You don’t love yourself and because of this, you can’t implement boundaries because you always feel guilty for doing so.(I’ve had/embodied every one of these at one time or another in my life) You never feel like it’s the “right” relationship unless you’re feeling insecure, competitive, and jealous like you have something to “chase after” and “prove.” You gravitate toward relationships that “keep you on your toes,” instead of relationships that are mutual, meaningful, and solid. It creates an illusory feeling of comfort due to the familiarity but also, it creates an underlying feeling of dis-ease in your relationships (which is why you’re always giving and trying to be “good enough”). This can quickly become an addictive pattern. You subconsciously attract (and are attracted to) men that highlight any unresolved issues that you have in both the relationship and/or lack thereof, with your Father or a significant male figure from your childhood. If you’re attracted to emotionally unavailable and/or narcissistic men, you most likely have daddy issues. When it comes to girls with daddy issues… He was never abusive and we have incredible memories together.ĭaddy issues aren’t something that’s only reserved for women with absentee, abusive (emotionally or physically) or disloyal fathers.ĭaddy issues are just as prevalent in women who have a Dad that was and is present. I have a Dad who was consistently present growing up. Since it’s Father’s Day today, this whole week I’ve been thinking about my own daddy issues, how they’ve affected me, why they’ve haunted me for so long, and really, why I even had such deep daddy issues in the first place. For a while now, I’ve wanted to post a photo of my parents and title the blog post “A Photo of Everyone I’ve Ever Dated.” I’m not sure about that exact approach, but I’m definitely going to write a post about dating versions of our parents soon because it’s one of those things where once you make the connection, your relational life is never the same.

Whos your daddy games