Maybe I just need to vent but I would appreciate any info. It's about my dad. He is a strict ex-cop and we have a bit of a love hate relationship. I just got into it with him big time because he called me a name I didn't appreciate because I have a different political pov. My dad can be really nice, but the name calling, which happens maybe once every few months, has bothered me for a long time, and I finally told him that. My most vivid memories of him are times he's called me names and I have never really told him that before. I told him that I am scared that in 30 years when he's dead those are still going to be the most vivid memories I have. I don't know if I didn't handle it well, but he just got defensive so I ended the conversation.
Any of you have similar relationships with the parents? I know I am an adult and I feel like this shouldn't bother me as much now as it did when I was younger but it does, and it is really messing up my relationship with him.