Before I start, I need to say that I haven’t got a good relationship with my father... I wouldn’t say we have a relationship at all, we live in the same house, yet we never speak to eachother. Let’s just say he’s been.. unkind.

I have a great relationship with my mother though.

Anyway, what happened was this:
I had spent two and a half hours cleaning and tidying the house: vacuuming, washing, I even cleaned the stove! I was just finishing decorating for Christmas and hanging up Christmas curtains when my parents came home. My mother was very happy about everything I had done, and she praised me. My father on the other hand, completly ignored all my efforts, only noticing that the cord/wire for the star that hangs in each of our livingroom windows had fallen down. (It happened when I hung up the curtains.) After hanging it back into place himself, my father sat down to watch TV, only to complain about how the box of christmas stuff I had placed on the table was blocking his view.
My mother tried to hush at him, compensating by repeating over and over how clever I was and how cozy and nice I had made the livingroom look.
I know this is petty stuff compared to what other MLK-members are going through, but I just needed to get this out. I hate how extremely negative my father is about EVERYTHING, and I hate how I let his bad mood effect me.

Anyway, thanks for listening/reading. It feels so good to just write this down instead of having all these angry feelings and thoughts whirling inside me.