Recently I read an article by an author whom appears to be a single woman who is crabby about life. In this article, she states that she isn't ok with dad-daughter dates.

1. Are you kidding me? A bond between a father and his daughter is just as important as the bond between a mother and daughter, or a mother and son. There is literally no difference. A mom and her child can go out and do things together, so what is the difference if a dad and a daughter go out and do something?

2. My father and I had dad daughter dates all the time! In high school, half of my sanity came from our late night pepperoni pizza chats, or our motorcycle rides to Eagle Brook Salon for crispy buffalo wings and pizza. I would like to inform the author of the posting about there being something wrong with that, that it is no different than going out shopping with my mom and going out to lunch with her was when I was growing up.

3. If I didn't bond with my dad over all the things I did, I wouldn't be nearly as sarcastic and sassy as I am today. I would definitely be on the quieter side, and that's just not someone I can see myself being.

4. I had goats growing up. Yup, you read that right. I had goats. As pets. If I hadn't gotten close to my dad, who grew up on a farm, I wouldn't have had that experience. I wouldn't have held a newborn goat so much that I ended up getting lyme disease from being near the woods so much. I wouldn't have watched my dad attempt to milk the mom and almost get kicked for it. It was an experience that money can't buy and words can't express.