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.
I have never understood what my mother (who is a very cheerful and sweet person) sees in him.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.
Hope this helps. ^^
Just basically ignore him and he'll get tired of picking at your tiny flaws. It's good that at least your mom appreciated what you did. Even if the decorations did irritate your dad, he shouldn't have yelled like that because you were only doing it to make him happy. 
*hugs*
