re: #153 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

I have to grant him that the first one is important - if she has or has had a dysfunctional relationship with the first man in her life, it is likely to affect things down the line.

I met this lady in Frankfurt, went to her place for the first time and saw a family picture, asked what her dad did for a living.

“My father is a bastard,” she replied. “I’ll never love him.”

But I ignored that advice and we wound up marrying and stayed that way for 13 years before I gave up trying to deal with some serious emotional problems.

You really think someone should bring up their relationship with their dad on your first date? The question wasn’t about dysfunctional relationships, it was about her relationship with her dad.