The healthy things that we should seek from our partners and relationships, are what we should ideally have had, albeit in a father/daughter dynamic. If you don't have a reasonably healthy relationship with your father to draw upon, you will be: Afraid of men leaving or withdrawing. Chasing similar partners. Trying to right the wrongs of the past. Trying to gain the validation that you failed to get from your father. Clinging to an image of the father that you'd like but didn't get and then projecting it onto your partners and tying them and yourself up in unrealistic expectations.
