Its been a rough month for me here in FL. My father lives overseas, and every year he comes and visits for a week and then leaves. I won't see him again for another year. He's a functioning alchoholic, he works for a large corporation and makes a big salary. This year he decided that I am a complete failure and that he needed to tell me that. He is not proud of me. He has no respect for me. The reason? I don't make enough money. If I made more money, he says, it would show him that I love him. He has not been around me for more than a week in 14 years. The question I have is why do I care? Why does this bother me so much? I really dislike him. He doesn't know me, doesn't know who I am, my personality etc. My wife hates him, mostly because of how he treats me and belittles me. But I still wish he respected me, I wish he was happy with me. But he is not, and most likely never will be. So why do I care? I don't know.
