Clean his clock!

sfgiantsfanzOLD · #1 03-10-2006

I am not sure if this the right place for this post but I thought it fit. I just received this email and it really hit home for me. I will start with my son asap. Roy<><

Hey Dad,
I've never really considered myself the warmongering type. I don't condone physical violence, attend hockey games, or watch championship wrestling.
But I do believe that boys should stand up for girls...especially my girls.
A while back my wife and I were sitting at the kitchen table when Katherine (9) and Sam (11) wandered over and started talking.
"You know the last time we were at so 'n so's house?" she asked. "One of the boys said this to me..."
The words were inappropriate for little boys to say to little girls, and my jaw tightened.
My wife, being the levelheaded one, started to ask a few questions. Before she got very far, I jumped in and said plainly, "Sam, if anyone ever talks to your sister like that again...take him OUT."
Shocked by my harsh instructions, my wife turned to me and said, "Todd, that isn't..."
I wasn't finished. "If anyone talks like that to your sister... clean his clock!
"Todd..."
"Knock his block off..."
"TODD..."
"Punch out his lights..."
"Honey..."
"Get him a body bag...sweep the leg...take no prisoners!"
My sweet wife tried to soften my advice, but I wouldn't let her. No one talks to my princess that way, and I wanted my son to know right then and there that he has my blessing to do whatever it takes to protect the honor of his sister.
Since then, I've calmed down and had time to think...but my thinking hasn't changed. I want my boys to grow up knowing that their chief responsibility to is to protect the women in their life who need a knight in shining armor that will slay dragons and roughians alike for them.
Not long after that, my wife and I were talking to another couple about a tense situation where the wife's integrity was challenged. She weathered the situation, but confided, "I just wanted my husband to stand up, draw out his sword, swish it around, and say, "Stop talking about my wife that way!"
Your wife wants to know that her mild-mannered husband will get violent if her honor is at stake. She wants you to stand up to your in-laws, siblings, family members, or acquaintances and come to her rescue. In fact, the best way for you to train your boys to stand up for their sister and future wife is for you to stand up for your wife.
So, Dad, if you have some sword swooshing to do...do it!

You 'da Dad,
Todd

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kwspony · #2 03-10-2006

I believe in that as well Roy. thanks. Glad to see you here at AH.

Karl

**flipster** · #3 03-10-2006

Giant fan, I agree with this. I can't say I get all goo goo about he knight in shining armor and such, but I understand. I would say, the opposing parent should have saved the reprimand for a time when the couple was alone. The dad was talking to his son. Mom should have waited for her comments to da dad. I am wondering if this was your own son writing to you. I couldn't quite figure that out. Thanks for this.

Flipster

**warrior** · #4 03-11-2006

Definitely!

sonothunder · #5 03-19-2006

You can do a lot to SoT, and he will take it. But DON'T mess with his family!! Yeah, I agree...

DragonJoe76 · #6 03-20-2006

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Originally Posted by sfgiantsfanzOLD

protect the women in their life who need a knight in shining armor that will slay dragons and roughians alike for them.

Everybody's always trying to slay poor, harmless dragons. They probably weren't doing anything but minding their own business.

Actually I had an incodent when my bride and I were just dating. We went to a concert where our seats were on the lawn. I went to go to the bathroom, and as I passed through a gathering of venders, I saw a man who had his hand on his woman's head. She was bent forward and he grasped her ponytail.

I was the only one who stepped forward and I said, "Let her go." The guy told me to mind my own business. I answered when he had his hands on a woman like that in my presence, it was my business. Then I told him to let her go again.

The woman, not wanting to see a fight I guess, told me, "No! No! He's only joking around." I told her jokes like this aren't funny. And that if he was willing to disrespect her like that in public, he'd do so much more in private.

I thought my actions would scare my bride off as we'd only gone out together a half dozen times. She said she was in no way afraid of my tempter, and was pleased to see me stand up for that woman.

**flipster** · #7 03-20-2006

You da man, there Joe. Good for you. That takes a lot of guts. It is very dangerous. I live in a small town and know about everybody. I don't know how I would react in a large town. There are some dangerous people. Still, you da man, Joe. flipster

DragonJoe76 · #8 03-20-2006

It's kinda easy when you're 6'3" and 300lbs

**flipster** · #9 03-20-2006

Yeah, well you bleed like the rest of us. I have heard from most of the big guys that they are a target for agressive guys. Nobody bothers with the smaller men. Flipster

giantsfanz · #10 03-20-2006

Hey as a fellow big guy (I was once 6'5" and 450#, now I am 6'5" 275#) I can agree with flip that the little guys are never bothered. So I just became a little more aggressive as I got older - too many times my butt was kicked by some idiot older (than me) little guy. This all stopped at the age of 19 almost 20. I had a guy insulting my family at my place of employment. I escorted him out of the store, when we stepped outside he assulted me. So I kicked the crap out of him. Of course like all stupid people he called the cops and told them that I started the fight. Well the case went to court for fighting in public, and thankfully the judge tossed the case. So while I have become a bit more aggressive - I also learned the hard way to channel and control that aggressiveness. You can accomplish alot by acting aggressive and acting like the boss.
Roy<><