I am a middle aged woman whose father has decided to give her the silent treatment, and I don’t know how to react.
i am in my late 30s with primary school aged children. I have always enjoyed a good relationship with my mum and dad, despite my father using the silent treatment/ cold shoulder treatment whilst I was growing up.
I always thought this was in the distant past and things have been generally very good.
I live near by and visit my parents regularly, and one day I just noticed my father’s silent treatment. I have asked him if something was bothering him and he said things are fine.
i am deffo not imagining things, my husband has commented as well, and my father is fine with everyone else but he’ll ignore me and only give one word answers.
I cannot think of why he’d be angry with me; unless my mum has stirred the pot and said something to him. She has done of in the past but he usually ignores it.