Kte

I just watched the episode. I googled the episode and the only reviews I seem to see here people talking about how unrelateable and strange it was. How she needs a therapist, how the episode was creepy. I believe everyone here is missing the theme: the concept of someone longing for someone of them opposite gender to care for them “just because”. All the weirdness is just decoration on that core theme. It was funny because this episode is SO relatable to someone who doesn’t have a dad. People with a mom and dad don’t realize what it’s like to not have a parent. Well, I have a dad, but I haven’t seen him since I was 15, and he spent my entire childhood living in a different city than us. I barely knew my dad. What I did know of my dad however was terrible things - he was hostile and unkind. I never had a father figure in my life and he was absent until he was officially absent. What this episode taught me really shifted my perspective. This girl never thought about not having a dad until she went out with her friend and her dad and saw how supportive and proud of her he was. She started seeing a man in her office, who she’d try to imagine was her dad when they hung out. Weird... and strange and bizarre, obviously. To someone without a dad? Not that hard to imagine. At one point the girl says “I’ve never had a man care for me just cause” and I realized how much I relate. I’ve never experienced a man care for me just because he cares for my wellbeing without wanting to date, have sex, etc. I’ve never had many guy friends and every guy I’ve ever dated and friend I’ve had, I haven’t gotten along great with their dads. It isn’t that I didn’t like them, it’s that I had nothing to say. I am smooth when I interact with women, but men I don’t vibe with often, and any sign of aggression or anger makes me retreat. This girl simply wants a man to care for her without asking for anything in return, that’s the entire point of this episode. Everyone created it into a taboo “daddy issues” unrelateable concept. It must be nice to think the concept of having someone care for you like family is so hard to relate to, creepy and strange because it’s something you never went without... I love how this episode explored dad issues which a lot of people don’t understand