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Daddy Issues for me are a messy mix of memories and guilt and self-care.

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Not having a father doesn’t make me a hateful person. My life isn’t as sad and broken as people think or expect it to be.

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Let them know that their fathers’ failures aren’t their faults.

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Thank you for empowering me to never let him be hurt by your absence. He doesn’t know you exist and because of your abandonment, he never will have to until he wants to.

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Their children never know the touch of love, lullabies that bring peaceful sleeps. They roam escaping family, an absent figure.

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I wonder if I have ever crossed your mind, if you’ve ever thought about me, ever thought about reaching out to me, and then stopped because you know better. Or have you simply forgotten I exist, blocking me from your mind completely?