[ SECRET POST #2210 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2210 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

[diet_poison]

This can be a really good thing, but I'd caution you to not take it too far. Especially with the dating thing - how can you know if he'd approve? What if you shut down someone awesome because you didn't think he fit the "fictional dad approval" stamp? Is that really the best guide for a SO? Is it your only guide?

That said, I'm sorry your dad wasn't there for you the way he should have been. And I am glad you found someone inspiring in fiction. Just be careful how far you let that go, and seek advice from real people if you have anyone you can trust. We all need more than one source of input and guidance, after all.

[(Anonymous)]

This is good advice. I also have a fictional pseudo-dad figure (never knew my real dad), but after some time I was able to rationalise that the "advice" I imagined him giving was all stuff I knew already (because if I'm imagining a conversation, even with a character someone else invented, I'm still the one extrapolating that author's fiction and how I think he'd respond). That helped me to stop feeling creeped out that I had this imaginary parent, but also gave me more confidence in myself because I could acknowledge that the moral/emotional compass was my own and that it was working well enough.