The day before yesterday, like always, night is the quality bonding time when we accompanied each other before computers sometimes eating snacks and chatting.  Somehow the topic shifted to dating and what type of future hunsband Tanya would like to find.  Tanya made it clear that the standard is already here, as clear as anything, that is, she wants to find someone just like me.  But she told me sadly that it is almost imposible to find a guy like me.  She used all the great words commenting on my qualities that really surprised me, something to the effect:

Dad, u do not know how amazing you are, a combination of ultimate intelligence and emotional quotient. There is one out of a million like that, absolutely no hope to find one like u in my life.

I was telling her that your standard is too low, I am not good enough: not tall and handsome, and with a short temper.  You have a long way before you and you are going to college soon.   For nice, sociable and likable girls like you, there will be many guys out there you are destined to meet and you got to find someone much better than dad.  He should love you and care for you as much as Dad, but  he has to be handsome, good tempered with a sense of humour, as well as intelligent with a great career and a kind heart.  Husband is not an ordinary company, you got to try hard and find the right one.

Dad, you don't know the new generation, how shallow most guys are. There are super smart kids, right, but most are robots, dry and no fun. There are super popular guys, they know how to chase girls but their handsomeness is only skin-deep.

I was thinking to myself, aren't these the sweetest words on Father's Day Eve?  This reminds me of a "Dad and me" picture with blue sky as background.

this picture taken years ago shows me standing on a rock, all the smiles and very high from Tany's perspective.

perhaps that was Dad's image in her childhood.

As tall as myself now, what is the image of Dad today?