I was finishing my martial arts training class last night, and after class one of the students announced the good news that his wife was pregnant with their first child, confirmed to be a baby girl by ultrasound.
After the congratulations, we all started the typical discussion as to "whats gonna happen when the first date comes around".
Of course, being a father of 2 girls myself makes me a bit apprehensive when the subject of dating my daughters comes up (they are very young, 9 years old and 14 months old, but I am already dreading the "first date"), and we started to lay out the typical "weapon cleaning for intimidation purposes" scenario when the boy comes over to pick the girl up.
Here's where Dom, the new parent-to-be shared his experience in the matter.
It turns out that when he went for his first date with the girl who would later become his wife, the girls father was sitting down at the dinner table cleaning his guns.
He politely introduced himself, and the father made him feel very welcome, asking him to sit down at the table with him to chat for a while.
The father then asked Dom if he liked firearms. Dom, being ever so polite and respectful said "yes sir, I think guns are great, and a necessity in every household".
The Father then told Dom to pick up a revolver he had just cleaned to see how it "felt in his hand".
Dom did so, said it felt great, and went to hand it back to the father.
The father told Dom to place the gun back on the table, and then placed a handkerchief over the gun, grabbed it with the handkerchief, and placed it in a large ziplock bag.
He then told Dom, "Now I have your prints on this gun. Have my daughter home by 10:00." Dom decided to stay in that night and watch videos with his girl in her house, with her parents.
True story.