# "Girl Stuff", Old Age, and Me (TMI, at least for Shodan) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2003, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181 "2003-12-05T16:57:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![xayoz306](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bc8723/32.png) [@xayoz306](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xayoz306)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/41 "2003-12-15T07:30:40Z")
As a man who is about to become a father in February, I know that if my first child is a daughter, she will always be my little girl. I can only hope that I can be as good a father as you are to your daughter, Shodan. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/42 "2003-12-15T08:11:34Z")
“Daddy, there’s a boy outside…” About time to stock up on overalls and sweatshirts, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/43 "2003-12-15T14:11:03Z")
Terrific post, Shodan. At 37, I’m still my Daddy’s little girl. Always will be. ---
**Author:** ![Pebbles131](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pebbles131](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pebbles131)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/44 "2003-12-15T14:47:06Z")
Oh that was lovely, even if I did get something…er…in my eye 😃 I have 3 daughters, aged 6, 4 and 1, although I’m sure it’s only a few months since I gave birth to the first. It’s all going far too fast ☹ ---
**Author:** ![haardvark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5ac83/32.png) [@haardvark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/haardvark)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/45 "2003-12-15T15:21:00Z")
I think I’m gonna call in sick and go home to play with my 2-year old daughter for a few hours straight – unless **lieu** can let me in on his secret… Hope I’m ready when the time comes: “Now, honey, you know Daddy gets woozy when you talk about that stuff…” ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/46 "2003-12-15T22:53:13Z")
I live on a whole other continent to my dad and I miss him loads. The time difference makes it difficult to call and catch both him and my mam together. When I called home this lunchtime he had stayed home and waited for me to call (even though I got stuck at work and was late) just to hear what a good time I had at our work Christmas party on Saturday. He was also there when me and my sister had out first periods, hands out the hugs when we have cramps, buys tampons as well as all the other dad things such as picking us up at 3.00am if we get stuck anywhere and showing us how to change a flat tyre, check oil etc on our cars, hang shelves, mend a tap as " no girls of his were ever going to be defenceless females" and telling me a good come back to say to a bully I had at junior school that I was never allowed to say ever again as it was bad and not to tell my mam either as he would get in trouble 😉 . I tell him I love him everytime I speak to him. And now I am in tears thinking about how much I miss him Thanks Shodan that was great **ems** Daddy’s little girl at 26 and 2/3 ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2003, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181/47 "2003-12-16T23:08:08Z")
Yep… nothing like a daughter… nothing even close. Why didn’t I recognize the best part of life till it’s dwindled away? Sure miss the 10 and 15 and 20 and 25 year old her… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stuff-old-age-and-me-tmi-at-least-for-shodan/217181.md?page=2)