I said, “Emmy, you aren’t supposed to use that word!” She said, “But you use it Daddy.” I really hate it when a woman throws the truth in yo...r face. “That’s not the same thing. I use it only under very special circumstances, in private with your mothers.” “But what about when you are together with Jake? Both of you say it all the time. And in the car, what about then?” I hate to get in an argument with Emmy. There’s just no way to win it. And she’s only nine. When she grows up she’s going to. ..1. You let your 14-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.2. The Blue Book value of your truck goes up and down depending on how much gas is in it.3. You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.4. You think a woman who is out of your league bowls on a different night.5. You wonder how service stations keep their rest-rooms so clean.6. Someone in your family died right after saying, 'Hey, guys, watch this.'7. You think Dom Perignon is a Mafia. "Everyone would be naked." That's what I think too," she said. "It's so cool we're on the same wavelength." Wavelength," I repeated. "Got it."Elise giggled and playfully poked me, "You're so funny."Elise gave out a little sigh, "I really wish I could go someday. Maybe after college the right man will ask me to marry him and he'll take me there for a honeymoon." She squeezed my hand.That certainly got my attention, was Elise actually saying she wanted me to propose to her after college? I loved. " Truth or Dare?" Dare." Go have another drink."I picked truth a few times after that, wanting to avoid Max making medrink in return, but she kept asking me embarrassing questions, like"Who was your first girlfriend?" and "Have you ever stolen anything?" My answers were just, "No," and I felt like a total loser. She kept saying "Dare." I'd give her something to do involving eatingor drinking something odd, like ice cream with pepper on it. Nothingseemed to phase her though.Eventually I got sick.