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Originally Posted by dcapper  I wish I was 11. Actually I'm 36. I did forget to mention that my dad has diabetes. He does blame his mood swings to it. Unfortunately he has no hobbies so his mind isn't occupied enough. He cuts grass and you can't do that all the time. He watches 6 hours of CSI everyday. As for the bitterness. He was always a little rough around the edges but nothing major. Now anything tips him off. Train horns, people on cellphones, bad commercials, etc. Something happens on tv he get so angry that he turns the tv off. I have tried to tell him in the past that its nothing you can control, don't let it bother you. Lately if I tell him that, he tells me to shut up. I don't mean to sound cold, but I feel I need to be away from my father. I find more and more that when I am around him I complain alot. I haven't seen him in a week and I've been really relaxed minus visiting with Toby (That part has gotten me stressed). |
Okay, people get irritated with me because I am one of those glass-half-full kind of people. But it sounds to me like it's a good thing that they keep Toby for you. I am a firm believer in distancing yourself from the source of your stress. However, if it weren't for Toby, you might just distance yourself right out of the picture. You do need to keep some distance for your own sanity, but for now, Toby will ensure that you do pop in now and then to check on all of them. You sound like a great son. And somewhere inside your dad, he knows that too.