Sappy Doc has reappeared! You are on a roll Doc. I'm a fan of your dry humor but sappiness doesn't go unnoticed. I approve.

When it comes to my kids, I'm a big, stupid bowl of mush...unless its about protecting them. If that's the case, you'd better have full body armour, because I WILL come after you.

You are a great man and father Doc. I love it when daddies think and behave in this manner. As the only daughter, and the baby, my Poppy was very, very protective over me. When I was younger, 14-17 or maybe even into my late teens as well, it annoyed me so much when my Poppy would do things like this. But now that I am older, and I would like to think wiser, I truly appreciate my father's protection. I could count on him for almost anything. If I didn't like a boy who asked me out and I didn't want to confront him with a no, I'm so very shy :/, my daddy told me that I could always go to him in that situation and he would 'not give me permission' to date him so I had an excuse that wasn't as hurtful as a straight up no night have been. I admit that I probably should have 'manned up' and just have told them no because I wasn't interested in them, but I hate to hurt people's feelings, so having that as an option was nice for me and showed me that my daddy was really there for me and only wanted my happiness. And don't even get me started on my mom! She may be only 5'2, but she can give you 'the eye' like nobody's business and it was intense! Mommies and daddies like this are awesome! I can only hope and pray that I will be half as good as them when I become a parent.

If I was a dude, I think I would be very, uh, respectful to you Doc! I mean, it's one thing to have someone kick your ass! It's a different ball game when that someone is a doctor who is skilled at surgical equipment and the knowledge of reconstructing body parts. The Human Centipede, anyone?

Being a psycho whose first action is to inflict pain on and threaten your daughter's boyfriend is the normal thing to do? I think it's more likely that you are messed up.

Let me guess, you never had a boyfriend the entire time you were a teenager and you're still single because you expect daddy to scare off guys that don't meet your standards and you're completely unadjusted to actually forming a relationship? I shudder at the fact that you think being a psycho asshole is ADMIRABLE and that you intend to be like that.

Fury1031 - You are correct, that is the normal thing to do. It isn't "psycho" behaviour to have a very firm handshake, and this obviously-empty threat of gratuitous violence is this father's way of letting the boy know he cares about his daughter and that he's serious. If you can't see that, then you're the crazy one here.

Uh, no. I wasn't saying it was normal, I was incredulously questioning your claim that it was normal. And oh yes, I'M the crazy one for not thinking that making threats of violence is a normal thing to do to your daughter's boyfriend.

#103 It's something you can never understand until you have kids. Or daughters. Even I don't understand the logic behind the anger my Dad goes through when it comes to boys. But my Dad tells me it's because girls are more fragile. Sometimes, I think my Dad overreacts but at the end of the day I'm glad he's there to kick someone's ass.

Yea, I'm sure that being a disrespectful smartass like that will really go a long way in helping OP's chances with his girlfriend and not getting half-killed by her father.

Yes, threatening your girlfriend's father with legal action on your first meeting is an absolutely brilliant plan. I salute your ingenuity.

Yes, and threatening your daughter's boyfriend with physical injury on the first meeting is SO much better. I can't even bring myself to sarcastically give you a false compliment. You are an asshole who should be punched in the face. As well as every other father that threatens their daughter's boyfriend.

43, Threating your daughter's boyfriend on the first meaning makes you arrogant obsessive psycho. I understand your primal urge to protect your "little princess", but as a human you're obliged to keep your emotions in check. At least talk to the guy and see what kind of person he is. If he's an ass, kick him out. If you can't keep your emotions under control, visit psychiatrist. Because even if you threaten her boyfriend, it doesn't prevent him from meeting screwing your daughter in secret. If you do act on your promise, you'll simply end up in prison, and your daughter will live happily ever after... without you.

Fury and EvilUndead - it sounds to me like you've been in this situation before. How very sad for you. Grow the **** up, both of you.

101, personal attack due to the lack of arguments?

Hah, no. I'm gay and have yet to get the chance to meet a boyfriend's parents, so you're wrong about that too. And I think you're the one who needs to grow the **** up if you think threats are the way to go. The fact that I have to tell you, a grown man who apparently has kids of his own, to grow up is what's really sad.

