Daddy?

This is a comment a friend of mine made.

It upset me more than I can explain or understand…

It was strange how I reacted so strongly to a simple, ignorant statement.

For some reason I felt the need to educate her in a gentle and friendly way.

I thought for quite a while on what I wanted to say.

My comment was very basic. I just wanted her to open her eyes a tiny bit. It wasn’t important to me that she understand the concept entirely.

It’s kind of like a pet name. Like Baby or Sweetheart or Honey.

Her reply, “Those I could see. But daddy nope.”

That upset me even more – like where I was crying crazy tears and sobbing.

At that point, I had nothing else to say to her and I deleted my comment. I knew it would just get more frustrating if she wouldn’t even concede that simple point (which was all I was trying to make).

Since that moment half a year ago, I have broken up with my Daddy and my life has changed drastically. But every once in a while, I still think about how her simple (and ignorant?) words made me feel.

And, now that my Daddy is no longer a part of my life, do I still feel the same way?

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