So my daughter wants to date. Her mom thinks it's "no big deal" which makes me a little more than uncomfortable. We live in the same city, but I travel alot and only get to spend every other weekend with my girls. It's funny that I only get them twice a month but I pay over 75% of their support, including medical and dental and various incidentals attributed to school and sports. But this isn't about that.

My older daughter is 15 and already we've had several arguments over her choice of clothing, the fact that she wears makeup (sneaks it, I should say, because it is forbidden by both myself and my ex, but she puts it on at school), and has already snuck out once in the middle of the night to meet a boy. I just don't think dating is something she is ready to do given her past indiscretions and poor choices.

My ex is quite a bit younger than I am and accuses me of taking out my anger over the divorce on the girls, but I don't see the connection. All I see is my baby girl veering off the road and careening into an abyss. It's too easy to get mixed up with the wrong kind of boy and really mess things up. And it's not like I am so old I forgot what being a teenage boy was like.

So she wants to date and I'm feeling homocidal. I miss my little girl.