Dear Queenie,
My father is in his 80s and has been getting very difficult to get along with. His doctor says he is in good health and not getting senile so it seems he just thinks getting old is a license to be rude and mean to everybody.
Queenie, how do we handle this?—Angry daughter
Dear Daughter,
When Dad starts getting difficult tell him – nicely! – that you don’t like to be around him when he gets like that. Then, if he does not lighten up, leave. Either he will learn to behave better or you will not have to put up with so much nastiness.
