[ SECRET POST #2974 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2974 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

02. http://i.imgur.com/Ubg1qyO.jpg?2

[bigpaw]

I feel this so much, op :/ As a kid I would see great fictional dads, think 'I wish he was my dad!' and then immediately feel guilty. But now that I'm older I understand why I was thinking that. <3

[(Anonymous)]

My relationship with my dad isn't awful, but I feel this when I see dads who hug/are physically affectionate, or who tell their daughters that they are beautiful.

[ibbity]

I know the feeling. My dad and I get along pretty well these days but "antagonistic" would be a KIND term for our relationship when I was younger.

[(Anonymous)]

Do I ever feel you. My reaction is total incredulity.

[solticisekf]

+1

[(Anonymous)]

Good fictional dads would make me so jealous and pissed off when I was younger. I've tried to get myself over it, and my relationship with my dad has improved as I've gotten older, but even sometimes now, loving fictional fathers give me a spike of jealousy.

[elaminator]

My immediate reaction to this image was “I'd hit it”, so I'm not sure which is preferable. (Gregory Peck was sexy, though. Especially as Atticus.... Which is probably kind of messed up considering how much I look up to the character, but I wouldn't want him as my dad.)

That said, this is a normal enough feeling, anon. I don't think it's anything to beat yourself up about; not everyone has ideal relationships with their parents.

[(Anonymous)]

At the beginning of Gentleman's Agreement (not great), Gregory Peck is a widower being advised by his son (baaaaaaby Dean Stockwell) that he ought to get married again. "Gramma says you'll never get married again if you're so picky and choosy."

Watching it, I couldn't help commenting, "Kid, he looks like a young Gregory Peck. He can afford to be choosy."

[elaminator]

LOL. I haven't seen the film, but I love how ironic lines like that are. As if Gregory Peck couldn't be choosy. AS IF, DEAN STOCKWELL.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not normally a hurt/comfort person, but Gregory Peck in Spellbound pushes buttons I never knew I had.

[(Anonymous)]

Meh. It just makes me depressed.

On the plus side, I'm an awesome parent, given that I have been one for as far back as I can remember. :-P

[dreemyweird]

I think that's pretty common among people who have serious issues with their parents. The same happens to me when I see loving and compassionate fictional mothers. You needn't feel guilty; your father ought to, though.

[cloud_riven]

Ha yeah I get super envy too! Really bad when you got dads actively encouraging their kids be the best they can be. Real or fictional, it's always going to niggle me.

Seriously, it took almost thirty years for my own dad to actually tell me I do deserve to better (and to be better) because I'm not as worthless as I tend to think I am. Not that I don't appreciate the sudden pep talks now, but I still wonder why the hell he was a polar opposite when I was a kid. Jfc I still wish my dad was a tv dad orz

[(Anonymous)]

I feel the same way about sisters in fiction, OP. *hugs* if you want them.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm really jealous of any family stories where they are really close and talk it out and have a lot of respect and compassion for each other. I think it's why I'm kind of drawn to family stories in general since I lack that closeness in my life.

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[(Anonymous)]

Image: Atticus Finch

Text: Whenever I see a father in a book, movie, or T.V. show who’s accepting, respectful, compassionate, and apologizes for his mistakes and does his very best to do better

My immediate reaction is JEALOUSY

[(Anonymous)]

I feel a bit like that, too. But what really gets to me are parents who really love each other and have a healthy, functional, caring relationship with each other and their child(ren). At this point, I'm pretty much convinced that this only exists in fiction, and yet I feel so jealous and bitter when I see it...

[lb_lee]

Heh, yeah, join the club. My family is a type that I chose a year of homelessness over going back to them, so I mostly just find healthy familial relationships disturbing and hilarious.

--Rogan

[(Anonymous)]

It actually takes me out of a story when I see fathers depicted as this because as far as I've seen in real life dads are rarely like this.

The truth is these roles in the story would better fit the mother character. But Hollywood will always go for a heroic parental male character over a female any day. Same with the Disney Renaissance films. Can't have the mums be the single parent, though that's usually the case, 'cause that would mean too many x chromosomes on screen.

[arcadiaego]

Me too. Also often cynicsm and disbelief, which isn't very healthy.