Replying to My dad's needs to straighten his shit out
So my dad has all these codes of ethics, like every parent has. He takes them super far...he tells me to be calm, treat people as you would like to be treated, etc. I'm a reasonable person, pretty average. I have good grades, I have a good part-time job, and I have a couple things under my belt that he should be proud of, and he says he is. But I rarely hear compliments come out his mouth.
Lately, my dad has been telling that I suck at life, basically. Apparently I need to dedicate all my time to the SAT and school. I'm on spring break and I'm not allowed to chill with buddies unless they're done with all their homework and stuff because apparently I'm distracting them. He takes out his anger on me when I accidentally break my watch that he gave me.
Basically, when he gets mad, he gets super pissed. It's not as bad anymore but it makes me think he needs to practice what he preaches in terms of ethcis.
On saturday, I hear a phone conversation. He picks up while we're in traffic, and it's a "friend" of his. It's a woman, and not my mom. His phone's super loud, so I'm able to hear everything. I'm guessing he knew this because he was being really vague when talking to her and talking about how they "can meet later this week" and how he was "disappointed" that she didn't call him last night. She's acting all cutesy on the other side of the phone.
Now I might just be paranoid, but I've never seen my dad act so sketched out. It kind of kicked up thoughts that my dad might be cheating on my mom. Are these reasonable?
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From a weird phone conversation where I overheard my dad talking to a woman, in a really different way and all sketched out than he normally wood, I think he MIGHT be cheating on my mom. Reasonable thoughts or no?
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