Dad’s post about dating rules goes viral

Fathers have often been painted with the same dye stereotyping them to be frantic about their daughter’s safety, ready to punch the daylights of any teen who makes an impression on his offspring. However, one dad’s out of the box post has turned this image upside down. Choosing to break away from the mould, Writer J Warren Welch, from Tennessee, US, bucks the film-styled stereotype of dads who lock their daughters away from boys come 11 pm. He doesn’t stand on the porch aggressively when romantic types come to call.

Welch’s dating rules are…

Welch recently shared his idea of dating ‘rules’ on Facebook and the post went viral. He’s gone down the feminist route, empowering his children to make their own choices. Welch said he’s seen a lot of macho dads sharing what they would do were their daughter left heartbroken or worse. Some are very threatening, with fathers suggesting they’d be more than ready to use a shotgun if the situation called for it. But he has a very different approach. Titled, ‘Rules for dating my daughters’, the post read, “You’ll have to ask them what their rules are. I’m not raising my little girls to be the kind of …read more