Neither had Mother, and my father had teased her about it, saying that it was the secret to her youthfulness.

His father teased him that he had invented the world's most complicated hammer.

"My father was teasing me after the game," Ellis said.

This appears to be a particular problem when fathers tease their daughters about things like breast development or putting on weight.

"You just want more grandchildren, woman," her father teased her mother.

'We're going to have to marry you off early,' her father would tease her.

Also, she showed signs of petulance when any of us, but especially father, teased her about her beau.

Katerina looked concerned, "My father is teasing you," she said.

Her father teased him for days.