>>>W/o looking up the message he said something like "That would be her new husband's responsibility/duty/whatever", like "I've brung her up - now it's his turn to boss her"
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>>Well I don't think he meant it literally like that.
>>But I think he is has a point to some degree. Usually the wife takes on the man name. "Susan Anderson" may become "Susan Williams" aka "Mrs. John Williams" if she hooks with a John Williams. So, I can see where, logically, the husband will become a "guardian" of her safety and well being.
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>I think I meant that the responsibility for spiritual leadership now resides with the new husband. I think it would be wrong of my to still try and raise my daughter after she is married.

Ok. Never thought of it that way.
Point taken. I can see that too.