Hey Martin!
It is so hard when you want your dad to be like one of those nice TV dads on TV and yours just... isn't. My dad is like that, too--doesn't really understand what it means to be a father or how to be a father. Like others have said, these men are working on issues of their own. It's my opinion that they need alone time to settle them. I told my dad to leave me alone (more nicely). I send a birthday card, but that's about it. He knows I love him. I just can't be swept up in his mess. My opinion, personally, is that you shouldn't have to get swept in your dad's conflict, either. Children are not supposed to solve their parents problems, no matter how they much they love them and wish them well. |