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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This again? I don't think a daughter's relationship with her father has that much influence on her choice of romantic partner. It's a bit creepy to suggest that it is. [/quote]

I think it's weird you see no relationship there at all. You seem to be getting hung up on the idea that this being a formative relationship that impacts romantic relationships later on means the father-daughter relationship *is* romantic. No one is claiming that. But parents have a huge impact on how children develop a sense of self, and especially a sense of self worth. For heterosexual women, their father is usually the most influential male in their lives until they begin dating, especially because so many other authority figures around kids these days tend to be female. So women often learn about men, in general, from their dads. Not in a romantic way, but in terms of what is acceptable and unacceptable behavior from men, ways in which men may be different from women (or not), and so on.

Heterosexual men also learn a lot about women from their moms. Again, it's not romantic.

To answer OP's question: in general the women I know who were doted on by their fathers tend to either:

1) wind up in relationships where they are treated very well by their husbands, or

2) never marry.

I think it sets a high standard of regard and adoration that can be hard to meet, though if you can find a man who does meet it, that sounds nice. My own dad mostly ignored me growing up and I wound up marrying a man who, while a perfectly good person, doesn't pay much attention to me in general. [/quote]

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