Age to begin dating?

[noname]

When did you start dating?
At what age will you allow your kids (if/when you do have them) to begin?

Do you think that having them start at an earlier age would allow them to gain more/better skills that will be useful or advantageous when it's time to seriously pursue serious relationships? In other words, will it increase their chances of getting the dream girl/guy? :P

[angel nympho]

I won't set an age. My kids can date whenever the fuck they want. As long as they're responsible and trustworthy.

[Saiko]

Word, AN.
I started dating 2 days before my 13th birthday. So I don't know if that counts as 12 or 13. Yeah, it lasted 13 months. Good guy.

[Adaon]

I prolly wouldn't let my kids date til highschool or RIGHT after middle school.....at least to get used to somewhat the hormonal shifts and such of being a teenager.....

[AliBabaIncorporated]

eh, whenever. I don't think it'll gain them any valuable skills, but prohibiting it just means the kids are gonna sneak around behind my back. but if I run into some guy having sex with my daughter in my house, I'm gonna shoot the bastard. When it gets to court I'll claim mistaken defense of loved ones cuz I thought he was raping her.

[Azn Retribution]

Doesn't matter because my daughters are gonna be dating by these rules:

Rule One

If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two

You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them.

Rule Three

I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear theirs trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: you may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.

Rule Four

I'm sure that you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five

In order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early."

Rule Six

I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry.

Rule Seven

As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh, and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?

Rule Eight

The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there are no parents, policemen, or pastors within eyesight. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies, which feature chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better.

Rule Nine

Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless commander of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.

Rule Ten

Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy outside of Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit your car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car-there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

[iris]

Haha I've seen that before. Where is it from?

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Originally posted by iris@Jan 28 2003, 08:04 PM
Haha I've seen that before. Where is it from?
my dad :lol:

[AliBabaIncorporated]

Originally posted by Azn Retribution@Jan 28 2003, 10:55 PM
Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka zipped up to her throat.
overalls??? overalls are like the original "Easy Access" garment :P

[Hanuman]

Did my post get deleted? I could have sworn I posted here? Did I write something offensive? I'm so confused?

[teaz0r]

i went out with a boy to the movies once in 7th grade.
but it's because he owned the movie theatre. hee hee.

i had stupid boyfriends in middle school. i dunno if that
counts. all we did was like kiss. and they last about 4
weeks.

i didn't have a /real/ boyfriend till 10th grade. like as in
going out just the two of us and not a group of friends.

i can't really set up the age limit for my kid, cuz by the time
i have kids the world will be so much different than it is right
now. even at present, kids seem to grow up a whole lot
faster than my generation, and that's not even too long
ago.

[AznYam]

if it's a boy then the moment he pops outta the womb. if it's a girl then when im dead.

[iris]

Originally posted by Tawee@Jan 29 2003, 07:05 PM
Did my post get deleted?  I could have sworn I posted here?  Did I write something offensive?  I'm so confused?
Maybe you dreamt you posted in here Tawee. Stop taking crack and it'll help boost your memory.

edit: actually I'm certain we had a thread like this before when the Anna Guo case came into light. It's probably lurking in the back logs of "Women." That might have been the one you posted on?

[Chris]

As long my child is responible and of consent. Sure. :)

[sandra]

my friend's dad used to supervise our group dates during freshman year of high school. :ph34r: he'd sit about 10 rows behind us in the theatres, and we'd all eat together afterwards. it was kinda fun, actually. i didn't really start dating until i was 15. how strict i will be with my kids will depend on their maturity level.

[amietron]

Those rules set by Azn Retribution sound something like my dad's rules. On New Year's Day, he made Nick come over to talk before he could take me out the next day.

[Hanuman]

Originally posted by iris@Jan 29 2003, 12:09 PM
Maybe you dreamt you posted in here Tawee. Stop taking crack and it'll help boost your memory.

edit: actually I'm certain we had a thread like this before when the Anna Guo case came into light. It's probably lurking in the back logs of "Women." That might have been the one you posted on?
Maybe I did just dream it, that was 6 in the morning when I wrote that. I think being deprived of my "M" has made me crazy.

In response to the thread, I'm gonna feel really bad if I have daughters. I know I'm gonna be pretty tough on them when it comes to dating. I'll probably mellow out by the time they're 30, then they can cautiously date....With me as chaperone....

[Azn Retribution]

Originally posted by amietron@Jan 29 2003, 11:53 AM
Those rules set by Azn Retribution sound something like my dad's rules. On New Year's Day, he made Nick come over to talk before he could take me out the next day.
Thats because I am your daddy.
I'm your big daddy.

