Daddy Issues Sentences, Vol. 3
(Sentences for discussing the effects of an absent parent and/or confronting one's own father. Adjust phrasing where needed)
"We need to discuss your father."
"You don't care about your family's legacy?"
"What is it in me you hate so much? All I ever wanted was to live up to you."
"If you bring disgrace on this family, you will regret it."
"Do you think if I were more like you, he would have loved me more? If I was normal?"
"I spent my childhood trying to work out if my dad was only mean or just plain bad."
"I don't want to be a burden to you..."
"When I was a boy, I wanted to impress my dad so much. No matter how hard I tried, I always fell short."
"You're too hard on yourself. You always have been."
"Our parents aren't perfect, but they're trying their best."
"I don't underestimate my father, by the way. I understand him - sometimes more than I want to."
"From what my mum told me, I think you're my dad."
"I love you, I really do. It's just, somehow, it's hard for me to show that when you're here."
"We are not our parents until we choose to be."
"Even now, he still wants nothing to do with me."
"I know that rationally he isn't responsible for all the bad things in the world, but he is responsible for some of them."
"My dad doesn't even like me."
"Have you ever told your father what you just told me?"
"Stop. You're not my father."
"Is he really your father? He's scary."
"When was the last time your father told you he loved you?"
"Look at you; relieved you didn't disappoint. That's a weakness."
"Do you think our fathers would be proud of us?"
"What is a son's duty to his father? To respect him, even if he doesn't deserve our respect?"
"Your faults as a son are my failure as a father."
"You've done more for me in the past few days than my father's done in my entire life."
"I know this sounds impossible, but you have to talk to him. You have to show him who you are - what your heart is."
