A young man went over to his girlfriend’s house for dinner. He had an important question to ask his girlfriend’s divorced father, so he asked his girlfriend to step out of the room for a second while they talked. The man said, “Sir, I am in love with your daughter and would like your permission to have her hand in marriage. I promise I’ll treat her like she deserves, and I promise I’ll make you proud to say I’m your son-in-law.” The father said, “Boy, you better keep her happy and it’s a long-shot to make me a proud father-in-law, but I give you permission.”
A couple of months later, after the man and woman were engaged, the man told her one day, “Your father seems very hard to please, but I’ll make sure he likes me someday. The day he is proud of me is the day I could die happy!” he laughed. She said, “He likes you. He’s just acting tough around you.”
The couple visited her father the night they got engaged. She showed her father the ring and he asked how many carats were in it. When the man told him, he smirked. A couple of months later, the couple got married. The man was also promoted to vice-president of the company he worked for. When the couple told the news to the woman’s father, he asked, “How come you aren’t president of the company yet, boy?” Years passed, and the couple now had a nice house and car, and a beautiful baby daughter. The man was also president of the company now, but his father-in-law never congratulated him. “Well, I’m still proud of you, honey,” said his wife. “I know,” he smiled, “I just wish your dad would be.”
One tragic night, the couple’s house had caught fire. The man told his wife to run out of the house and call for help, while he would get their daughter. He got to her room, saw her crying, and picked her up. Carrying her to the front door, a large, sharp beam crumbled and slashed through his back. He screamed in pain, but kept going, even as blood continued to pour out from his body. Once he finally got out, firetrucks were just arriving. He handed their baby girl over to his wife and slowly fell to the ground.
A couple of hours later, the man’s wife came up to the hospital bed where he was laying, carrying their daughter in her arms. The ECG machine beeped slowly and the man’s breathing was fading. “Dada juss seeping? He tiyud?” babbled their baby. “Yeah. Daddy’s just sleeping,” said the wife as she wiped her tears, kissed his forehead, and walked away.
The father-in-law came into the room, walked up to the man, put his arm on his shoulder and said, “I’m proud of you. I’m so sorry I never told you that. I could never say it because you were more of a man than I ever could be. Thank you for taking care of my baby girl…” He began to cry, “I”m so sorry… I’m so proud of you, son… I’m so very proud.” In the last seconds of his life, the man gave a subtle smile. His breathing stopped and the ECG machine flat-lined.
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Sir, I Am In Love With Your Daughter
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