Why I need my dads?

No, my title isn't a typo. 

I am daddy's little girl and I am lucky enough to have a few of them. None of them to spare though, they're all mine and I don't share them. 

There is always a lot of talk and I've read a lot about how your dad is the strongest and why dads need daughters. But here is why I need my dads, all of them! 

I need them to teach me about life, not with lectures but with stories of how they lived it. 

I need them to teach me about love, unconditional and otherwise. 

I need them because they show me how relationships can last a lifetime. 

I need them to be the bad guys, to make sure I attract the good kind. 

I need them to be the saviours, the supermen who have everything I need, from a handkerchief when my hands are dirty to a supersize tshirt when I need comfort. 

I need them to show me that love is not always expressed with words or mush, but a nod. 

I also need them to lift me up when I am low, because they always know the right thing to say, every single time. 

I need them to be someone I can fight with, because they just know that sometimes I cannot fight with anyone else. 

I need them to pamper me, but to also draw the line when it reaches spoiling.

I need them because they appreciate who I am and are secretly proud of me, which in turn helps me have higher self esteem. 

I need them because they are always honest about everything you wear and they're almost always right about the way you look. 

I need them because I never have to strive for their attention. 

I need them because they remind me that however old I become I will always be the little girl in the cradle, who will always be their responsibility. 

I need them because they love me for who I am, exactly the way I am and will be the only people who will get mad at me for changing that. 

I need them to show me and teach me about the real world and having my back when I do decide to venture out. 

I need them to be the shoulder to cry on and also the people to tell me to stop being a wimp. 

I need them because they say it like it is. 

I need them to be unreasonable, so I can make decisions within reason. 

I need them to discipline me, so when I do misbehave I can control the situation myself. 

I need them because they make me secure enough to not want attention from anywhere else. 

I need them to hurt me so I can learn how to mend myself. 

I need them to show me how men behave with women they love and how I should never settle for less. 

I need them to show me how a man should behave when he's drunk. 

I need them to make me comfortable around expletives so they don't overwhelm me in the future. 

I need them against me so I know how to take a stand and hold my own. 

I need them to put me down so I can build myself up. 

I need them to argue with me so I can be confident about the decisions I make. 

All in all, I need them because they love me even if they say it only on my birthdays or after they are drunk. I need them because they need me too. I need them because they complete me and make me a better person, all while making me think they're not on my side. 

This one is to all my dads, I love you and I hate you and I will still fight with you and maybe even go against everything you say, but know this, that I will never be able to do without you. 

Love, 

Always your little girl.