Today, we all got together and showed Dad, with evidence from our ring doorbell and our phone recordings, that I’m the only one he shouts at, yet with everyone else he controls his temper perfectly. The end result? He sent everyone out so he could yell at me about violating his privacy. FML
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Autumn: Leaves and Laughter
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Today, my dad and mom and I were going out to eat dinner. My dad wanted a romantic dinner just with my mom so he told me to make an excuse not to go. I did, which ended up as a huge fight, grounded and phone taken away. My dad just stood there in the background putting thumbs up. FML
Today, I got into an argument with my dad in his hotel room. I lost my temper and stormed out onto the balcony for some fresh air, at which point he decided to lock the door behind me, trapping me there for half an hour while he watched TV. FML
Today, I walked in on my dad singing along to a song on Sesame Street. He tried to divert attention from what I'd just witnessed by angrily grilling me over "just barging in" and not respecting people's privacy. Apparently he forgot that we were in the living room. FML
Today, my dad tried to blame me for ringing an out of network number for two hours, which charged his bill by the minute. I rang the number, which turned out to belong to one of his business pals who lives abroad. He punished me anyway for having an attitude when I proved the call was his fault. FML
Today, I woke up to a video call from my entitled father, who was fuming and yelling at me for buying a PS5. With MY money. I don't even live with him anymore. FML
Today, I introduced my dad to my boyfriend. I gave my dad the middle finger and he thumped me on the head, as we've been playfully doing for years. My boyfriend got all mad and tried to fight my dad. FML
Today, my boyfriend has never gotten along with my dad, but this afternoon during what I thought was a completely normal conversation, he just stood up, yelled he couldn’t take my dad anymore, punched him in the nose, dumped me, and drove away. FML
Today, a drunk man started yelling at the lamppost outside my house, demanding to be let inside, all while my neighbors watched. That man is my dad. FML
Today, my dad got so drunk that he had an intense argument with the microwave, resulting in him threatening to ground me after I tried to calm him down. FML
Today, I caught my dad cheating on my stepmom with a man, and I took pictures. She dismissed them as AI-generated and accused me of trying to break them up. FML
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Chazzster 29
The chances are if OP is the only one who gets the bad treatment, there is a reason. It might be nothing that OP has control over, it might be a difference in incompatible personalities, it might be something else... Unfortunately OP, just because you have evidence of Dad's bad behavior doesn't mean Dad is going to change that behavior overnight. Real life is not like a courtroom... As I see it, OP you have two choices - Either get Dad to open up as to why it's you he treats this way and that isn't likely to come through confrontation or an accusation. It can only come through a calm discussion with no one else around or recording it because the reason might be deeply personal or embarrassing to you or him or both. The other choice is to just put yourself out of the line of fire and stay away from Dad.
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Chazzster 29
The chances are if OP is the only one who gets the bad treatment, there is a reason. It might be nothing that OP has control over, it might be a difference in incompatible personalities, it might be something else... Unfortunately OP, just because you have evidence of Dad's bad behavior doesn't mean Dad is going to change that behavior overnight. Real life is not like a courtroom... As I see it, OP you have two choices - Either get Dad to open up as to why it's you he treats this way and that isn't likely to come through confrontation or an accusation. It can only come through a calm discussion with no one else around or recording it because the reason might be deeply personal or embarrassing to you or him or both. The other choice is to just put yourself out of the line of fire and stay away from Dad.