I saw this article on a site called Total Sorority Move - a site that tries to mimic the male behavior of Total Fraternity Move. It's disturbing because of the content (a girl hates her dad because he's a good dad who tries to teach her to be a better person), the timing (Father's Day weekend) and the comments from other college women.
Basically, this is a disrespectful, entitled American princess (she calls herself Snow White) writing an article about how she hates her dad and blames him for a lot of her problems. Did he leave when she was born? No, he was an involved father who supported his family. Did he beat her? No. Was he a pedophile? No. So what is her problem with him exactly? Below is the text with my notes.
Really? Because he sounds pretty great so far. In every way he filled the role of a provider-father and avoided many of the vices that harm families.
Here we start to see it, he occasionally argued with her mom and "under-appreciated" the things she did. She doesn't go into it, but I guarantee she's talking about cleaning the house or baking a birthday cake - the things a good wife is supposed to do. I wonder how much he was under-appreciated for providing for the family. Further, he told her mom she was spending too much money. That one stuck for her. I pity her future husband as she spends through his money, then divorces him when he runs out.
Again, the guy is thanklessly caring for his family. Now she's a little older so he starts to shatter her princess fantasy by explaining how adults behave and how to be a better wife than her mother. This is the moment she starts to really resent him. Had he been abusive, she would have loved him, but how dare he shatter the fantasy!! How dare he require her to consider a life outside of her emotions.
Some of his good parenting rubbed off on her, she studied, worked and avoided drugs (which she says as if these things are massive accomplishments). But she was also partying. In another article she says that she has, at around 20 years old, a "low" notch count of 5 (add several to that and don't count the multitude of BJs she admits to giving). Again, her dad told her ways to improve - the modern definition of mental abuse.
Looking to avoid the one person in her life who is honest with her and doesn't reinforce her fantasy world, she mostly abandons her family.
Guarantee she means he said she could lose some weight.
Strong and independent. She forgot brave...so brave.
Here are some comments:
And it continues that way for about 25 responses.
http://totalsororitymove.com/my-dad-sucks/
Basically, this is a disrespectful, entitled American princess (she calls herself Snow White) writing an article about how she hates her dad and blames him for a lot of her problems. Did he leave when she was born? No, he was an involved father who supported his family. Did he beat her? No. Was he a pedophile? No. So what is her problem with him exactly? Below is the text with my notes.
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My dad kind of sucks. I guess I can’t really complain. He isn’t an alcoholic. He never caused me any physical harm. He didn’t abandon my family or leave my mom to struggle as a single mom. He’s just not a great guy.
Really? Because he sounds pretty great so far. In every way he filled the role of a provider-father and avoided many of the vices that harm families.
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Even when I was younger, I was never really a “daddy’s girl.” I don’t know how I was able to recognize it so young, but I would see the way he treated my mom and the way they bickered. The way he under-appreciated the things she’d go out of her way to do for him, pick on her for the way she handled her finances, make her feel like nothing she ever did was enough. I’d see the way he’d make her feel so small, and they way she tried to conceal it and pretend like nothing was wrong around my siblings and me. But I could see it.
Here we start to see it, he occasionally argued with her mom and "under-appreciated" the things she did. She doesn't go into it, but I guarantee she's talking about cleaning the house or baking a birthday cake - the things a good wife is supposed to do. I wonder how much he was under-appreciated for providing for the family. Further, he told her mom she was spending too much money. That one stuck for her. I pity her future husband as she spends through his money, then divorces him when he runs out.
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The years went by. He never skipped out on a Christmas. He never forgot a birthday or anniversary. He was a good man that supported his family. Yet, something was just not right. As I got older, he started treating me more like an adult. He’d unleash his worries on me. He’d talk to me about his marital problems with my mom. It was a heavy weight on my young shoulders. After each of these talks I’d get a nervous and guilty feeling (which I now know is anxiety). After each of these talks I would try to be as perfect and good as I could be. One less thing my parents would have to stress about.
Again, the guy is thanklessly caring for his family. Now she's a little older so he starts to shatter her princess fantasy by explaining how adults behave and how to be a better wife than her mother. This is the moment she starts to really resent him. Had he been abusive, she would have loved him, but how dare he shatter the fantasy!! How dare he require her to consider a life outside of her emotions.
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Then it was off to college. I tried my hardest in class. Worked multiple jobs. Never did any drugs. I was doing my best. Did I party with my friends? Yes. Did I wear tight dresses and high heels. Sure. Did that make me a bad daughter? Absolutely not. Even after moving out, those talks continued. But this time, they shifted to me. I was an emotional wreck. I felt like I couldn’t do anything right. If I wasn’t going to church every Sunday in a turtleneck, or volunteering with a charity on Friday nights, then I might as well have been working on the corner smoking crack. I was never enough. I felt constantly judged.
Some of his good parenting rubbed off on her, she studied, worked and avoided drugs (which she says as if these things are massive accomplishments). But she was also partying. In another article she says that she has, at around 20 years old, a "low" notch count of 5 (add several to that and don't count the multitude of BJs she admits to giving). Again, her dad told her ways to improve - the modern definition of mental abuse.
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I tried working it out. Talking out our differences. It was a lose/lose situation. I would have him in my life, and feel miserable because I was constantly getting verbal lashes. Or I would shut him out, and feel like a terrible person for abandoning my family. No one wants to be the girl with “daddy issues.” I’d think about this title often. Did I have daddy issues? Or did I just have issues with my dad? Are those two even different?
Looking to avoid the one person in her life who is honest with her and doesn't reinforce her fantasy world, she mostly abandons her family.
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I wish we were close, and I hate to say it, but my life is better without him. There were a lot of hurtful, degrading things said that no daughter should ever hear from her father. But you know what? It doesn’t really bother me anymore. I know who I am, and it was none of those names he was calling me. I wish we could live cohesively in one another’s life, but that’s just not feasible. We’re two very different people. If he were a guy I was dating, any relationship expert would tell me to pack my bags and run. But you can’t choose your family, and you can’t break up with them.
Guarantee she means he said she could lose some weight.
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Maybe one day we can foster a relationship. I don’t hate him. I don’t blame all of my life’s issues on a bad relationship with my dad. Truthfully, I’m strong. I’m independent. I don’t go from guy to guy looking to fill a void. I’m in a really great place. Maybe one day he’ll see that. Maybe one day he won’t. Either way, I’ll be alright..
Strong and independent. She forgot brave...so brave.
Here are some comments:
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wow, you put into words what I haven’t been able to explain to anyone. thank you.
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My life in a nutshell living with a narcissistic father
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All the things you said were spot on, you put what I’ve been thinking my whole life in words.
And it continues that way for about 25 responses.
http://totalsororitymove.com/my-dad-sucks/