I have had it with my father not listening!

[Lady Freedom]

Look, internet is here to stay. TV is going digital. And it is not all a conspiracy against the public!

[jeff30997]

1. "conspiracy against the public"

Yeah,peoples said something similar when TV pretty much replaced radio.

[Lady Freedom]

3. They said the same thing about the fight over the two color formates,

the UHF and VHF signals and the introduction of cable television. I am just sick of the complaining of how this is against the people and that is against the people. How Unions have destroyed the economy and how I am "brainwash with Liberal ideas".

[old mark]

2. ...and when they first started putting flouride in drinking water.

My dad lives near my sister in Texas, and he will soon be 92. He and I did not speak for several years, but 3 years ago I called him a few times, sent him birthday presents, etc, so we are OK again.
Also several thousand miles apart (I live in PA).

I don't know a solution for this except to give him and yourself enough room, and try to reconcile before he dies.

mark

[murielm99]

4. I have the same problem with my mother.

Every time I try for a reconciliation, she does something to start an argument or provoke trouble. She was an abusive parent when I was young, and she thinks she can continue that pattern. She will be eighty in March.

I am not sure there will ever be a reconciliation, but I try every once in awhile.

[old mark]

5. I pretty much gave up, but my sister encouraged me to try again

a few years ago.
Since I never get within a few thousand miles of him, and talk only a few times a year, things have improved.

If we were closer together geographicly, I doubt we would even be speaking.

mark