Familial

My dad thought I was an idiot when I was a teenager, and he was probably right. After I joined the Marine Corps, I've never lived closer than 1300 miles from home. The distance has allowed an emotional seperation that you can't get if you have constant contact with someone. How many old friends do you run into and say "Holy crap, you're bald!", that you see every day? You see them after a year, and the change is dramatic. I think the distance has allowed my father an I to actually become closer. I spent ten days with him last spring and I was surprised at how well we get along now. He's seen my growth into a man and his predispositions of seeing me as a goofy kid are now gone. The change has been dramamtic over 15 years. I was able to teach him things he didn't know, just as he taught me all those years ago. Your dad may be intimidated by your ability to excel, or possibly he feels a little threatened by seeing you as an equal. There is no telling. I think maybe a period of quiet from you might go a long way toward your father seeing you as an adult, not a child or adversary. I hope you can find a bit of common ground. There is nothing worse than fighting with those you love most. Good Luck.

Indianapolis have a problem with Rogue Nazi Elvis impersonators? Boy, things have changed since I lived in Lafayette.

The distance thing helps on some things. We moved away during a time of turmoil and divorce for my husband's parents. At the time, we had just had a new baby and they were not getting along well at all and seemed to keep putting us in the middle of their issues. My husband took a new job an hour away, so we moved to that town. The distance allowed us to stay out of the middle of things so much and now we all get along pretty well. But my dad has become more stubborn and set in his ways over the last few years and we actually fight more now than we ever have. Actually,it's not so much fighting as me telling him I really do know what I'm doing and will he please refrain from forcing his opinions down my throat when I've already explained I have the bases covered? LOL. Parents are a difficult breed, huh? Of course, now that I am one....hehe, my poor boys!

Sorry you had a falling out with your dad. Being the baby in my family I constantly get treated as though I don't know what I'm doing. You have to finally get to the point where you do what you think is right and your parents will just have to deal with it. My parents and I have butted (is that a word?) heads many times on my life decisions. I think they've either given up on me or have just come to the conclusion that I learn my own lessons in my own way and in my own time.

Sorry you had a bad evening with your dad.