They're just like this song, called "Young Love," way back in the 50's by Sonny James and redone by Tab Hunter (I think?):

Okay, I'm joking. I'm really just envious of my son and his girlfriend's complete adoration of one another. Heck, my 16-year-old son acts like the romantic fool my wife wants me to act like. I'm way too grown up for THAT!

Actually, the truth is I could learn a thing or two from them. Why can't we "middle-aged" couples make the same whoopee that young lovers do? Are we so jaded?

BTW, it was Tab Hunter - a teen heart-throb of the day that covered Sonny James' original version - here it is:

I believe that it is the man's job to lead in the love and romance department, but it doesn't come naturally to us. And, our women tend to believe and think we should know what they want at any given time. My wife insists I don't make enough of any effort to "know" her while I insist she could just tell me what she wants for her birthday, Valentine's Day (dreaded holiday for us men), Mother's Day, Christmas, and our Anniversary. Heck, I'm just getting light-headed looking at that list - all that pressure to deliver!

My son had some minor surgery recently and his girlfriend and I went to the hospital to be there for him. While coming out of the anesthesia afterward, he was gazing into his girlfriend's eyes with such love. Not quite realizing where he was, he asked if she could get into bed with him and keep him company and cuddle. I wanted to throw up. My wife would be on her cell-phone doing business while I was screaming for pain meds! (just kidding honey).

The truth is that romance like this "young love" never has to go away. I know this, but I get lazy and my wife deserves better. Okay, I said it!

In honor of Father's Day, I will be having a special broadcast of my radio show, "The Bruce Sallan Show - A Dad's Point-of-View" on June 17. I want to honor my father and your father with short dedications. My dad has been gone for four years and I miss him every day while I remember what a great, kind, and loving man he was - to me and my late mother.

Please send me your own stories about your father to bruce@brucesallan.com or post it on this blog as a comment. I will read as many as I can on June 17. As usual, my show will be available to listen to from my web-site anytime and is "live streamed" to be heard anywhere in the world. The show airs on KZSB AM-1290 every Thursday from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., PST and is re-broadcast each Thursday evening at 9:00 p.m., PST and again each Saturday at noon, PST.

I encourage you to call in during the "live" broadcast every Thursday from 11:00 - noon, PST to (805) 564-1290 or toll-free to (866) 564-1290. Or, if your bashful, feel free to send me e-mails, again to bruce@brucesallan.com.

This week's topic is "Were Your Father and Mother There For You" and it's a very serious topic and not meant as a Father's Day tribute in any way. We will deal more with the absence of parents in our lives and its impact on our lives and our parenting. I will have guests Wayne Levine, Rabbi Paul Kipnes, and Rachel Sarah and I will continue my tradition of playing eclectic and fun music for all our segments ins and outs.

But, please do write in with your dedication to your father for our June 17 show. I hope you'll listen. We learn from each other!

Every Sunday, I try to post something of "faith," something inspirational on my "A Dad's Point-of-View" Facebook Page. Today is no exception as I posted an interesting 5-minute video entitled, "The Most Important Verse in the Bible."

I don't "do politics" in my writing. I may have opinions, but I know I'm not knowledgeable enough nor could I possibly compete with the pundits, experts, writers, and media folk that do do politics. It's a stance I believe is wise as my message, in my writing, and now my radio show has to do with various parenting issues, marriage, gender "politics," and more--where my opinion is more relevant than an encyclopedic knowledge of history, dates, and people.

My writing still requires research and I will quote valuable writing I find that is relevant, but I don't do politics. The reason for this long preamble is that the host of this video is conservative radio talk show host Dennis Prager. Before you dismiss him or his message, due to his politics, please try and recognize that all of us have multiple sides. In his case, he has a distinct "macro" and "micro" personality. His "macro" one focuses on his politics - like them or not, it's your choice. His "micro" side, however, deals with personal issues, religion, and topics that I tend to cover. I believe he brings great "wisdom" to that side of his writing and broadcasts.

For instance, he has a dedicated hour, among his 15 hours a week on radio, called "The Male/Female" hour. In it, he talks about marriage, divorces, kids, and many familiar subjects to my readers. THAT is what I hope you'll pay attention to vs. letting politics influence your judgement before you've even seen the video I've posted today.

All that said, I repeat that I don't do politics. Sometimes, I may slip in something that relates to family, as it relates to family courts, CPS, or the like, but my knowledge base on these subjects is just not sufficient to me to address them with the balance and fairness these issues deserve.

So, with all that, I offer you this link to my "A Dad's Point-of-View" Facebook Page and the first post of this video I've described. If you're not a member of our page yet, I hope you'll join and get us over the 2,000 member hump. I never liked when FB used "fans" and I don't like the new "like" designation. To me, you're a member of a group or a page and there's no hierarchy involved -- most certainly with my page where we're all parents struggling to do the best job we can!

I had the most amazing experience just a little while ago. My son, Arnie, had two of his guy friends over. They're going to "hang out" and then sleep over, but one of them forgot to bring his "stuff" (meaning toothbrush and some DVDs they wanted to watch) so we drove together, the four of us, to his house.

My son now has his driver's permit so he asked to drive, to which I agreed. I sat shotgun while Arnie's two buddies, Jon Crispel and Jake Smith, sat in the back. My son driving was new to them so they all said something like, "Cool dude, you're driving."

How it happened, I have no idea, but we started talking politics - specifically the good and bad about the new Arizona Immigration law. What followed was a healthy and very smart debate on the issue, with each (teen) boy participating like they were on a political panel. Their opinions and their knowledge blew me away. What happened to just talking about games, girls, and grunge rock 'n' roll?

Do we really think, "ttyl, lol, WTF, brb, rofl, lmao, idk, stfu" are deep ways of communicating? My kids don't even bother with voicemail anymore -- they just see who called, erase the message, and call back if (or when) they want. This is communicating? They break up via text, they ask for sex via text, they say, "I love you" via text (with one of those stupid heart icons), etc.