You Want to Date my Daughter?

                                       

So, you want to date my daughter, eh?  Well, bad news:  I don't have a daughter! But if I did, I would love her wholeheartedly.  I would want the best for her and do whatever I could to make that happen. But first, an example of how NOT to be:  On the Internet I found this so-called feminist father rules for dating my daughter:  1) I don't make the rules; 2) You don't make the rules; 3) She makes the rules; 4) Her body, her rules. Instead, it sounds like an irresponsible gay male friend who is HIV positive giving a young lady advice. That is not being a man, let alone father.  It is a useless bastard attitude. 

Another bad attitude is fathers never wanting their daughters to date or marry and instead pursue a career, which is highly unnatural.  Again, I would genuinely want the very best for my daughter.  So here are the rules I would attempt to enforce for dating my hypothetical daughter who is 17 and lives under my roof: First, only males born male. Second, only White males. Third, no guys with any face or neck tattoo or arms full of tattoos or body piercings.  And no motorcycle riders. I would of course do a background check to see that there is no criminal record and that they are not currently married. If they failed to meet the first three criteria, no need for a background check as they would be rejected automatically. 

I would exclude anyone needing a wheelchair or any other physical handicap. Though it seems unfair, I would want someone to care for my daughter if she became disabled herself and have full control over the children. And would exclude those with mental conditions such as bipolar or schizophrenia. To maintain a successful marriage takes lots of work, which must not be burdened with additional problems.  To allow a gentleman caller to continue visiting, I would need to know that he HAS A JOB or is in school with at least a C average and seems ambitious.  And a churchgoer. 

I would also insist that the man was never married unless scripturally divorced or a widower. I would instill in my daughter to always dress modestly and never have any sex before marriage.  So, I would disallow spending the night while dating.  But after marriage the man should have sex as frequently as he wants, as God ordained husbands as the authority over their wives in this area and all others. Provided their decisions are godly, and any abuse would be dealt with. However, if the husband became disabled or lost his job, I would encourage my daughter to stand by him, as marriage is meant to be a death do you part commitment. 

As for age, the man could be as old as 50, provided he had a very good reason for being single that long, and that there was nothing sketchy about him otherwise. Regardless, all suitors would also be under close scrutiny for any other character defects they may have. These criteria have always been the recipe for successful marriages and their subsequent families. Objecting to my standards means that you have succumbed to poisonous modern culture. So, ignore my advice to fathers at your peril!  Better yet, wipe out dating culture altogether, and have daughters given in marriage by their fathers as they were throughout history, which marriages and families thrived.