tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927199606776255610.post3388385295611945306..comments2023-08-27T09:44:48.174-07:00Comments on A View From Above: A boy's fear, no more?Odette Bautista Mikolaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00331932607007676763noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6927199606776255610.post-51789105896739522362008-12-29T04:23:00.000-08:002008-12-29T04:23:00.000-08:00Lol. I have been married twice and each time aske...Lol. I have been married twice and each time asked the parents to court their daughters.<BR/><BR/>My first wife though 5 years my senior ( I was 27 she 32 ) had NEVER taken a boy home to meet her parents. We hit it off quite well. After dinner Nora & her Mom went into the kitchen to do dishes etc. Every so often they would pop back in for just a moment then leave again. Her Dad was at time president of the RCMP vetrans association. He had been a counter spy during WWII and was 5 ft 2. As at the time mounties had to be 5 10 plus no one thought he was a mountie. He was telling me of some of his exploits during the war.<BR/>After a while Nora and her Mom came back in. Nora said "Dad I have known you all my life and Mom was married to you during the war but you have never told us anything about what you did during the war. You have only known Sid a couple of hours and are telling him all about it and whenever we come in one or the other changes the subject till we leave.<BR/><BR/>He looked at his daughter and said neither of you has a security clearance. Sid is cleared to Top Secret. I had never told him that, the only reason I had such a high clearance is I had been my Army unit's intelligence officer. ( Not nearly as glamours as it sounds it only involved a few hours a month my main job was Platoon Commander.<BR/><BR/>However the fact he knew was he had been keeping track of who his daughter dated.<BR/><BR/>My second wife I met on the net. After a time we decided to date ( it meant 800 mile trips ). Because of the difference I asked by phone. Her father answered, I identified myself and told him I was calling to ask permission to date his daughter. There was silence for a moment then he turned to his wife and said "It's for you, some guy named Sid." As their daughter had already told her mom about me she knocked over the couch getting to the phone.<BR/><BR/>Needless to say in both cases permission was given.Sid Brechinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00861501123102122129noreply@blogger.com