You didn't think im watching you here either?

Remember I do this because I love you.
:lol: :lol: :D

[Adaon]

bah they're from an old email floating around....I had like 4 copies sent straight to me by my friends after first I started going steady with my first girlfriend :ph34r:

and Rule 8? the bundled up one? works only if you you're in troupical regions....if you'r ein snowy country....she's gonna have to take it off sometime....and it might be darned cute :P

[Fireblade]

let's see now... I started dating when I was around 15, turning 16. Didn't get a steady girlfriend till I hit 17. So I guess if I had a boy, maybe around 14, 15.

If I have a daughter....
Background checks up the ass. IF he seems just even a little bit out of place.... in terms of being moral, normal, etc, I'll tear him a new one. And they must be group dates, till the age of 16.

And if I catch them having sex.... I'll turn into an avid gun collector, and game hunter. :D

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by Fireblade@Jan 30 2003, 11:45 AM
let's see now... I started dating when I was around 15, turning 16. Didn't get a steady girlfriend till I hit 17. So I guess if I had a boy, maybe around 14, 15.

If I have a daughter....
Background checks up the ass. IF he seems just even a little bit out of place.... in terms of being moral, normal, etc, I'll tear him a new one. And they must be group dates, till the age of 16.

And if I catch them having sex.... I'll turn into an avid gun collector, and game hunter. :D
i think if i caught them having sex i'd throw him from the roof and make sure he lands on the fence crotch first.

[KiTTY2babe]

I had my first boyfriend at 14 and first devastating break-up at 17. Fun times.

[Adaon]

Originally posted by himura-dono@Jan 30 2003, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Jan 30 2003, 11:45 AM
let's see now... I started dating when I was around 15, turning 16. Didn't get a steady girlfriend till I hit 17. So I guess if I had a boy, maybe around 14, 15.

If I have a daughter....
Background checks up the ass. IF he seems just even a little bit out of place.... in terms of being moral, normal, etc, I'll tear him a new one. And they must be group dates, till the age of 16.

And if I catch them having sex.... I'll turn into an avid gun collector, and game hunter.  :D
i think if i caught them having sex i'd throw him from the roof and make sure he lands on the fence crotch first.
>.< OYE!!! I've never been in said situation to get thrown off a roof and onto a fence like that....but I was walking on the top of one and and slipped and fell ....well...you get the rest.....I walked like I had saddle sore for the rest of the week..... :cry:

[Azn Retribution]

painful mental image...

[himura-dono]

but funny image... :D

[Hiroshi2]

Originally posted by Adaon@Jan 30 2003, 03:38 PM
Originally posted by himura-dono@Jan 30 2003, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Fireblade@Jan 30 2003, 11:45 AM
let's see now... I started dating when I was around 15, turning 16. Didn't get a steady girlfriend till I hit 17. So I guess if I had a boy, maybe around 14, 15.

If I have a daughter....
Background checks up the ass. IF he seems just even a little bit out of place.... in terms of being moral, normal, etc, I'll tear him a new one. And they must be group dates, till the age of 16.

And if I catch them having sex.... I'll turn into an avid gun collector, and game hunter. :D
i think if i caught them having sex i'd throw him from the roof and make sure he lands on the fence crotch first.
>.< OYE!!! I've never been in said situation to get thrown off a roof and onto a fence like that....but I was walking on the top of one and and slipped and fell ....well...you get the rest.....I walked like I had saddle sore for the rest of the week..... :cry:
OWWCHHH!!!! SHIT DUDE!!!! That's always been my worst fear every time i've ever hopped a fence (and i've many a fence). I liked to believe that such a thing hasn't ever happened to someone, but i suppose i was being a bit too unrealistic, and it sux that it has to happen to you but you know how guys are- we only laugh at your misfortunes because we're relieved it didn't happen to us



LOL i can't believe you did that

About the dating thing, yeah i saw those rules except there were only 8 of 'em, never seen the last two. I can sorta understand both sides of the issue, though, having a younger sister and all. But of course i'd hate to have to have to talk my way out of a situation w/ a girl's dad-

oh wait a minute i have to get a girl first- oh what the hell, whatever :P

[Napoleon Chynamite]

Contrary to humor, I've always thought that most dads love it when their daughter's date or b/f attempts to bond with them, even if it is just to win brownie points so that when he does catch him having sex with her, he'll only take out one eye. Anyways, if anyone wanted to win brownie points with my dad, they would have to enjoy talking about stocks and the Wall Street Journal for hours on end. I couldn't do it.

