08-04-2019, 09:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-04-2019, 09:58 PM by EvolvingPhoenix.)
I don't think dad's going to go through with his threats, but it seems he's willing to self destruct his relationship with me, which makes me sad, especially considering that my relationship with my father is falling apart over a BURGER KING COUPON. It's about more than that though. It's gotta be. My brother says dad's growing resentful about shouldering the brunt of heavy manual labour as an old man with a torn shoulder. Thing is, I'm trying to get my life together. I don't have all day to do shit like slowly shipping away at concrete in the hot sun and barely making progress. There's so much I'm trying to do in a day to get my life together(and failing to get done) and I'm having a hard time being functional with all the shit I'm going through, which he doesn't understand or care about. Still, I'm willing to help out more with the work (Even though I was helping out before, just not enough I guess) but not while he's being a giant asshole to me. He's being petty, vindictive, confrontational and belligerent. What kills me is he feels he's the aggrieved one, because I won't apologize for not using a BOGO coupon he gave me. At this point, I associate apology with submission in the face of petty, bullying behaviour, so I refuse to do it. And for him, apologizing means admitting to being wrong, which he's unwilling to do, so our relationship is just self destructing over a fucking Burger King coupon and that's just sad.