I’m not great at setting boundaries with my father. I’m better now, and partly he is better at not being so selfish, but I still sometimes feel like I’ve been run over by a truck when I interact with him.
He’s my dad, and I’ve tried in the last few years to handle my reaction to him better, rather than try to be constantly trying to control his behavior when he interacts with me. He’s in his 70’s, which for most people isn’t very old, but for him it’s amazing he has lived this long, and so I just try to balance making him happy without making me feel terrible.