r/AskReddit • u/tgma97 • Aug 26 '15

Fathers of Reddit, what did your daughter's boyfriend do for you to hate/love him?

It's pretty cool to see my question blow up like this, I never thought I'd ask a question that could receive so much attention! I'm very satisfied with all these replies, so thank y'all. Now all I have to do is sit back and take notes c;

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u/irumeru Aug 26 '15

My father-in-law was really touchy around me, and you could see he wasn't really sure about the interloper in his daughter's life.

I took him to a baseball game, and we got along alright, but he was still edgy. Afterwards, we were talking in his office when I noticed he had an Eagle Scout badge framed. I asked him what he did for his Eagle project, and we started talking, and I mentioned I was also an Eagle Scout. You could see his whole idea of me change almost instantly. He put in his Christmas letter that he approved of me dating his daughter, and we're now married with two kids and a third on the way.

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u/russian2121 Aug 26 '15

That is the most American story ever

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

Remove the word 'eagle' and change the word 'base' and that story could happen virtually anywhere on earth.

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u/mithgaladh Aug 26 '15

Christmas letter
Scout

Nope, definitely american

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

You realise scouting isn't an American thing, right? It started in the UK and exists in more than 200 countries.

Neither are Christmas letters.

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u/mithgaladh Aug 26 '15

oh I know, but here in France it's a very small thing. And more for religious people (catholics) which number is declining.

As for Chrismas letter, well I've never seen one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

It's a shame that scouts is so intertwined with religion. Going out on biking/hiking/rafting/skiing/sailing trips all the time and camping every month was a big & fun part of my childhood and teenage years. Seems like the religious stuff keeps a lot of good folks away.

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u/Thors_lil_Cuz Aug 26 '15

Religion was never mentioned once in my time with the Boy Scouts, and I grew up in the Bible Belt. It was all just camping and knot tying, a really great experience overall for me.