>>Hiya Dan,
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>>First, congratulations. Do you already have any children?
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>>As the father of 1 girl and 2 boys, I'd say girls are easier. But maybe I'm the exception rather than the rule.< g >
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>Actually this is our first. I've heard that girs are easier at least till there teen years. Then I've got whip out a few lines like. "I've got a shovel and a shotgun, and if you don't get my daughter back before 10:00pm, I'll be digging a new grave."

Actually, it's not the girls who are so much the problem, but the boys they see. Fortunately, I'm long past that point. My daughter has been married for six years now.