AstroChris
April 15th, 2016, 06:23 PM
I tried to find other articles/forums with something along the lines of this, but all I could find was a bunch of 12 year olds whining about how terrible their dads are because they care about them. It's pathetic. Anyway, back to my topic...
I am now 16 and really starting to get more independent. I am trying to get more fit, I have a car now, and I am starting to feel like more of my own person! And I really love my parents. I am so thankful for everything that they have done for me, and I don't know where I would be without them. But that doesn't mean that everything is perfect. Recently, my dad has been getting on my last nerve. My heart will skink when I come home hoping for some alone time, and I see his car in the driveway. Or when I hear the door open and he walks in. Damn, that sounded way worse when I typed it. It's not as awful as it sounded, but still just gets on my nerves. He always tries to get me to talk with him by starting with super cheesy conversation starters, and always at the worst times. Like when I am doing my homework or just trying to unwind by watching some netfix. He will open my door and plop himself on my bed, asking "how was your day?" Or "everything going well up here?" And things like that. I try to give him the vibe that i want to be alone, and he usually gets the message, but it is still just awkward. Our conversations are so dry and bland, it is just so annoying! And even when we are in the same room but not taking, I feel very uncomfortable because I know that he really wants to start a comversation with one of those cheesy conversation starters. He also talks in a very high-pitched voice when he tries to convey emotion in his speech. Like when people are talking to young children, but his voice is naturally so low that is just sounds like a pre-pubescent boy with out of control voice cracking. It's so freaking annoying! He also tries to talk with strangers a lot, mostly strangers with children, and I actually admire him for that. He is very friendly and outgoing, but the problem with that is that most people are not friendly and outgoing. Like the other day he came to a meeting with my guidance counselor, and on our way out I ran into some girls who I am friends with. They were advertising prom and were telling me I should go. After we stopped talking my dad called out to them and asked "what I don't get an invitation to prom?" In that high pitched voice. One of them looked at him and gave a nervous laugh while shrugging, then they all went back inside. And he just came into my room taking about "I've heard that there are some GIRLS who want you to go to prom!!" It's annoying!!'
The point of this article was not to just say I find my dad annoying, but what can I do about this? I don't want to grow distant from my dad, and I can feel it happening. I don't want to let these dry-meaningless conversations go on, and eventually hate my dad. But what can I do? Thanks for reading!
I am now 16 and really starting to get more independent. I am trying to get more fit, I have a car now, and I am starting to feel like more of my own person! And I really love my parents. I am so thankful for everything that they have done for me, and I don't know where I would be without them. But that doesn't mean that everything is perfect. Recently, my dad has been getting on my last nerve. My heart will skink when I come home hoping for some alone time, and I see his car in the driveway. Or when I hear the door open and he walks in. Damn, that sounded way worse when I typed it. It's not as awful as it sounded, but still just gets on my nerves. He always tries to get me to talk with him by starting with super cheesy conversation starters, and always at the worst times. Like when I am doing my homework or just trying to unwind by watching some netfix. He will open my door and plop himself on my bed, asking "how was your day?" Or "everything going well up here?" And things like that. I try to give him the vibe that i want to be alone, and he usually gets the message, but it is still just awkward. Our conversations are so dry and bland, it is just so annoying! And even when we are in the same room but not taking, I feel very uncomfortable because I know that he really wants to start a comversation with one of those cheesy conversation starters. He also talks in a very high-pitched voice when he tries to convey emotion in his speech. Like when people are talking to young children, but his voice is naturally so low that is just sounds like a pre-pubescent boy with out of control voice cracking. It's so freaking annoying! He also tries to talk with strangers a lot, mostly strangers with children, and I actually admire him for that. He is very friendly and outgoing, but the problem with that is that most people are not friendly and outgoing. Like the other day he came to a meeting with my guidance counselor, and on our way out I ran into some girls who I am friends with. They were advertising prom and were telling me I should go. After we stopped talking my dad called out to them and asked "what I don't get an invitation to prom?" In that high pitched voice. One of them looked at him and gave a nervous laugh while shrugging, then they all went back inside. And he just came into my room taking about "I've heard that there are some GIRLS who want you to go to prom!!" It's annoying!!'
The point of this article was not to just say I find my dad annoying, but what can I do about this? I don't want to grow distant from my dad, and I can feel it happening. I don't want to let these dry-meaningless conversations go on, and eventually hate my dad. But what can I do? Thanks for reading!