If I didn't tell you about my uncle...
First date he'd meet the boy at the door and usher him to his (in-home) office. He sat behind his desk, the boy on a chair across from him. He'd reach in a desk drawer and pull out $1,000 cash and put it on the desk.
Typical conversation:
Uncle: "You know what that is?"
Boy: "Money?"
Uncle: "Yep, know how much?"
Boy: "No, sir."
Uncle: "That's 1,000 dollars, boy. Know what I can buy with that?"
Boy: "A lot of stuff I guess."
Uncle: "Yep, but there's something I can buy with that you probably don't know about. See, for that money I can go hire a drug addict to kill you and your family. If you have sex with my daughter, I'm going to spend that money. I won't miss it - I've already got it set aside. Are we clear on that, boy?"
Boy: "Crystal."
I swear (and my cousin's husband swears) that's a true story. My cousin knew nothing about this except its effect until she got into college (she rarely got a second date throughout high school despite being the head cheerleader). And my lawyer says it is perfectly legal.
Have been thinking about that a lot lately... ;0)
bcnu,
Mikem
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