The Conservative Cat

When he comes to pick up said daughter...be cleaning gun.lol

How bout those Soxs!!

You know those door stickers that say "Insured by Smith and Wesson"?

Or tell your daughter that her first dates always have to be a trip to the firing range.

Immediately. Preferably by sitting on the front porch, cleaning the gun (with all the others, intact, nearby and in plain view) when the "young gentleman" arrives to pick up your daughter.

Oh, and a gravestone with "He didn't bring her home by 11" might be a nice touch too, for an especially dimwitted beau.

My Dad used to wave a slingblade around in the garage. Did it stop these boys from making moves.....no, however they would have me home on time.

Considering the general societal attitude toward when a "relationship" has blossomed enough to become physical, I'd say the right time is somewhere between the second and third dates.

If I ever have a daughter, she is going to dislike me quite a bit, I think.

I remember picking up a girl for a date and her dad opening the door. He shook my hand and invited me in, and as I walked inside she was standing directly ahead of me with a look on her face that told me there was a hidden message she was trying to convey. As the door closed behind me I heard the ratcheting sound of a rifle being engaged. I turned to see her dad holding the gun, and he said, "Now, what time will you have my daughter home?"

The man had a very warped sense of humor...

A friend of mine once told me that her brother, a former member of the armed forces, would greet the prosepective boyfriend while cleaning his gun. He would then proceed to bring out a set of engraving tools, and ask what the boyfriend's name was, which he would then engrave on the bullet. I believe she said that he scared off a great number of her dates.

I am going to have to go with the "right away" answer. How you present the weapon is entirely up to your level of morbid humor, but definitely right off the bat. Of course, this probably will scare off more than a few prospective dates, but those that intend no threat to your daughter will not be intimidated, as they have nothing to worry about.

Of course, in this day and age, you are likely to be sued for such tactics... Sad, ain't it?

My brother-in-law has two daughters-- an infant and an 8 year old.
When his older daughter starts to bring home dates he intends to be cleaning his rifles-- he's a collector with about 60 of them-- when the unfortunate young man ambles in. She can go out with any boy thay correctly identifies the weapon Dave is cleaning at that moment.
Being that Dave has rifles going back a 100+ years I don't expect "M" to be going out on that many dates.

As for me-- I have a tweener son. Land mine in the front yard should do the trick. If the girls can survive-- then they may date my boy. LOL.

I thought it was just my husband did that gun cleaning thing on date nights. He'd also go outside with them, kick the tires on the car, ask to see the spare and if the kid knew how to change a tire (our daughters did, so a flat was NO excuse!), inquire about the fuel level, and when the last oil change was.

The one the youngest married is rumored to have said, "Next time I'm going to ask him to wash the windshield." Funny how he never actually got around to doing that :-)

My son and I have decided that when the boys start coming around to date my daughter that the first time one shows up I'll be cleaning a sword and he'll be cleaning a shotgun. That should set the ground rules.

I think I'll add the questions about car maintenance.

Barb-
And you said MY DAD was overprotective, but putting a land mine in front of your house when the Boy starts dating isn't?

Maybe you should just have your daughter start wearing "my dad owns a gun" T-shirts...

I'd just be quietly cleaning my guns, no threat at all. If the young suitor asks, "Sir, is that a Colt Anaconda?" (and it is) then I'd hope he'd be my future son-in-law.

been there already...

Oldest daughter brought in first date. I was running a patch down the barrel of a TC Contender in .44 Magnum. I informed him that I was a combat veteran and that with this pistol I could take out nine out of ten bowling pins at 75 yards...

then I asked how his day was going.

As a single mom, I don't own a gun, although I have done target practice with a 357 magnum revolver and placed 5 of 6 shots on an 8 x 10 target at 25 yards. But I always made it a point to have the young man over and make sure I knew his intentions and he knew mine. This plus the advantages of a small town where everyone knows everyone elses business helped. I found out later that all the guys she dated were terrified of me. That's a good thing. Perhaps it was because they knew I was a physician, pathologist and therefore worked extensively with knives. This fact and because my knowledge of anatomy was impeccable, they realized that I knew EXACTLY what to do with those knives should any hanky panky occur. I never had to remove their manhood but I knew how. This proved to be an adequate deterrent.