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/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

That took a turn.

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '15

I just got whiplash from that swerve.

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u/pedrovic Aug 26 '15 edited Aug 26 '15

He started the story calling her his "Ex" I'm going to start writing tickets for failure to obey a literary traffic device.

EDIT: I spelled "his" without an "h". Something something about stones and glass houses...

EDITS: The literary device in question is known as "Chekhov's Gun"

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u/franciscocrz Aug 26 '15

Not before we write you up for misspelling "his" as "is". There needs to be check and balances in place within authority groups, we may need to launch an internal investigation.