My daughter's first date ...

... would never happen. Period. Here's why:

Picture some 16-year old guy showing up at night to pick up your daughter for a date.

See, he's gonna take her out ... away from your house ... and drive her around in a car. You trust him to behave and have her home by 11 PM.

Guess that's OK because that's part of "Dating."

Now imagine the same 16-year old guy shows up at your house but instead of leaving with your daughter, you entrust him with your bank cards, the deed to your house, the title to your car and oh, yeah ... your entire life's savings, in cash ... asking only that he bring everything back safely by 11 PM,

Nobody'd do that.

Nobody in their right mind would trust a 16-year old to assume responsibility for their most important material assets, not even for an hour. Yet a daughter is infinitely more valuable than a house or any amount of cash.

Without even mentioning that a daughter is irreplaceable.

Call me old fashioned, call me a dinosaur. Just promise you'll call me if you're gonna be home after 11.