There must be an actual novel in that pr
AIBU to be a bit peeved. I had a chat to my dad on the phone today, he finished the call really quickly which suggests to me he is sulking about something. It could be one of two things:
A) I have sent him a Father's Day card but no present, as I am going to phone the place where he is going with his wife for lunch on Sunday and out £50 in the pot, he thinks I haven't bought him a present ( me peeved because that is utterly childish and stupid)
B) his wife is going into hosp for a reasonably big operation on
Monday. I haven't made enough of a fuss about it.
( I think I have mentioned this before, I think he wants me to make a fuss of him because she is going into hosp. I can not do that. I spent years supporting him and looking after him while my mum was ill and "coping" for him, and then I put my grieving on hold so that I could support him when she died and no one supported me. When he came through it he went off and met another woman. And there I was a total mess. So I think this is why I am finding it hard to make a fuss about it. I don't want to can't expend any emotional energy on my dad through this. I have decided to send a recuperation care package to her, with a mag and some hand cream and a book etc in it, and I will ring my dad and check he is ok but I am not going to drain myself over it like I did before)
Him and his wife do have a tendency towards hypersensitivity I am often coming off the phone thinking I have done something wrong and so I phone back later to check, beacuse I don't like underlying stuff and it is always something really stupid. Eggshell city sometimes, honestly.