I’ve Dated Every Version of My Father

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It makes sense to believe that as women, we end up dating or marrying some sort of version of our fathers — similar characteristics, qualities, and/or traits. After all, a father is the first male in his daughter’s life to set the standard for how she should be loved and treated by a man. Our first interactions with the very first man we’ve ever known stays programmed within our memory from childhood through adulthood. A…