If I don't make an effort with my dad, we wouldn't see each other.
My mum does a lot for him and he is the lord of the manor. My mum has facebook and we message regularly and I know my dad reads them so he knows what's going on but never contributes. He's also there in the background if I phone my mum. Always listening but never contributing.
He never says anything nice about me and I find him tired and grumpy regularly.
I wish he would call sometimes to see how I am. I wish he could be open and honest with me.