Men: What if your Daughter Brought Home a Guy Like You?

KillarneyRose · #1 04-14-2004, 10:58 PM

How about it, guys? What if, waaaaaay down the road, you have a beautiful, perfect, princess of a daughter and when she hits dating age she brings home a boy who reminds you to a tee of YOU when you were that age.

Congratulate her on her good taste?
Insist it be a group date?
Immediately show him to the door?
Send your daughter to boarding school?

Or something else?

ZTAngel · #2 04-14-2004, 11:06 PM

Just wanted to throw in a side comment...

I think this is probably a very common thing. I've read many studies on this while completing my sociology minor. Girls tend to find men who are much like their father. Girls who were daddy's little girl tend to find a guy that will treat them like a princess. Girls who have an ambitious father want to find the same in their mate. Sadly, many women who were emotionally/physically abused by their father find a man that does the same to them. The reason women do this is because their father is main male role model in their life and they try to find a mate to fulfill that same position. Not every girl tries to find a man who emulates the same characteristics as her father but it is really common. I find many qualities about my boyfriend that are the same in my father. It's scary!

But, I love my father very much so it's fitting that I would want to find a guy that I feel will treat me as well as my daddy has treated me.

I would think that if a man is a very good father that he should be flattered that his daughter is bringing home a guy just like him!

Even if the guy does remind him of his younger, wilder days!

Kevlar281 · #3 04-15-2004, 01:02 AM

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Originally posted by ZTAngel
Girls who have an ambitious father want to find the same in their mate.

Where are these women?

Betarulz! · #4 04-15-2004, 01:15 AM

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Originally posted by Kevlar281
Where are these women?

Oh there everywhere...I get plenty of girls to talk to me when I tell them I'm pre-med...surprising really.

As for the question...
To a tee, I'd probably end up being great friends with the guy, and congratulating my daughter on her good taste.

AlethiaSi · #5 04-15-2004, 06:34 AM

hmmm well i know i'm not a guy lol- but i definatly agree with this theory... its kind of weird- but i know that i look for guys that are kind of wild but intellectual (like my dad) tall and built bordering on heavy set (like my dad) brown hair and eyes- likes to have a good time- etc... (like my dad) and treats me like he does... (haven't found it yet

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i know waht i want in my husband/boyfriend- and i am attracted to those characteristics.... there are a lot of things that drive me crazy that he does- but thats with everyone....

i think that if i showed up with a guy that reminded my dad of himself he'd prob want to show the guy the door because my dad knows what he was capable at that age.... but also he knows that he'd be good for me- so he'd accept him- just like my mom's dad did..... (the men on both sides of my family are pretty similar... maybe its the kansas wildness lol)

p.s. i hope that made sense... i've been rambling incoherently a lot lately lol

PhiPsiRuss · #6 04-15-2004, 06:43 AM

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Originally posted by Betarulz!
Oh there everywhere...I get plenty of girls to talk to me when I tell them I'm pre-med...surprising really.

$$$
Imagine that. A woman attracted to a man's income, or income earning potential.

As far as me, I'd congratulate her on her good taste.

AznSAE · #7 04-15-2004, 01:56 PM

I would congratulate my baby girl for her good taste

James · #8 04-15-2004, 04:19 PM

I would like him . . and try not to imagine what he was doing with her . . and I wouldn't believe her if she said nothing . .. because I know me well enough to know that I wouldn't be with someone that didn't do anything.

ZeroCool · #9 04-15-2004, 04:23 PM

I would instantly show the kid to the door. Not a chance a guy like me will go out with my daughter.

AchtungBaby80 · #10 04-15-2004, 04:35 PM

My dad doesn't care about the guys I date. That's why I don't really want a guy like him--he never wanted much to do with me until I was older, and I always felt like I was competing for his attention and never getting it. I actually have dated guys like this, guys that I doubt would've paid me any attention if I'd been on fire...guess that's why.

My stepdad would like to see me date a guy like him, but not long-term or anything permanent because they'd end up killing each other. He's got a very domineering personality, and he usually likes the guys I date who are like that for a few weeks and then he's like, "Get rid of 'im." I don't like people telling me what to do, so I'm making an effort not to end up with a guy like him, either.

Rudey · #11 04-15-2004, 04:54 PM

Do you have any clue how awful I am? No girl should ever date anyone like me!

-Rudey

mattpike · #12 04-16-2004, 08:07 PM

i would probaby kick him in the nuts, then try to pin a murder or something on him so he would be locked away far from my daughter. thats what i would do.

KillarneyRose · #13 04-17-2004, 02:30 PM

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Originally posted by mattpike
i would probaby kick him in the nuts, then try to pin a murder or something on him so he would be locked away far from my daughter. thats what i would do.

LOL, Matt! You sound just like my husband!

moe.ron · #14 04-18-2004, 04:23 PM

I found a touring partner for Phish!!!!

sigtau305 · #15 04-19-2004, 05:16 PM

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
How about it, guys? What if, waaaaaay down the road, you have a beautiful, perfect, princess of a daughter and when she hits dating age she brings home a boy who reminds you to a tee of YOU when you were that age.

Congratulate her on her good taste?
Insist it be a group date?
Immediately show him to the door?
Send your daughter to boarding school?

Or something else?

I'd say congrats for her good taste.