He just bosses people around and is only good at giving orders!!! He was a good dad once but he's been annoying these past few years!!

How do you guys deal with your parents?

If my dad started barking orders at me, I would bark at him like a dog defiantly. It would either make him laugh and stop or get pissed and stop and walk off angrily.

lol seriously?

As a former mental ward patient, you have to get colorful to get things to work.

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oh I see....

Talking to people usually helps. He is your dad, after all. Talk to him, or write him a letter. Be calm when you do, think about the words you wanna say carefully. Show him this.

If you done so, don't stop trying. In the end all you can do is try. Don't try or expect him to change, but try and expect him to grow.

"He was a good dad once". How old are you? Maybe something happened in his life that you don't know of that made him this way. People don't just flip because of nothing.

I've tried talking to him before and he still doesn't change... writing him a letter doesn't work either because he's blind.

I'm 20. He's always been that way, but he became more demanding than ever back when he lost his sight around 6 years ago.

i keep away from my dad. not easy when i'm at my parents' house for the summer holidays (can't afford to live on my own right now). but i have a very good reason to keep my distance. and he hasn't apologised for anything so i don't see why i should be expected to be nice to him, even if i'm never rude to him. maybe someday he'll start having nightmares about me and he'll realise what he's done to me, long term.

Losing your sight is not a small deal. I am sure it did scar him for life. I don't know how he lost it, but it could also have affected.

In which aspect is he more demanding? On having you do things for him? or other things? If talking isn't a fix, then I am sure there's other fixes you can find.

Also, does he know brail?

This post was last modified: 08-18-2010 05:19 PM by Aerodynamite.

Well I don't really. Haven't seen them for many years. My last contact was my Mother calling me to let me know she is dying and the last contact with my Father was rather physical and he was on the worse end of it.
I don't think either of these points is particularly helpful but you did ask.

My dad yells a lot. He loves to primp in the bathroom. He has this spritzer called Crew that has a strong smell. One time he yelled at me for something I MIGHT do and it upset me. I emptied out most of his Crew hair spray then refilled the rest with peroxide. The smells was exactly the same. Over time after I was back home my mom made a comment about my dad's hair turning red. I had forgotten what I did initially then it hit me. I told my mom what I did and when she told him he started swearing.

I love you.

Your dad is having a hard time coping with being blind. It sucks to have something like that taken away suddenly. Is he able to care for himself.

Atleast you have a dad.

I love you too! *huggles*