Teen Girls In Trouble
In some ways I’m lucky that my own daughter isn’t very attractive. I’ve gotten after her many times to lose the baby fat or to get contacts, but at over 125 pounds at only 5’2″ and with coke bottle glasses I don’t run into the same problem that Billy Ray Cyrus runs into. I still remember when Billy Ray shot to the top of the charts with Achey Breaky Heart and helped popularize the mullet along the way. I’m too young to have ever copied the Beatles cut, but I did sport a mullet for a few years.
The recent pictures of his daughter Mylie who plays the character of Hannah Montanna on the television show of the same name show us yet another teen star being sexualized by the media. This all too familiar path will lead to her getting into drug addiction, more mature films, and lots of pictures in the Enquirer and People. I wouldn’t be surprised if major league baseball stars aren’t already calling her.
What really angers me in this situation is that I am outraged and I’m really not sure who I should be outraged by. Part of me blames Billy Ray. I would never let my daughter pose for pictures like that and not only because she is overweight. She has angered Disney and that is only one step up from angering the mob–you just don’t do it. Cyrus needs to go and apologize to Disney immediately before something unfortunate happens to her. She’s playing with fire here.
For the young teens of America who read my blog for the straight talk about things like teen pregnancy and sex education I can just say hold off on any kind of relationship until marriage. You’ll be glad you did. Sex is really only enjoyable in a committed and loving relationship between two married Christian heterosexual adults for the purposes of having children anyway.
How can you say that your child isn’t very attractive? Thats a horrible thing to say. And as for sex…well, I won’t get into it. Opinions are opinions, but I’m sure that no matter how “fat” you think your daughter is, I am sure that she is quite beautiful. I’m embarassed for you ma’am.
pumkins0up
April 30, 2008 at 8:37 am
Leave Nate alone. You’ve never seen his Brittany. I’m family and I can tell you, my niece is a cross between an owl and an Irish setter. I still have nightmares about her dance recitals. And, BTW, Nate is a dude!
Steve
April 30, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Yeah and your family turned out so well. In fairness, Brittany knows she’s no beauty queen regardless of what my ex tells her. I only tell her she’s fat because its the only way to get her to diet. She will be in high school pretty soon and it’d really be to her benefit to drop 20 pounds.
thatsrightnate
April 30, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Hey, Mr. Family Values, at least me and my wife (your sister) are still married! And our daughters don’t look like wildlife. Once again, I try to befriend you and you bite my head off. Very Christian of you!
Steve
April 30, 2008 at 6:43 pm
What your daughter needs is an eating disorder. How come she doesn’t have one? Many girls have their own eating disorders by age 11 nowadays. I hope that Brittany isn’t backward in addition to being an uggo. It’s very hard on a girl to be both. With boys it doesn’t seem to matter so much as long as they have some athletic ability.
zenyenta
April 30, 2008 at 9:42 pm
She’s actually a great kid otherwise if you can just get her away from her mother who fills her with all sorts of lies about me.
thatsrightnate
April 30, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Maybe you shouldn’t encourage the weight loss. As long as she’s too plump to pursue, you won’t have to lose too much sleep worrying about her and the high school Romeos.
Louie
May 1, 2008 at 6:04 pm
That’s how I look at it too Louie.
thatsrightnate
May 1, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Hey, your ex was not Jennifer Anniston and you pursued her — though no one understood why.
Steve
May 1, 2008 at 6:28 pm
In your daughters defense, before the gay fashion industry started manipulating society into thinking that flat hips and flat butts i.e. chicks with bodies like 12 year old boys is sexy, 125p. at 5’2 was considered healthy. Ask your dad or grandpa what 36-24-36 means. If your daughter gets curves, it won’t be the boys her age you need to worry about, it’s the old dudes you’ll need to worry about.
I do agree with you on Mylie though. And what is up with Billy Ray? He was at the photo shoot. Why didn’t he tell the photographer to not take the pics? That’s creepier than Jessica Simpson’s boob staring dad.
michiganredneck
May 2, 2008 at 3:01 am
Hey, good to see you again. I should have known the gay agenda was at work here. As for older guys I’m not exactly thrilled about that news.
thatsrightnate
May 2, 2008 at 5:29 am
how could anyone demean their own child? only someone so critical could publicly state cruel things like that about their own blood
Laura
May 4, 2008 at 10:06 pm
Oh she never reads the blog much anyway.
thatsrightnate
May 5, 2008 at 5:41 am
oh, nate. just when i think you can’t be any more of a douche bag, you go and write this about your own daughter. stunning.
