Do You Choose Men Like Your Father? Why That Can Be Good & Bad

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All the negative aspects that come along with being a businessman/ free spirited hippie/ stay-at-home-dad or whatever your dad was—subconsciously you might think that those will always exist with a man who wears that certain hat. You might instantly turn from every businessman thinking he’ll be emotionally distant and geographically distant, or run from any musician/hippie thinking he’s irresponsible and unable to provide. The negative sides of your father or so deeply engrained in you via watching your mother struggle with them, that they’re triggered anytime you see someone who simply looks on the surface like your father. And this can be limiting because, not every businessman/ musician/ stay at home dad is the same.

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