I was walking past my youngest daughter’s room when I heard her talking to a boy on FaceTime.
The boy said, “Once your parents are asleep, I can sneak through your window!”
My daughter immediately replied, “Nope. You can’t.”
The boy asked, “Why not?”
She calmly said, “Because I’m not interested in being someone’s secret. If you want to be with me, come meet my parents and date me properly.”
The boy paused.
“Forget you, then!”
My daughter didn’t miss a beat.
“No, YOU forget me!”
Then she hung up.
I stood in the hallway trying not to laugh.
At that moment, I realized two things:
My daughter had better relationship standards than most adults…
and I was officially the proudest dad on the planet.
