Oh, dear. What are they up to now?

last night they had a fight over george needing to check his email (which is served by yahoo) and dad thinking that att email wasn't. served by yahoo. and then george didn't log out of dad's account because

he didn't know how (he couldn't find the button)

dad assume he was incompetent? and stormed around the house? and then I talked to them both and got it worked out only now dad's giving george the silent treatment.

because dad is apparently the most childish person in the universe.

Argggggh. Yeah. Condolences.

Neither will have become one bit better at "interpersonal" since I left.

It's just stupid and frustrating and I wish I didn't have to deal with it.

Tell me about it. Then there was the last year Grampa Chicken could come out before he died, when it was so obvious he was failing and that he wanted to see your Dad...and your Dad wanted to leave the dying man

And I can tell you from experience that tranquilizing family members to get them out of your hair is only a temporary solution.

with me and go camping, and I had to explain to him that Chicken needed more oversight and support than I could provide and still watch you, and that further this was his last chance to hang with Chicken.

And, yeah. What Oh! Hi! said.

Granddaddy's solution to MawMaw was to turn off his hearing aids, and Sister did the same.

What your Dad wants is someone to comfort him that George really is a PITA.

George sometimes is a PITA but not always. And not in this instance. George has some issues and I sometimes do have to leave the room when he's saying certain things but...

the silent treatment is just so fucking passive aggressive and stupid.

Yeah. Well.

At least he leaves on tuesday so I don't have to deal with my dad being a jerk to him.

(Amused) As the person who is still cleaning up rubble around the house from your passive aggression...part of me thinks this is a "learning experience" for you.

Yeah, but I don't silent treatment you.

Yeah, you do, oh basement-dweller who wants only to hear happy, praise-filled things or she stalks off or howls.

slides a good book over for you to escape into