"you're 'right, sit down and have a coffee."

At one point a few weeks ago, I had a cold and was too unwell to go to uni. My hungover dad wanted a latte and sort of told me to make him one. He sort of trailed off as he said it, like he was trying to find a median point between saying it and not saying it.

When I finished the two coffees from the latte machine, I went to get a biscuit. He caught me dead in my tracks and said "You're right, sit down and have a coffee." By "You're right" he was trying to create the illusion of free choice. By "sit down" he meant sit down in the lounge with him. I wanted to go to my room and try to relax and recover.

He had contrary plans; he wanted me to talk with him to build rapport with him because he knows I hate him for being so socially and intellectually unacceptable. The thing about him saying that was that he may as well have pointed a gun at me, being the forceful man he is. I've itemised scenarios like this (they happen a lot) as a "move" as part of his repoirtre of weak moves to build rapport with me. I call this move the "Conversation at gunpoint."

A similar scenario occurred more recently while I was doing some tough and near-urgent uni work. He came into my room and said "Do you feel like making a latte?". In an ideal world, he would ask "Do you feel like a latte?" but he doesn't know how to use the machine, and I would imagine he doesn't want to know. He didn't see, but I was already having an instant coffee, and didn't want another one, so I just made him a large one. When I presented it to him, he asked "Aren't you having one?" when I told him I didn't he tutted in annoyance, then thanked me for the latte, revealing he wanted to "have one together". Thank god I managed to evade that conversation at gunpoint, or he would have INTERRUPTED MY STUDIES even further. I bet he didn't even want a latte.

The thing is that these conversations at gunpoint make me feel very uncomfortable, and probably work against him in his objective. I feel like shooting him when I hear the words "Sit down" come out of his noise-hole.

Is it normal that my dad does this? has this ever happened to you?

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  • myboyfriendsbitch

    Your dad sounds sad.

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  • KnightNigelWellingtonXXI

    God, this pisses me off so much I needed to write another comment. I suppose you're living in HIS house? I suppose you're going to college on HIS dime? The least you can do is sit down for 5 minutes and talk. Will that kill you? Will that negatively impact your studies? 5 minutes isn't a lot of studying, but 5 minutes of talking to your own father will work wonders. Ungrateful little shit stain.

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    Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    The poor guy probably just wants to hang out with you but knows that the two of you don't have enough of a relationship for that to be possible. Poor guy.

    I can understand the frustration of the obligatory conversation with a family member that you have nothing to say to, though.

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  • thanksforthefreecar

    Ungrateful brat!

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  • kelili

    He just wants to spend some more time with you and you have gotten it all wrong.

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  • KnightNigelWellingtonXXI

    It's so easy to take parents for granted. But when you need him the most, will he be there for you like you were there for him?

    Signed,
    Knight Nigel Wellington XXI

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  • maila2916

    Ram on, give your heart to somebody. Soon, right away. Right away.

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  • Avant-Garde

    To me it sounds like he just wants to spend some time with you. Perhaps, you guys should go in for family therapy with a therapist so, you two can try to work through this.

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  • la_uva_mojada

    tell your dad to suck your dick

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