I love my father dearly and I think he is a wonderful man. He has always treated my mother with love and respect. So I have always looked up to him and he always tried his best to make sure I knew how a man should act towards a woman. So in the beginning, as I said, my ex seemed too perfect. Too good to be true. My ex fooled both of my parents as well when they met him. They both loved him (of course up until I told them a few red flags after the breakup). He was a perfect gentleman on the first meet but then my father had an event that he was working and my ex slipped away as soon as it was over, not even staying to say hello to either of my parents because he “had to work in the morning”. This pissed me off. I’m convinced it was to avoid talking to my father. He told me previously that my parents made him nervous, that he didn’t understand or know how to relate to them (they’re both artists).