that "sometimes words don't work and you have to get physical to make them understand."
Do you really have to keep attending to him? It seems like somebody that toxic and abusive is a person you could put up more boundaries with. I don't know what's viable, but he's not a loving father. He's basically a full time asshole, now with exciting hallucinations.
Ohio has a "filial responsibility" law — it's a first-degree misdemeanor if a person fails to provide adequate support for an aged or infirm parent unable to provide his or her own support. I don't know how enforced it is in practice, but in theory it sounds like a way to force adult children to care for their abusers. So that's fun.
JenP I hate when cute clothes end up being harmful, this has happened to me before (not falling that bad but being tripped up or getting something caught on a door).
Lisah- I hope you get to Scotland asap and enjoy the trip.
Steph - would you feel like you could consult an elder care lawyer to see what you and your brother's actual responsibilities would be and to find out how you could minimize your contact with your dad and for it be legal?
Speaking of lawyers I have to go by the lawyer's office today to sign paperwork for the worker's comp lawyer so they can get medical records. We are still waiting on medical records from the neurologist.
I have a therapy appointment at 1 and I'll be sitting in my car venting about this whole Covid situation...I'm still feeling ok and planning on testing in the morning before work to make sure I'm negative.
Continued negative~ma, askye!
Holy shit, Steph, that sounds harrowing.
Smooth travels, lisah! Scottland, ho!
That's a bummer, Matt. Continued finding a great place ~ma.
Steph - holy wow, what a crap set of circumstances (understatement). Fucking hell, what a horrible thing to say and believe. I mean, I know that's only part of it. Fucking hell.
askye, continued ~ma for Covid, appts., and lawyering.
Thanks, all. MurderPants (nice one, Hec!) won this round, buy now I'm prepared!
Oh no, JenP! Curse the cute outfit of doom! Glad it wasn’t worse.
That’s awful, Tep. I’m so sorry. Whatever you can do to get some distance I am for.
but in theory it sounds like a way to force adult children to care for their abusers. So that's fun.
Oof.
We're waiting for the highly chaotic and irregular window guys to show up.
They either show up unannounced and start working in the garage before we get up, or they disappear for a month. But you cannot predict when they are going to come. Even when they say they're going to come, they're going to trick you.
They either show up unannounced and start working in the garage before we get up, or they disappear for a month. But you cannot predict when they are going to come. Even when they say they're going to come, they're going to trick you.
That's quirky and possibly even charming in an Almodóvar movie, but not so much in real life.
CVS is also being screwy with my prescriptions (one of which is Ativan, which I quite obviously need right now), and I only have so many brain cells I can devote to Stuff Going Wrong. Maybe if I tell CVS I don't have the bandwidth to deal with their shit, they'll just fix it. (HahahahahahaNOPE.)
