First Dates!!!!!!!!

I fear the day that my daughter starts dating........

At two and a half, I had my first real scare. We were out to eat at that four star kid’s restaurant McDonalds, when she looked across the aisle at a little blonde four year old boy. The next words to escape her lips will haunt me for life—‘he’s cute’. My life flashed before my eyes as I instantly saw her grow up. Images of a sixteen year old boy trying to unhook her bra scared me. I decided at that point that she was never going on a date without me. We’ll double date with her until she is thirty. The problem with that theory is that means she will probably live home forever.

A conversation started with the four year-old’s dad over the next thirty minutes. We might be the only people under the age of sixty to ever spend that much time in Mickey D’s. The two kids played together on the play equipment and had a great time. Nicole was chuckling at everything Logan said. My god, she was flirting with him. Do some women leave the womb with the ability to flirt? HELP. We had a lot in common with the parents and set up an adult triple date. I realize now we are enabling her.

The six of us went out for pizza later that week. I swear my little girl was asking Mommy for makeup as we dressed. The courtship started as soon as Logan showed up. Nicole looked at him but wouldn’t say a word. He was crushed. He did everything to get her to talk. Not a word. She was playing hard to get!! I don’t understand women, matter of fact, no guys I know understand women. After having a daughter, I realize that women are just born different. Not just the equipment is different, but their brain is different. Women have the innate ability to reel us into their clutches. Nicole was a spider and Logan was the fly. At least that is the way it started.

That all changed later that night. We went back to our house. A house is no longer the appropriate term; we went back to our 2600 square foot toy box. Logan and Nicole played together and were having a great time. I better get used to this, since we will go on all dates with her. A grand time was had by all until Logan said the words that have haunted my dreams ever since. Logan said “I want to take you somewhere you have never been.” My god, I used those same words at my prom to entice an unsuspecting fly into my web.