You Need a Boring Man, Like your Father

Advice given by my wife in conversation about her daughter, "She needs to find someone boring, like Pete."

Ouch...

"Yes, you're boring," she said, "but in a good way. Don't get your feelings hurt."

Nichole (old friend) when the conversation was related to workplace sexual harassment and I expressed my personal concerns - I'm pretty affectionate - laughed and said, "Pete, you're harmless!"

mmm... Can't I be a bit more dangerous. Really, who wants to be "boring and harmless."

OK so it's synonymous with hard working, loyal, dependable, trustworthy, ... a family man.

Occasionally (and they would say regularly) the women in my life catch a glimpse of the grouch, the angry old man, the protective male, the boring guy who given the right circumstance could and would rise to the level of dangerous. And they're happy with their choice of this boring man who hangs around.