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<blockquote data-quote="KeyserSoSo" data-source="post: 1436670" data-attributes="member: 501858">My dad has high expectations of me.&nbsp; I am sad because I don&#039;t get that &quot;pat on the back&quot; or &quot;well done&quot; sort of attention.&nbsp; I don&#039;t get positive motivation from him.My dad wants me to be some image he&#039;s formed in his head.&nbsp; I&#039;m never good enough.&nbsp; It&#039;s like I&#039;m expected to always be better.&nbsp; When I accomplish something it&#039;s just expected.&nbsp; I do get a bit of praise, but then he goes back to expecting again.I&#039;m 25 and I haven&#039;t realized satisfaction in my life.&nbsp; I have kind of just wandered around here and there in my education.&nbsp; I graduated with a B.A in Business Administration - Accounting... 3.44 gpa last June.&nbsp; I haven&#039;t gotten a job yet... still kind of wandering around.I finally realized that I want to help people structure their businesses.. I&#039;d like to have my own company.&nbsp; My dad doesn&#039;t like it and wants me to work for an accounting firm.What is this scenario called?&nbsp; How can I get over it?&nbsp; I realized today that I have to stop trying to gain praise from him.. but it feels like I&#039;m tearing away part of me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KeyserSoSo, post: 1436670, member: 501858"] My dad has high expectations of me. I am sad because I don't get that "pat on the back" or "well done" sort of attention. I don't get positive motivation from him. My dad wants me to be some image he's formed in his head. I'm never good enough. It's like I'm expected to always be better. When I accomplish something it's just expected. I do get a bit of praise, but then he goes back to expecting again. I'm 25 and I haven't realized satisfaction in my life. I have kind of just wandered around here and there in my education. I graduated with a B.A in Business Administration - Accounting... 3.44 gpa last June. I haven't gotten a job yet... still kind of wandering around. I finally realized that I want to help people structure their businesses.. I'd like to have my own company. My dad doesn't like it and wants me to work for an accounting firm. What is this scenario called? How can I get over it? I realized today that I have to stop trying to gain praise from him.. but it feels like I'm tearing away part of me. [/QUOTE]

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