Saturday, May 8, 2010

Chatting Up The Professor

This post is alternately called When a Parent Needs to Know and Where She Can Find Out.

It is customary for a young man to ask for the hand of the young woman he wants to marry.  Typically this is done by seeking out the father of the future bride.  For the hand of our first-to-be married daughter, Jeff went to The Professor's office and proceeded to make his case.

Apparently it was a grueling experience.
 For the hand of our second to-be-married daughter,  Blake went to The Professor's office and proceeded to make HIS case.  According to him,  The Professor has been improving his techniques over the last six years.


This information and the accompanying photos were recently exchanged between our two sons-in-law on Facebook.  So, thank you,  Facebook.   When a parent needs to know what's really going on, there is no better place to look than on you.

This information may also explain why both Jeff and Blake had to have surgery before their respective weddings. 

I love it when the universe reveals its secrets.

Oh, and Daughter-To-Be-Married #3, you may want to encourage any interested young men in the future to just pick up a phone.  Or better yet, have them submit a brief.

10 comments:

Meg said...

LOL!!!
I always wanted my Dad to be overly intimidating to guys I dated, but he never really was. He was intimidating by size, but he is such a laid back, easy going, happy person. I was a little nervous to tell them him when Brian first kissed me, but when I went in and told him he merely said, "Well it's about stikin time." Lovely.

Jamie said...

That is freakin' funny! I have to agree with Megara. My dad's not scary or intimidating in the SLIGHTEST. But that's another reason I love him.

Facebook does hold the answer to just about any question you might have about people you know... or people you want to stalk. Good stuff.

Jana Brookes said...

Hope Blake will recovery quickly enough for permagrin smile he will have to put on for all the photos on the wedding day!!
Guess Jeff got off easy if all he had to do was have bamboo shoots shoved up his fingernails!
Yes, watch out, Annie's future groom!

annie said...

see, mom? aren't you glad i signed you up for facebook? it's come in SO handy.

i will start dating good writers. or i'll just make them work at sidley for a season so they can learn the ways of the law.

abbyjane said...

we all know ann is the favorite, so he's REALLY got it comin'.

Jeff said...

Fred talk thai.

Unknown said...

I'm one of the nicest people I know.

Shawn said...

Hystericalarious! Kevin should be grateful.

And The Professor is a very good egg. He lets me have my own room at his house.

abbyjane said...

auntie s, you can have your own room at my house. and if you want, i can give you wake up calls (max breathing on your face int he mornings to make sure you're awake, so you don't necessarily get to choose your wake up time...)

Amanda Moore said...

Frederick! So good of you to "guest star" in the blogosphere.