help!!!!!!
what do i do about my dad?
today i picked him up from the airport and my brothers and i hung out with him the rest of the day. we were sitting in his room and he asks me if i've gone to the mosque yet or joined the muslim student association at UT. i told him no i haven't. he then asks me why not, that i should at least go once a week. i don't answer him. he asks if it's because i'm too lazy or because i don't want to go, i don't answer him. he then tells me that maybe he should make me go to sunday school again...(i'm gonna be 20 in a month). he asks me who my friends are, what are their religions, i tell him they are not religous. he then tells me that i should plan to spend the entire summer in dubai or rhiyadh. he says if i'm his son then i must be close to my faith. i defuse the situation by asking about summer classes over there...which i am somewhat interested in.
what do i do? my patience is wearing thin. he doesn't understand that i'm my own person...he doesn't understand i'm almost 20, that i should be allowed to be who i want to be.
my parents divorced last year and i have 2 younger brothers, so i don't have anyone who can help me talk to him.
today i picked him up from the airport and my brothers and i hung out with him the rest of the day. we were sitting in his room and he asks me if i've gone to the mosque yet or joined the muslim student association at UT. i told him no i haven't. he then asks me why not, that i should at least go once a week. i don't answer him. he asks if it's because i'm too lazy or because i don't want to go, i don't answer him. he then tells me that maybe he should make me go to sunday school again...(i'm gonna be 20 in a month). he asks me who my friends are, what are their religions, i tell him they are not religous. he then tells me that i should plan to spend the entire summer in dubai or rhiyadh. he says if i'm his son then i must be close to my faith. i defuse the situation by asking about summer classes over there...which i am somewhat interested in.
what do i do? my patience is wearing thin. he doesn't understand that i'm my own person...he doesn't understand i'm almost 20, that i should be allowed to be who i want to be.
my parents divorced last year and i have 2 younger brothers, so i don't have anyone who can help me talk to him.