re: #218 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

My dad did the whole “in the front room cleaning the rifle” thing on my now brother-in-law. Like, look, I love my sister, but I would never threaten her boyfriend, or joke about it, unless he was treating her wrong.

Actually, Mrs. Fish’s family introduced me to an almost polar opposite concept that I thought was pretty clever. As I’m waiting at the door to go into the church at my wedding, one of my soon-to-be brothers-in-law comes up. He says, “Look, dude, if you’re not sure about this, if you’re having second thoughts, I’ve got keys to my car in my pocket and we can be 10 miles away before anybody knows we’re gone. I’d rather that than you marry my sister and make her miserable.” It made me laugh, it made me think, and it put his mind at ease.

Yeah I just don’t know why some guys see that as funny. I admit it I’m not a Dad but when my niece is older, I’d want to actually get to know the guy rather than scaring him off. Plus I’ve seen how my Dad is with the husbands and boyfriends of his nieces. Your BiL did the right thing.