why don’t you go get a real job so you can afford to get her some plastic surgery if you’re so embarrassed by her? and while you’re at it, you could easily belittle her into an eating disorder (although it appears that you’ve been working on that one already).
and, by the way, it sounds like your ex-wife was the brains of the family. what does she say about you? that you’re vacuous, cruel and indolent? three bullseyes.
thatswrongnate
June 21, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Hey, In Nate’s defense, the girl is overweight (takes after her dad in that way). Nate has tried to get her to improve herself. He bought her the Dr. Phil book and ever tried to get her on the program. Kids can be cruel and she has got to do something before high school. If you had children, wrong, you’d understand. This, at least, is not Nate’s fault. Genetics can be overcome if the girl would just make some effort to pull herself up by her bootstraps.
steve
June 21, 2008 at 9:21 pm
i do have kids, and i would never speak disparagingly about my son or daughter, never mind on a blog on the web. that’s the lamest thing i’ve ever seen.
thatswrongnate
June 22, 2008 at 5:11 am
How could you set this example for your daughter. You are closed minded and rude….. Miley Cyrus is on the skinny side—over weight???—- hmmmmmmm and to make fun of your daghter like that. Just remember that you bought her those coke bottle glasses
may
August 10, 2008 at 9:42 pm
You misunderstand me. What I said was that my daughter was overweight, not Miley Cyrus. I wasn’t making fun of her I was helping and besides I was saying it was a good thing that boys won’t want her until she drops 20 pounds and gets contacts. As for the glasses that was her mom’s idea.
thatsrightnate
August 10, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Btw Its MILEY
And SHe Is NOT overweight
U people are the most judging people.
I bet you are 6782pounds
Hope you are
Grammamistake
November 28, 2008 at 11:23 pm
I think that instead of spending money on getting plastic surgery for Brittany that you spend the money getting mental help for yourself. Constantly telling her she is fat, is NOT going to make her diet but instead make her feel even worse and then, eat more. You would make a great case study on what type of people should NOT have children.
Good luck, you need it…and my condolences to Brittany for having you as a father.
Kristen
December 4, 2008 at 7:13 am
Hey Kristen,
I don’t know where to begin.
1. Her name is Emily. That’s my brother in law trying to be funny yet again.
2. As a parent I shouldn’t do anything and just let her balloon up into the 130s?
3. I am working on just such a case study about people who should not have children.
4. I’m a great father. You sound just like her mother. That woman sends her with lunch money everyday even though she knows she needs to drop 20 pounds.
thatsrightnate
December 4, 2008 at 8:04 am
I don’t have to try and be funny, I am funny. Now, about that money you owe me . . . .
steve
December 4, 2008 at 8:48 am
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Happy Blogiversary « That’s Right Nate
March 7, 2009 at 8:28 am
hey nate i think if u want her to lose weight so bad
make her ride a bike for 2 hours a day
shed lose like 1000 calories
20 pounds in no time
i dont like my shape..in not fat but im chubby ya know and im 14…she should talk to me or u can about it…but seriously dont call her fat..,isnt not the only way to make her lose weight ur her father and when u die do u want her to remember u calling her fat or you telling her in a nice way”honey go for a bike ride” its better.have more class.u only have one life.one father.on chance!so just chill
ok
if you wanna further talk about this please email me jeseecuhhtm@yahoo.com
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id love to try to help u built o better connection w/ ur daughter and help her become fit!
jeseecuhh
March 27, 2009 at 11:05 pm
Thanks Jesee. I really like that idea. 2 hours a day wouldn’t be much.
thatsrightnate
March 28, 2009 at 7:00 am
sex is only enjoyable between two christian heterosexual people?
I’m pretty sure it’s enjoyable between two athiest lesbians and 3 muslim gays. sex is sex makes no difference you idiot.man you are fucked up. and what is this shit about calling your daughter ugly? You’re horrible.
Andreas
July 18, 2009 at 8:08 am
How would you even know? I never said my daughter was ugly either. I simply said, she wasn’t very attractive. There’s a big difference.
thatsrightnate
July 18, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Gosh, I’m old, so my dear father is dead, but I do have a husband to boss me around. And believe me, if he said “Honey, go for a bike ride!”, I’d know it’s code for “You should lose weight”. Because I may be a woman, but I’m not stupid. So I don’t know if that would work.
Andreas, please don’t insult Nate. He already has enough problems as it is with an overweight daughter. White men suffer so much! We don’t know because we’re women.
Lola
July 18, 2009 at 9:11 pm