On Daddies

I was watching some daytime TV this week, and one of the shows spotlighted a deadbeat dad.

This particular deadbeat dad was cheating on his wife. They were not divorced or even separated, but he had several girlfriends, as well as another child with one of them. He missed his twin daughters' birthday in order to go to a party with his illegitimate baby's birthday. He also took his daughters out with him and his girlfriends. Needless to say that the mother was pretty spineless, but the part that the host was concentrating on was the daughters. How the situation affected them.

At one point, the host turned to the deadbeat dad and asked him if he knew that a girl's relationship with her father determined the kind of relationship that she would have with men later in life.

That really spoke to me. I was suddenly SO grateful that I was raised by a man who treated my sisters and I like gold. He taught us to be respectful and resourceful, and loved us with a quiet love that was shown with actions more than words.

I mean, he's not perfect. Him and my Mum separated when I was in my teens. But any issues that he and my Mum had stayed secret until I was well into my twenties.

SO yeah, I grew up pretty much idolizing my daddy, as all little girls should, ha ha!

But how has this affected my relationship with men in my adult life?

It's set the bar pretty high. <3