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Women Rarely Turn To Their Fathers For Divorce Support – But Why?

This month the Wall Street Journal published a feature article that centered on adult women and their relationships with their fathers – a topic that many don’t stop to examine. However, when one woman was going through a divorce, she realized that she was relying on her mother for emotional support, but not her father.

Some women interviewed claimed that their mothers were simply easier to talk to when it came to divorces and tough emotions. Others said that they didn’t know how to begin a conversation about their personal lives with sometimes distant fathers, while still others said that they feared that speaking about divorce with their fathers might make them sad or upset. Fathers responded that after being used to protecting their daughters from the world, hearing about divorce made them feel like they had failed, or that they couldn’t make the situation better. However, most dads agreed that they would like to help their child through their divorce in whatever way possible.

Relationship experts believe that although sons understand how to best communicate with their fathers, women and men might approach conversations differently, with men looking for immediate solutions and women looking for a friendly and understanding ear. Some fathers have found it easier to communicate through writing or even poetry, while others simply needed to realize the differences in communication and work from there.

The expert’s advice? Start talking to each other – perhaps first about everyday topics – and then slowly toward more emotional topics. It always helps to have another loved one to talk to during tough times.

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