Originally Posted by
lungs
my lsi dad and i get along well..he's been staying with me for the last several months while he waits to get into an assisted living apartment. but there are definitely times he drives me up the fucking wall. he deals with boredom or stress by pushing me to do things or trying to get an emotional reaction out of me and it can be exhausting and there are times i just block him out and refuse to play along. when i confront him about things that bother me he usually interprets it as a temporary emotional thing instead of a genuine problem ("oh, you're in a bad mood today, i'm sorry.") we get along pretty well in part because we've had years of practice in dealing with eachother, lol. but we don't have drawn-out, horrible arguments like i have with some other types..the only time we really get into it is over ideological things like politics or religion - and it can actually be kinda fun when i'm in the mood (which is less often than him). when it comes to more personal stuff its more either me complaining and him thinking i'm just grumpy, or him provoking me in the ways i mentioned. we do have some understanding and have some pretty interesting conversations and we are both pretty affectionate but being in close contact for a long time can build up these little spats.