My daughter and her boyfriend spend almost every free moment they have in our house.

Do I even have dating rules ready? I’d better. Good! But sooner or later a boy of equal substance was going to show up, and now he has. We’ve raised them to seek their identity in the things that matter and not in the superficial, so they are somewhat intimidating to young men. I have two beautiful and intelligent daughters, and eventually a boy smart enough to see it was going to come calling.

I escaped it for 17 years of parenthood, but the odds were always stacked against me.