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Dear Carolyn: I have been hanging out with my parents more since the pandemic started. There’s nothing new on TV so there’s been a lot of talking about the past. They tell me constantly how much they don’t like each other, since I was in at least middle school. I get that they need to vent. But this has really done a number on me emotionally.

This weekend, my dad had spent the day obviously upset, sulking, and then he got me alone and started going in on my mom. After two hours, he said he felt much better. The next night, he started talking again — then said I wasn’t making him feel any better anymore.

I lost it. I told him I'm his [expletive] daughter, not a [expletive] therapist. I'm not here to make him feel better. “If you hate your life so much, go get divorced because I'm done, I don't want to hear it anymore.”

Now he’s even more upset, sulking, and refusing to come in the house. I apologized for being mean and nasty. I feel terrible, like if I had just kept my mouth shut, we could’ve moved on from this — like this is a fight I prolonged and should’ve just fixed.

— Just Plain Tired

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