. In all seriousness, her and her mother mean the world to me and I wouldn't have it any other way. But you sir, you sir are a gentleman, scholar and a saint haha. Congrats as it sounds like you have raised them with a good head on their shoulders. I catch myself thinking about how tough its going to be raising her in a world that's different from when we were brought up and changing daily, but just like you guys figured it out, we will too. Seymore wrote:Not only is it 4 girls but they are scattered from 25 all way down to 11. Those last two were supposed to be statistically very remote but that's a story for another day.
The one thing I think I have learned from raising girls is that everything I say or do is being watched to some degree. They are subconciously making determinations of how a guy is to handle himself around a girl. Do I get upset over something do I scream, curse, and run around the house breaking stuff? Do I hit my wife, verbally berate her or attempt to control her? Do I treat her with respect and value her opinion or do I view her as an afterthought?
Another thing I've learned is to give the girls an out. If they are ever in a bad situation I want them to feel free to call me anytime day or night and I will come get them with no questions asked. I don't want them to not place that call because they are scared they are going to get in trouble with their Mom and I. They have done all I could ever ask by picking up the phone and saying come get me the heck out of this deal. If they want to talk about it that's fine. I did this with the first two and am doing it with the 3rd and have been called a couple of times. Usually, they tell us what was happening and why they needed out.
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