Dating Application: Taking Overprotective Parenting to the Next Level

For most parents, it is always bittersweet to see your children start dating, especially daughters. The stereotype is that dads tend to be really protective of their daughters and like to put the fear of God in their dates.

Here's my question to you, parents. Would you ever go so far as to make a young man fill out an application to date your daughter?

Something like this...

Personally, I think this is hilarious. Is this taking it too far? Maybe. Is there a limit as to how much you can love and want to protect your daughter? Absolutely not!

My dad was never the over protective kind. It was just understood for me and by the look he gave my dates that I better be well taken care of or else. I was allowed to go on dates at a younger age, but there were many limits. I also couldn't date anyone that my parents didn't meet and I always had a curfew. These rules had to be followed. For this, I am grateful to my parents.

My mom had the scare game down to a science, though. She was not afraid to speak her mind and tell it like it is, and she still isn't.

On the flip side of things, I know a few girls who had the extremely protective parents. After hearing and seeing what their dates went through, I could have kissed my parents' feet (and I hate feet).

After growing up a little bit and experiencing a few heartbreaks, I think that we all learn along the way. In my opinion, parents know what they have been through in the past and know what they don't want for their children and that they expect nothing but the best. They simply want their daughter to find a man who treats her with respect and love. They also want to teach their sons to be gentlemen and what it means to treat a girl right.

But I would love to get a few inputs. Would you ever go so far as to make a young man fill out an application to date your daughter? What about getting a young lady to fill one out to date your son? And...go!