He discovered his 17-year old daughter and a stranger in this position. What he did was downright unexpected!
This story was shared by a Russian who experienced this situation 15 or so years ago...
On that day, he discovered his 17-year-old daughter, lying on the family couch with a stranger.
Here is the story in question
One morning, when I came down the stairs, I came upon this exact scene: my 17-year old daughter lying like this with a stranger on our family sofa. It was obviously a night of 'hard work' for both of them. I quietly made breakfast and I went back up to tell my wife, my son and my other younger daughter to be very silent, because there were people who were still sleeping.
Our dining table was in front of the couch, about 6-7 meters from it, but directly in front. When the family was seated at the table, I said in a dry tone dry: 'YOUNG MAN!' I've never seen anyone get up that quickly in my whole life. This young man went from a horizontal position to a vertical position in a fraction of a second. 'Breakfast is ready,' I added, while pulling out the chair next to me. 'Come and have a seat.'
He got up, trying to hide the morning bulge in his underwear. A very impressive bulge I must admit. My wife and youngest daughter also looked at it with big round eyes.
After getting dressed, he walked the few feet between the couch and dining table, and it was definitely the most difficult few feet he had walked in his entire life. I looked him straight in the eye while using my most serious voice and I told him: 'I have a question for you... the answer is very important... FOR YOU!' At this point, you could see that he was very hot. Drops of sweat were also forming on his forehead... 'Do you like cats?' I added.
He was a very kind and friendly boy. Clearly under-educated, but not stupid. My daughter reassured me that he was very nice and very attentive. She had known him for about a month, but he had never spent the night here.
He had come to pick her up that morning to take her to school on his bike, and bring her home in the evening. He took care of her when she was sick. He made sure she did her homework. He had invested a lot of time and effort with my daughter. He even had the patience of an angel when she was having her "time of the month."
He told me had no family, no education, no stable work. She adored him. He adored her. Who was I to prevent them from learning from their own mistakes?
8 months after I had gotten to know him, my son came to me asking if I knew more about this young man. It turns out he was homeless, and his father was abusive and had committed suicide. His mother, a crack addict, had also committed suicide when he was only 15 years old. He went to live on the streets for 3 years. He was sleeping in parks, homeless shelters, etc. He did little construction jobs to afford to eat.
But none of this mattered to me, because what I saw now was a young man of 18 years, always polite and helpful, who comes to the house with a smile and leaves the house with a smile. He helped us... and most important of all, he made my daughter happy.
Sometimes he didn't come for a few days, because he had a construction job outside the city, and we missed him. My youngest daughter trusted him and knew that he would never do harm to her big sister, and my wife had developed a maternal instinct for him, and my son liked him too. Me? I was worried for him, and I wanted him to be happy.
When I spoke to my wife and my youngest daughter, I was mad that my youngest daughter already knew everything about it but didn't tell me. Her sister had told her everything; she knew everything but said nothing! She appreciated him, and she let him leave every night like that, to where?????
The next day, I gave him a key to the house, and I told him that I would be expecting him at home every night. During the weeks that followed, we renovated theguest room and took him to buy some furniture. He was very good at building things, and he admitted to me that he wanted to be his own boss, that he loved building things.
That was in 2000. Today, 15 years later, my daughter and son-in-law have given us three wonderful grandchildren, they have an profitable company, and they love each other more than anything in the world. If you're wondering why I'm telling you all of this, it's very simple: Don't let the first impression you have of someone ruin your whole life.
By Straker Julia
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