aloof and bossy toward Sis. A couple of weeks later, I got word this dude had hit her, so it was time for a little visitation ( along with StarBro, then a college senior).

He was convinced to go away immediately and forever, after being introduced to the side of an aluminum siding wall.

That'll be a piece of family lore the kiddies won't hear. (I don't know for sure if Sis has ever discussed it with Hubby.)

 

Starman Justice!

 

Human nature

 

That is awful. Sorry

 

Yes. A couple of years behind.

Already bracing for that craziness.

 

Someone should start a birds and bees thread.

 

At what age do you start handing your kid a rubber along with the $40 for the movie.

 

Bad dating decisions run in our family, so I'll be equally wary when both my son and my daughter start dating.

 

I would say it's a little different in this case in that we know the family of "the girl" and have for nearly a decade -- they go back to kindergarten. Definitely not a mystery date who isn't "pre-approved" by myself or Mrs. Ex.

 

Especially if they start dating each other.

 

My kids didn't formally date much in middle school and high school. Several times I took my older son to middle school parties where he was the only boy in the house with five or six girls. (And he likes girls).

I made sure the parents were OK, kind of shook my head remembering spin my spin the bottle odds weren't so good and left.

My younger son is now a freshman in college and at his last concert, his grandmother was pointing out to him the matchmaking potential she tought she saw for "pretty little girlfriends" in the band. That's really what a grandson wants to hear!

 

Poindexter is hoping for a story of one of the SJers offspring dating a teacher.