I want my daughter to be 16 when she first meets her future husband

I want him to be her teacher or coach, and to be between the ages of 25 to 29 when they first meet. 30 is too old.

I want her to go on a few dates with him secretly when she is 17, even maybe go on a few trips with him, where she stays in a hotel toom with him. Travel teaches us who we are.

I want her to fancy what it would be like to move in with him just before she turns 18, but then for her to go off to college somewhere else as he too moved on to a better career

I want for her to try at least one semester of college away in a dorm, not in town, not near old friends or family. I want her to be out on her own alone for just a bit before

I want her to drop out of college for a semester and get a job as a waitress, to pay all her own bills, move into a tiny studio apartment, and reconsider whether college is worth it, but also

I want her to learn how hard it is to make it in the world all alone, to know how hard you have to work

I want her to have one relationship in college with a charming liar, not an abusive man, not a man who would harm her; just a man that will lie to her enough for her to get sick of his lies; and for her to be done with him.

I want her to know a scumbag when she sees one, even when he’s in disguise

I want her to get fired from her job for no good reason when shes still a teenager, even if shes doing a good job; but just because the manager is a prick;

I want her to have to know the feeling of desperately searching for work, any work at all, to pay the bills as a teenager

I want her to regret dropping out of college, and to truly understand how hard it is to make it on your own, and

I want her to feel frightened of just how terrifying it is to be alone in the world; then

I want her to reconnect with her former teacher or coach she had a crush on, and to fall in love with him all over again

I want him to have moved on to another career, that allows him to fully provide for her and a family and

I want him to adore her completely, and to love her with the kind of deep and genuine love that Only comes from a man who has been alone in the world, and recognizes this precious jewel of a young woman for what she is, and

I want her to know how much he loves her, to feel loved and appreciated, to feel a kindred spirit, then

I want her to want to move in with him again just before she turns 19, and this time, I want her to do it, to take the leap of adventure

I want her to pack up everything she has into an old used car, and drive off with him, hundreds of miles away, to move in with him and start a new life together

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