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My Dad Is So Mad At Me, But I Know I'm Not In The Wrong...?
So my Dad just got a new Ipad for Christmas, and he loves it and that's fine. However, I was sitting on the couch with him and I was trying to tell him something that happened yesterday, and he just won't look up at me. When I'm trying to talk to someone, it's a sign of respect to simply look up and listen to the person. It's not that hard. He flips out on me when I say can you please show me some respect and tear your eyes away from your Ipad for one second. And now hes all pissed off, being super defensive, saying that I have no right to control where he looks....What the hell!?!?! I'm not controlling his life but he is a DAD and a ROLE MODEL so maybe he should show some freaking respect and LOOK UP when someone is talking to him!! He gets hella pissed when someone doesn't do the same for him, so what makes him think it's ok not to listen with some common courtesy to other people??
And he was sitting there for the past two hours on it; I just wanted him to listen to me for like two minutes out of his precious Ipad time. God I am so pissed off.
10 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You are going way overboard with this. Sure it's always nicer to look at someone while they're talking. But just because he wasn't looking doesn't mean he wasn't listening. And it was wrong with you to get snappy with him without first even telling him it was bothering you. So what you need to do is go apologize, and calmly and maturely explain to him that you know he wasn't doing it on purpose, but that it did hurt your feelings a bit that he wouldn't look at you while you were talking to him.
- ?Lv 45 years ago
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- 1 decade ago
I had a similar experience with my step dad where he became pissed over the stupidest thing. After a couple day of not talking my mom stepped up to be the mediator. Even though I didn't want to and she knew I wasn't in the wrong , I still had to apologize because otherwise he'd continue to be whinny. So my advise is if he continues to be pissed after a few days just apologize ( some times the kid needs to be the bigger person) . The faster the whole thing gets solved the better.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
1st of all, maybe you think people/parents can talk anyway they see fit each day. Turns out many parents are abusers. Actually they are not trying to be tough to make you responsible- they are tricking you. This goes for people at school as well. Words are abuse also.
There are 3 types of abusive people/parents. Some hit the bottle. Some hit you. And some run their mouths and put you down. THEY are sick and feel great on being mean, and thats the only reason they do it. They are wrong about everything. The typical abuser is close-minded, self-righteous and was also abused themself. Use defense and read many sites on verbal abuse etc. They tear you down to build themselves up. Abuse causes all known so called Mental Problems. BP OCD etc.
Psychiatrists commit fraud in that there is no medical science in what they do. They do not draw blood to test for imbalances. For chemical imbalances NO test exists.
Jesus name and forgiving others who are wrong is important along with avoiding them.
Contact- Child Protective Services online- not a cure but keeps you safe. Your parents need to forgive the past.
Learn the truth, forgive, and Get Away from them. Read many many sites under "emotional abuse" and "dealing with bullies".
Talk to me. I have some questions for you
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Experience with people feeling better on a repeated basis.
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- Ford_CraneyLv 71 decade ago
Guys can listen and do other things at the same time hon,just because he is not looking at you does NOT mean he does not hear you.You were disrespectful talking to him in THAT manner,if you had said "Dad would you stop for a moment this is really important to me...."he may have taken it differently but by you being "demanding" when he wiped your butt as a baby fed you clothed you worked to pay your bills etc. you were in the wrong.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Probably having a rough time, remember if you had a rough time, you most probably wouldnt want to share it with your family, maybe he's keeping some inner thoughts to himself, that's the only reason im presuming. Or maybe he's trying to indicate to you that it's his free time and he's playing on the ipad.
I know how you feel, similair things happen in my household
Keep Strong, Good luck =)
- 1 decade ago
Do not take it personally. It is just something new and he is interested in it for now. Time will pass and he will not be so stuck on it. The bad thing is, I know this from experience becuase of my kids. Sounds like he is being a lil childish. But for you, give him time and maybe he will notice that you have not talked to him in a while?
- ?Lv 71 decade ago
You are taking this way too seriously. Maybe he just wanted some alone time and you came in and wanted his full attention. That would get me annoyed too. It isnt always just common courtesy to look at someone, if it is family member, it is more common just to acknowledge them.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I think you answered this one by yourself...