And yet she finds nothing wrong with dining alone with unmarried men?
"I do not understand." May frowned, taking more than a little offense as his words.
"They are adults, yes. They are intelligent and self-possessed because I raised them to be so. In the culture I was raised in, that their father and I raised them in, they are to be guided by their parents as their parents until the day we leave this earth. We do not step aside to let them succeed or fail the moment they reach twenty-one. The parents are looked on to guide them on their decisions, even if the final choice lies on them. Even if you were to treat them as a friend, you will still be seen as their father. I am only trying to prepare you for this. If they will not respect you as a father, there will be a problem."