Little Girls Really Do Marry Their Daddies
Did your daughter ever inform you when she grows up she’s going to marry her Daddy?
It turns out she probably will – or at the very least his doppelganger. Your son, by the way? He might well grow up to marry a woman is a heckuva lot like his Mom.
Recent research and surveys have come up with the same answers – an overwhelming number of people grow up and fall in love with someone who shares either facial characteristics or personalities with one of their parents. Some researchers say it has to do with familiarity, others because they are following set patterns in their lives (ie. a girl with a missing dad might marry an emotionally unavailable man).
Let’s face it, kids inherit traits from their parents. So it only stands to reason that the traits they inherited from one parent would be the same kinds of traits that drew that particular parent to the other. If a girl is more like her mother, for example, wouldn’t it make sense that she’d be attracted to a guy like her father?
Is one of your kids more like you? Do they have the kind of personality that would mesh with their other parent better? Who is your little one going to grow up to marry?
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My sister and I both comment on how much we did NOT marry our father! Our Dad is a good guy who tries, but is at heart a rather selfish person. Growing up, it was always all about him, and our whole family suffered because of it. I married a very giving, even tempered, sensitive person, and am so gratefull for it! I am glad my kids get to grow up in a relaxed environment where every family member’s feelings and opinions are valued equally.
@SamEsmomma, ITA. I’m also a daddy’s girl, and dh is very much like him, personality-wise. I am also a very similar personality to my mom, which could explain a lot.
I have boy/girl twins, and I can see the same pattern setting up with my dd. She adores her daddy, and the feeling is mutual. My ds is similar to dh in personality, and still thinks I am the most beautiful woman in the world – 5 is such a sweet age! I can see him with someone like me in the future, but I really just hope they are happy with whomever they love.
Its certainly too soon to say whether my son will marry someone like his mom (or dad)– he’s not quite 10 weeks yet. But I know that I married someone just like my dad. I was a daddy’s girl and my dad taught me by example how a man should treat me. My husband has all of the important qualities that my dad taught me to look for in a man. Coincidentally, they both work in the same field, too!