101 your personal attack does not make a whole lot of sense. You say it "sounds like you have been in this situation before" and end with "grow the **** up." Experience IS growing up. The reason why so many young people do reckless things with an "it will never happen to me" attitude is because, well, it hasn't happend to them (yet). So if Fury and EvilUndead have experiences with overprotective fathers making good on their threats, then they know first hand that some dads really would try to harm them. And these days we never know if a threat is really empty or not. We hear all the time "he said he would kill himself, but I never thought he would do it" or "he talked about shooting up the school, but we all throught he was bluffing" etc. Hindsight is 20/20, as the saying goes, and "the warning signs were all there." But really, the main reason why I against the whole overprotective father attitude is because it just seems antiquated and unnecessary these days. There was a time, before modern medicine and close to 7 billion people on the planet, when your childrens' relationships could have a huge impact on the whole family. There was a time when being a single mom, or getting pregnant before marraige, could completely ostracize a woman from society and bring shame on her family. We don't live in those days anymore. Relationships should be primarily about the two people involved in them. Threatening you daughter's boyfriend (or son's girlfriend, or anyone's partner) suggests that you are trying to interject yourself into the relationship, as opposed to being invited in on their terms. If the daughter is under 18 (and OP would most likely be also) well then here we have a grown man threatening a kid. Bet he feels real manly doing that. If the daughter (and OP) are over 18, then it shows that daddy can't come to terms with the fact that her little girl is growing up and still feels the need to shepherd her. And one final thing, how would the daughter feel about this? I always wonder how the kids feel when their parents start trying to fight battles for them that they don't even want fought. I hated it when my parents did this for me (again, personal experience) because most of the time they were actually causing problems that didn't need to exist. If the daughter has stayed with him long enough to invite him to meet her parents, then it must say something about OP's character. Daddy should learn to trust his own daughter's judgement about her own life. I know that parents want to protect their kids, but there are more reasonable ways to show your love then to threaten to castrate a man if you daughter ever "complains" about him...at all. Civilized, intelligent people don't open a relationship with threats, empty or not.

You think THAT was a "personal attack"? Interesting. The assumptions you make are preposterous. You three idiots clearly do not have children. Parents (the good ones, at least) are rabidly protective of their children, because there is NOTHING more important on the planet than they are. Nothing. And if you ARE parents, then I feel sorry for your children, because you're completely clueless.

136, This is unfortunate. It seems you can't support your position with arguments and don't know how to argue - "grow up" means "I don't know what to say". You have convinced me that some people should not be allowed to have children and "overprotective parents" belong to that category. Seriously, you'll die eventually and your child will be left without guardian. Pampered daughter simply won't survive that on her own.

Evil - HIS ARGUMENT IS SUPPORTED BY HIM BEING A FATHER. Jesus. Learn how to read an entire comment before replying.

You're so stupid. And clearly a failure as a father and a person. Do you not trust your daughter(s) to have good judgement in boyfriends? Is/Are she/they such *****(s) that any guy they bring someone you just feel compelled to threaten? If so, you have failed to teach your daughters to have proper judgement when it comes to men. As a person, you are just an asshole if you really believe it is okay for a father to threaten someone their daughter brings home to meet him. I am astounded at the number of idiots on this page that believe this is a reasonable thing to do and at the people who have down-voted me and the others who realize how insane that is.

'mustache' has a pretty good ring to it when used as a verb.

Ooooorrrr…OP could try to understand that this man, and father to a young lady, is simply making sure that his daughter is well taken care of and treated with respect. He is having to deal with the fact that his little girl is really growing up and he's wondering where the time went. Daddies have a hard time with letting go of their daughter and entrusting her heart to another man. He's getting used to the idea that soon his precious daughter will be an adult and will begin her own family. It's not easy for any good father to cope with.

Oh, shove it. A man whose first action upon meeting his daughter's boyfriend is to threaten him does not deserve to have someone try to understand him.

K please, if some threatened me, and I don't care who, I'd make sure to teach them a lesson.

You threaten your daughters' boyfriends with physical violence? You need to be put away.