Comments on The Phoenix: Fathers Be Good To Your Daughters

By the way I have actually watched the hogan famil...

2006-10-15T00:04:00.000-05:00

By the way I have actually watched the hogan family reality show haha :)

Pheremones are used by insects. Humans don't REALL...

2006-10-14T01:35:00.000-05:00

Pheremones are used by insects. Humans don't REALLY use them, and even if they are vestigial, where the hell's my vestigial scorpion tail, or my vestigial giant mandible that holds down a female's thorax whilst I slip her some fertilization? (Forget evolutionary ascendency and suspend disbelief for a minute.) But seriously, I am a non-believer in the power of not only pheremones, but pheremone cologne.

First off "maturity" is a poorly-defined variable here. I have never known a little girl to be "mature" simply because she started bleeding out. "Maturity" comes from other stuff. Perhaps girls with no fathers around are less apt to fear experimentation that would offend a father figure than those girls whose fathers would discipline them severely if they were to find out about some of the drug or sexual practices their children were engaging in. When the cat's away, the mice will play. Having experimented and learned, the bastard girls find themselves more equipped to deal with new situations from personal experience. Now we can explain "maturity." But that doesn't explain why they start the rag 3 months earlier.

It's psychosomatic, not pheremone-induced. Or maybe it's God. Whatever the case, I am completely against pheremones, their use, and even discussing them, because they are an absolute load of caca.

I have 2 daughters and I want you to know I won't ...

2006-10-12T17:11:00.000-05:00

I have 2 daughters and I want you to know I won't sleep tonight!!!

Well this one sounds like a no-brainer.

2006-10-11T14:02:00.000-05:00

Well this one sounds like a no-brainer.

Looks like no one figured out what all those pics ...

2006-10-11T13:19:00.000-05:00

Looks like no one figured out what all those pics I posted has to do with my post.

What are the hogans up there for?

2006-10-11T07:29:00.000-05:00

What are the hogans up there for?

I really can't stand that damn John Mayer song. I...

2006-10-10T19:00:00.000-05:00

I really can't stand that damn John Mayer song. It's so stupid. He's spouting of common sense in such a way that it's revelatory. Has a result it comes across as downright condescending. As if he's saying, "I'm telling you this in a song because I think you're too stupid to figure it out for yourselves."

Interesting... I'd love to research this more. I ...

2006-10-09T21:30:00.000-05:00

Interesting... I'd love to research this more. I matured much faster than my older sister, actually hitting puberty before her though she's a year and a half older than me. Perhaps she had more of a connection with my dad? Maybe I'm just cooler than she is?

So if hubby straps our two daughters to his back, ...

2006-10-09T10:30:00.000-05:00

So if hubby straps our two daughters to his back, how long will that stave off the synchronized cycles?

And thanks for the John Mayer earworm, Phoeniex. ;)

Hmmm. Three months difference between daddy home ...

2006-10-08T15:16:00.000-05:00

Hmmm. Three months difference between daddy home and daddy gone? Since the "normal" individual variation in the onset of menarche spans something like eight years (from about age 8 to age 16), that three months is not a whole lot of difference. Surely not worth getting a backache. Especially if she's a whiner. Oh. That would be "earache". Sorry.

And there's one aspect of the synchronized menstruation that you neglected. Mothers and daughters. Teenaged daughters. Be afraid. Be very afraid ...

I'm kind of an anomaly on this one. My dad was an...

2006-10-06T13:37:00.000-05:00

I'm kind of an anomaly on this one. My dad was and is a great dad who was always there for me, yet I started my "monthly" at age 9. I hope that doesn't mean I will have menopause early. YIKES!
Is that a new baby daughter you have? Just asking because I believe you mentioned once that your wife was pregnant.
Fathers and daughters have a special bond. Girls need their dads to love them and hug them so they feel special and loved and don't feel a strong need to get love from any guy who comes along.

Well-That explains everything!:)

2006-10-06T09:47:00.000-05:00

Well-That explains everything!
:)

I have heard this, For example, women in close pro...

2006-10-06T01:16:00.000-05:00

I have heard this, For example, women in close proximity to each other (girls in college dorms, women at the office, etc.) will have their menstruation cycles synchronized. Strange but true! about women before. Interesting!

So.. we are like rats ? No , just kidding.I raised...

2006-10-05T19:59:00.000-05:00

So.. we are like rats ? No , just kidding.
I raised 2 daughters, I would hate to think what it would have been like if they developed faster...
They are grown and have children of their own now , ( HaHaHa )!!
I miss grabbing their bathroom door handle and getting stuck to it with hairspray residue.
Answer me this.. if you call it a permanent, why do you have to have it redone ever so often ??
Why would you spend an hour in the shower washing your hair and then get out and put a glob of greasey stuff in it ??
Every time I go in their old bath room and see the ''curling iron scars '' all around the sink...I think of them...

Wow I didn't know this. I know a good dad can do w...

2006-10-05T17:35:00.000-05:00

Wow I didn't know this. I know a good dad can do wonders for a little girl...Throughout her entire life.

Funny, just an intial memory check of women I've k...

2006-10-05T16:09:00.000-05:00

Funny, just an intial memory check of women I've known seems to fit this!

-- david

That same cycle thing happened here in my office f...

2006-10-05T14:17:00.000-05:00

That same cycle thing happened here in my office for a long time. Until this year when perimenopause crept up on me. Now I've thrown the whole office out of whack!

True, so if you're going to keep women in captivit...

2006-10-05T12:22:00.000-05:00

True, so if you're going to keep women in captivity, be sure to cage them seperately - in order to prevent them from killing each other, right?

The syncing cycles makes things interesting. Imag...

2006-10-05T09:05:00.000-05:00

The syncing cycles makes things interesting. Imagine an entire girls' dorm floor or office PMSing at the exact same time.

Why does this happen?

Phermones. Plain and simple. The more you hang around other women for an extended period of time and and within a confined space, the chemical cues sync the cycles in order to even the playing field.

It served mankind well in early human history. A group of women all had an equal chance to get pregnant.

Who even thought of researching this subject? Was ...

2006-10-05T08:36:00.000-05:00

Who even thought of researching this subject? Was it brought on by a late-nite episode of Jerry Springer?

I lived with two girls in college (please, folks, ...

2006-10-05T08:30:00.000-05:00

I lived with two girls in college (please, folks, the Three's Company jokes all ran their course twenty-four years ago) and know their periods synced up. Not because they were particularly cranky at the same time ... it just came up in conversation and was an interesting fact.

I hated the synchronized cycle thing, more like vi...

2006-10-05T08:16:00.000-05:00

I hated the synchronized cycle thing, more like vicious cycle to me!

That "daddy phermone machine" idea is stellar. An...

2006-10-05T07:06:00.000-05:00

That "daddy phermone machine" idea is stellar. And I'm sure it will be a better seller than a chastity belt.

Something else that may work would be the "stinky kid machine." I mean, after all, who wants to get down with the stinky kid in class? :-)

I LOVED your closing line there, Daddy-O...;)

2006-10-05T06:40:00.000-05:00

I LOVED your closing line there, Daddy-O...;)

if I lived in Pennsylvania I'd want my tax money b...

2006-10-04T23:18:00.000-05:00

if I lived in Pennsylvania I'd want my tax money back