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M asked in Family & RelationshipsFamily · 3 years ago

Advice? Argument with my dad?

I have/had a good relationship with my dad but then he saw me yelling at a catcaller, as I always do but it was justified. He said I shouldn't do that and I said it's what makes me feel better. Then he said "I know you think it's edgy to lash out but it's not a good thing". He doesn't get a say in how I react cause it never happens to him. But what pissed me off the most is he basically said I'm just trying to be edgy. He dismissed my anger like it's not real. I've been really rude to him and told my mom to tell him I'm gonna be this way until he admits my anger is real and he's just ignorant about the situation. But he literally said word for word what she told him I wanted him to say and he said it in this reluctant way and after he said "but I'm just saying that's not how you should react" and I said I wanted an apology, not advice. He said he wasn't giving advice, he was just justifying what he said. I said he has to try again cause I want a real apology, not a sarcastic one copying my mom, and without justifying what he said. My mom says she thinks he's not really sorry so he won't apologize sincerely so I don't know what to do. If he's not really sorry, should I just keep being rude or just ignore him until he realizes how much what he said hurt? It's tiring to keep being rude and I feel kind of bad cause he seems to think it's not that big of a deal. He just seems confused when I'm rude to him. But he won't acknowledge that my anger is real and I can't let that go.

Update:

I wanna clarify that I'm not asking who's wrong or who's right here. I'm asking how I get him to apologize

Update 2:

And no I don't consider myself lucky to have someone with no experience in a certain situation tell me that my anger is not real and tell me how to react

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  • 3 years ago

    i would just ignore your dad, being rude back wont help

  • sats
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Very wise dad you have. You don't seem to realize how lucky you are.

    People get addicted to feeling offended all the time because it gives them a high; being self-righteous and morally superior feels good. Outrage is like a lot of other things that feel good but over time devour us from the inside out. And it’s even more insidious than most vices because we don’t even consciously acknowledge that it’s a pleasure.

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