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A Letter To My Dad On Valentine's Day

Here's to my very first valentine.

Kara McIntyre

Feb 16, 2016

Midwestern State University

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I've always thought of Valentine's Day as a celebration of love that is strictly for boyfriends/girlfriends or husbands/wives, but on this Valentine's Day (my first one as a girlfriend, actually), I realized that I owe a tribute to my very first valentine: my dad.

Daddy,

Ever since I was a little girl, you've made sure that Valentine's Day wasn't just for you and mom (or you and my wonderful stepmom, now). If you bought flowers, there was always one for me. If you bought a big Russell Stover box of chocolate, there was a mini one for me. If you bought her a pint of ice cream, I got one too. You've made sure that I know that I'm loved, even on this "stupid Hallmark holiday," as we always call it.

You were the first man to buy me flowers. You were the first man to show me that a relationship is not effortless, nor should it be. You were the first man to buy me a chocolate rose and use this cheesy line, "When this flower dies is when I'll stop loving you." You were the first man to take me on a date and the first one to come to mom's extra early in the morning, just to bring me Starbucks before you had to go to work. You were the first man who came to all of my soccer games, plays, basketball games, and band competitions. Whether I'm single or not, you have been and always will be my valentine.

I know that it's never been easy for you to drop me off at mom's after a visit with you and now it's even harder to watch me get on that plane and fly over 1,000 miles away. Trust me, it's hard for me too. That's why I wanted to write this to you, Dad, so that you know that I love you and that I appreciate everything that you do for me, even from states away. You've set the boyfriend expectations bar pretty high, but no one will ever surpass you. You're my dad, my valentine, my best friend, my movie partner, and my personal Superman. There's nothing that you wouldn't do for me and there aren't enough thank you's in the world for that.

I love you more than you'll ever know and I can't wait until I see you next!

XOXO,
Your daughter

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1. MONICA: Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it!

2. JOEY: You can’t just give up! Is that what a dinosaur would do?

3. JOEY: Here come the meat sweats.

4. WILL: We started a rumor.

RACHEL: What rumor?

PHOEBE: Oh, come on Will! Just take off your shirt and tell us!

5. ROSS: Wow, you guys sure have a lot of books about being a lesbian.

SUSAN: Well, you know, you have to take a course. Otherwise, they don’t let you do it.

6. PHOEBE: Come on Ross, you’re a paleontologist. Dig a little deeper.

7. JANICE: OH… MY… GOD!!!!

8. CHANDLER: WHOOPAH

9. JOEY: Well, I’m sorry if I’m not a middle-aged black woman. And I’m also sorry if sometimes I go to the wrong audition.

10. JOEY: Hey, Ross, I got a science question: If the homo sapiens were, in fact, HOMO sapiens… is that why they’re extinct?

ROSS: Joey, homo sapiens are people.

JOEY: Hey, I’m not judgin’!

11. PHOEBE: If it’s a girl, Phoebe. And if it’s a boy, Pheebo.

12. CHANDLER: Hold on, there’s something different.

ROSS: I went to that tanning place your wife suggested.

CHANDLER: Was that place the sun?

13. JANICE: 15 Yemen Road, Yemen.

14. JOEY: Paper… Snow… It’s a ghost!

15. JOEY: Is it obvious I’m wearing six sweaters?

16. PHOEBE: THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

17. JOEY: What’s not to like? Custard? Good. Jam? Good. Meat? GOOD.

18. JOEY: It’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It doesn’t matter. It’s moo.

19. PHOEBE: Oh I wish I could, but I don’t want to.

20. CHANDLER: Condoms?

JOEY: We don’t know how long we’re gonna be stuck in here. We might have to repopulate the world.

CHANDLER: And CONDOMS are the way to do that?

21. ROSS: PI-VOT! PI-VOT! PI-VOT!

22. JOEY: Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.

23. PHOEBE: Je m’appelle Claude.

JOEY: Jet aplee blooo.

24. CHANDLER: I’m not so good with the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

25. JOEY: JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD.

26. JOEY: I swear to god, Dad. That’s not how they measure pants!

27. ROSS: You could not be any more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

28. ROSS: So, uh, what did the insurance company say?

CHANDLER: Oh, they said uh, “You don’t have insurance here so stop calling us.”

29. CHANDLER: Gum would be perfection.

30. JOEY: Look at me! I’m Chandler! Could I BE wearing any more clothes?

31. MONICA: My motto is get out before they go down.

JOEY: That is so not my motto.

32. RACHEL: Oh are you setting Ross up with someone? Does she have a wedding dress?

33. RACHEL: Hey, just so you know it’s NOT that common, it DOESN’T happen to every guy and it IS a big deal!

34. JOEY: How you doin’?

35. JOEY: That’s right, I stepped up! She’s my friend and she needed help. If I had to, I’d pee on any one of you!

36. MONICA: Fine! Judge all you want but married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire, LIVES IN A BOX.

37. RACHEL: Go tell him he’s cute. What’s the worst that could happen?

MONICA: He could hear me.

38. PHOEBE: But they don’t know that we know they know we know!

39. PHOEBE: Smelly cat, smel-ly cat, what are they feeding you? Smelly cat, smel-ly cat, it’s not your fault.

40. JOEY: Suppose we’re a divorced couple.

CHANDLER: Okay.

JOEY: And I got custody of the kid, right? Now, suppose the kid dies and I gotta buy a new kid.

41. JOEY: Oh, sorry. Did I get ya?

CHANDLER: No, you didn’t get me! It’s an electric drill. You get me, you kill me!

42. ROSS: WE WERE ON A BREAK!

43. RACHEL: He’s a transponster!

44. MONICA: SEVEN! SEVEN! SEVEN! SEVEN!

45. MONICA: You were my midnight mystery kisser?

ROSS: You were my first kiss with Rachel?

MONICA: You were my first kiss EVER?!

CHANDLER: What did I marry into?

46. CHANDLER: I’m full and yet I know if I stop eating this, I’ll regret it.

47. PHOEBE: He’s her lobster!

48. RACHEL: Isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic?

49. ROSS: They’re still not coming on man! And the lotion and powder have made a paste!

50. MONICA: Do you have a plan?

PHOEBE: I don’t even have a “pla.”

RBF keeps you pretty #sorrynotsorry

1. Your face hides all emotions and sticks to a look that could burn a hole through someone.

2.It makes people think you have higher expectations and standards.

3.Your smile holds a lot more meaning than the girl who walks around with a pleasant grin.

4.You become better at reading people

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