Aint fatherhood grand? You are no doubt reliving some of your own pubescent paranoias and projecting them on to your daughter. My question is...didn't you raise her to be independent and take risks? You've set the example and been the protective parent. Now let her make choices and live life taking the road as it comes at her. Trust both your daughter and your wife's instincts.Your wife is right to be amusedly detached, she's lived with you all these years.
Besides, dumdums for the .45 aren't all that hard to make.
