I think I know how you feel. My own dad is convinced his neighbors all hate him. He talks about this all the time in front of the family and he sounds so irrational but no one knows what to say to him. He even moved and thinks his old neighbors called ahead to his new neighbors to "warn" them about him. He is a single guy living in a suburb causing no problems or arguing or anything that would bother anyone living around him. Yet he is convinced they hate him and they try to follow him when he leaves for work. It's hard to tell someone you love they may even need some professional help. Then other times he seems perfectly normal (whatever that is!). On the subject of cleaning: he'll go 6 mos without vacuuming and brag about it so I know how embarrassing that can be. So basically, I think we all have family or friends that live their lives completely different than most people but we somehow have to deal with it and accept the differences. Hope this helps and I haven't been rambling on!
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Re: As an adult....have your parents done anything that embarrassed you?
