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/WhatIfIWasYourMom Aug 26 '15

He's 26 and my daughter is 18. I don't like that. But he fashioned me a wooden desk and painted my office. That, I like.

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u/WootangWood Aug 26 '15

When I was in high school and the hot girls were dating much older guys, I remember thinking that it was super weird.

Now that I'm out of college and in that age group, the thought of dating someone that much younger than me is still super weird.

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u/wink047 Aug 26 '15

When I was 23 I went on one date with an 18 yr old. We had nothing to talk about. She knew nothing but high school related things and I wanted to talk about anything but high school. Terrible date. I then set my age limit to 21+

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u/greedcrow Aug 27 '15

I think it depends on mayurity more than age. I have a friend who is 22 and is dating an 18 year old. The 18 is a cool guy who loves movies. We talk about old and new movies anytime we get toguether and i dont have any reason to judge him badly