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This dad has a message for every man (or woman) who may one day date his daughter.

 

This dad has a message for every man (or woman) who may one day date his daughter.

And it’s a message that most parents have probably wished they could say to the potential partners of their kids.

Jesse Parent delivered his slightly terrifying and tongue-in-cheek diatribe at the Coaches Slam at the 2014 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational – but his performance has since been viewed by over a million people on YouTube.

But really, it’s still just a poem about love:

“I have been teaching her love all of her life, and all that I ask is that you continue the lesson. Love her, befriend her, protect her. Be there when I can’t. And when my body gives up to the grave let the grin that eternity carves into my face be a reflection of the peace that your love brings to her, and we should get along just fine.”

Have you ever wanted to deliver a message like this to someone?