Dads and daughters, it’s a difficult mix sometimes. I noticed that my rough and ready father changed his attitude towards me when I turned 12. It was unnerving how he was careful to avoid me when I was emotional, how he found excuses to do other things when I was needy. But this was simply because he didn’t have the tools to deal with me, a skinny, quiet, shy, nerdy girl becoming a woman right before his eyes. It scared the hell out of my hard scrabble blue collar dad.
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