I'm feeling like I'm at the end of the line in my relationship with my father.
He's mid 70's and his behaviour seems to be becoming worse and worse.
He never ever has a nice word to say about anyone, incessantly slags people off, including the few 'friends' my parents have, who they regularly holiday with.
He is rude directly to people, having recently called my young nephew a 'dickhead' when he didn't move over to let his gf sit down at the table. A massive overreaction IMO and quite unnecessary and embarrassing.
For me the worse part is that he is vile to my mother who does get cross with him and will snap back but he is rude, dismissive, and talks to her like absolute shit.
I often think she'd be exonerated if she suffocated him in his sleep, he treats her so terribly. She is miserable but I know she'd never leave. She'll just put up with it.
Nobody ever challenges this behaviour and it is becoming increasingly worse.
My mothers need to please him, or acquiesce, witnessed by me from a young age has caused me to grow into an adult that will always clap back whenever I see an injustice, but after being spoken to like crap just recently, although the incident itself was quite minor, it feels to me like the straw that broke the camels back.
I simply left their house because, for as mad as I was, they are still my parents and I knew that what was in my mouth was not ok to say.
That said, I now just feel like I am done.
Done with listening to the vitriol that comes out of his mouth about everyone, (and very likely myself behind my back), and because I doubt very much talking to him with have any effect whatsoever. He is always right.
But he is my dad and my response will break my mums heart.
I just feel so sad about this.
There is only me and I know they will both depend on me in years to come which makes me so reluctant to cut myself off from it all but my god I'm just so angry.