Is it normal that i kind of want my dad to hurt to prevent worse harm

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Before the actual question, I want to explain that I do not live with my folks. I have my own house, job etc. Usually when I ask a question like this, people assume I'm some whiny 13 year old. Anyway onto the details about my question;

My dad is an old school, farm boy type of guy. He always wants to be working. I love my dad, the last thing I want is for him to kill himself, but he doesn't seem to realize that he's not some 20 year old kid, living on a farm anymore. He's an older man, whose out of shape with bad knees, so harsh as it may sound, I wish he would get hurt, so he'd finally learn that he's not as young as he used to be. Mom's had to call me more than a few times to come over because he thinks he can still work as hard as he did when he was younger. She told me that even after I left, (I was kind of the pack mule) that he still thinks he has to constantly be working, any time he has a day off, he has to be doing some kind of work. She's told me that she's scared and I am too, that one day he's going to kill himself. Talking to him hasn't helped.

So yeah that's my is it normal question and details of the day.

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  • stopandthink
    9 years ago

    Obviously he should go easy but him being hurt isn't a good option, particularly if he's older it could eventually kill him and that would be ironic!
    Maybe try sitting him down with your mum and showing him this post and talking about it?

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  • Dad
    9 years ago

    No that's not nice of you.

    Obviously your Dad wants to go doing what he loves, even if he was in an accident he'd still do it (and probably in pain!)

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