[Adaon]

Rick, I hate you, I hope Cindy's dad gets to inflict some righteous paternal wrath upon your person!! :lol:

And Hiroshi? I hope you get yours :P :lol:

But yeah, back to subject, heck I'm protective of my OLDER sister dating the guy she's dating.....and she's 27 and just picked up dating again since a bad break up a long time ago.....he's decent at least.....I'll kick his arse if he breaks her heart tho..... :pissed:

[Hiroshi2]

Originally posted by FrozenPizza@Jan 30 2003, 09:00 PM
Contrary to humor, I've always thought that most dads love it when their daughter's date or b/f attempts to bond with them, even if it is just to win brownie points so that when he does catch him having sex with her, he'll only take out one eye. &nbsp;Anyways, if anyone wanted to win brownie points with my dad, they would have to enjoy talking about stocks and the Wall Street Journal for hours on end. &nbsp;I couldn't do it.
That wouldn't be much of a problem for me man. Though I'm not much of a conversationalist, I'm one of those types of people that could have a conversation with just about anyone about anything. I'm one of those types that would win tons of money on shows like Jeophoady or whatever.


The problem would be the awkward feeling of trying to play my cards right. I'm not a good actor in real-life, face-to-face interaction; usually my feelings about someone are pretty obvious. And a lot of times I prefer to communicate non-verbally anyway, i'm not good with words.

OK, anyway, straying off topic here. Sorry.

Oh, and thanx for the good luck wishes, Adaon :)

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by Adaon@Jan 31 2003, 06:46 AM
Rick, I hate you, I hope Cindy's dad gets to inflict some righteous paternal wrath upon your person!! :lol:

dude, her dad is like 5'3" exactly a foot and a half inch shorter than me. and he's nothing but saggy old man muscles and bone. oh, and the dude is like 50+.

that and Cindy hates her family (cept a few cousins and her lil bro), so i don't have to deal with them.


edit: stay away from my future daughter bro...or you'll be known as "uni-nut".

[kayla]

I don't remember being emotionally ready to date before 15. I was still a kid. The whole idea of kissing a guy was kinda dirty and germy. haha.

I'm really not as immature as I sound. I'm extremely health conscious.

[Elizabeth A.]

In answer to the opening question, I don't know. It hasn't happened to me yet.

[achtungbaby]

Originally posted by Elizabeth A.@Jan 31 2003, 08:32 PM
It hasn't happened to me yet.
You've never dated?

[Adaon]

Originally posted by himura-dono@Jan 31 2003, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by Adaon@Jan 31 2003, 06:46 AM
Rick, I hate you, I hope Cindy's dad gets to inflict some righteous paternal wrath upon your person!! :lol:

dude, her dad is like 5'3" exactly a foot and a half inch shorter than me. and he's nothing but saggy old man muscles and bone. oh, and the dude is like 50+.

that and Cindy hates her family (cept a few cousins and her lil bro), so i don't have to deal with them.


edit: stay away from my future daughter bro...or you'll be known as "uni-nut".
ROFL
I'm not a pedophilistc bastard man, I aim for folks in my 2 years above and 3 below age group :P Even then it's no guarantee.....sides, like someone's siggie said one time, "I'm not suffering from my being single, I'm just not benefitting from it."
But then again if your future daughter was hot, HD..... :ph34r: I'd help you guard your daughter like I'd expect you to guard mine :ph34r:

[BaiginLong]

Originally posted by achtungbaby@Feb 1 2003, 12:30 AM
You've never dated?
me neither
join the club
want a t-shirt? :P

[Commando_turned_MD]

Kids should not be dating until they start growing fur down-stairs.

[himura-dono]

Originally posted by Adaon@Feb 1 2003, 06:55 AM
Originally posted by himura-dono@Jan 31 2003, 06:01 PM
Originally posted by Adaon@Jan 31 2003, 06:46 AM
Rick, I hate you, I hope Cindy's dad gets to inflict some righteous paternal wrath upon your person!! :lol:

dude, her dad is like 5'3" exactly a foot and a half inch shorter than me. and he's nothing but saggy old man muscles and bone. oh, and the dude is like 50+.

that and Cindy hates her family (cept a few cousins and her lil bro), so i don't have to deal with them.


edit: stay away from my future daughter bro...or you'll be known as "uni-nut".
ROFL
I'm not a pedophilistc bastard man, I aim for folks in my 2 years above and 3 below age group :P Even then it's no guarantee.....sides, like someone's siggie said one time, "I'm not suffering from my being single, I'm just not benefitting from it."
But then again if your future daughter was hot, HD..... :ph34r: I'd help you guard your daughter like I'd expect you to guard mine :ph34r:
u bet bro ^_~