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You don't have to answer this but what would be the ideal thing you would like a guy to say to you when taking his daugher out. Just for my curiosity if you want to answer

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I am looking at how you present yourself. Do you look me in the eye while we are talking? Do you appear nervous or disheveled?


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Dude, what 13 year old kid wouldn't be nervous? He might well be nervous as hell just because he's going out on a date, regardless of whether you had even entered the room. I've always been afraid to take a lie detector test because I would probably test as being guilty of EVERY accusation just because I was so nervous about being asked.

Heck, I would probably be worried about my daughter being in the hands of a smooth teenager than a nervous one.

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Be prepared to talk about yourself. What do you like to do? Sports is a good ice breaker. College/job is a plus.


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A 13, 14, 15 year old kid is going to talk with any kind of clue about college? Or have a job?

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Basically I want to know that my precious bundle of joy can expect to have a safe, enjoyable evening. I trust her judgment, so I am not worried about you getting too far without her approval in the physical contact department, I am just making sure that you aren't a psychopath.


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Fair enough. But it would be a pretty weird or unearthly slick little 15 year old who could confidently entertain you by talking about college, or not be kind of nervous and jerky. You might as well ask him to solve a rubik's cube on a short timer.

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Most of this applies to a 16 year old, but I hope you can take something useful from it. When my daughter turns 18, I recognize that I have to let her live her life.

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Not to criticize, but I wonder. We'd all like to envision ourselves having the maturity and aplomb necessary regarding such things, but I'm sure I'd think of her just as much as my daughter when she's 18 as when she's 17.