This makes life with, and dealing with, him very… interesting. Luckily, I don’t live with him 24/7, but every visit reminds me.
Did Foxnews take him?
Not yet. Religion has, somewhat, but he’s 92 and his wife died a year or so back, so I don’t begrudge him that, especially since he’s not the preachy type.
It’s just hard to deal with someone who can’t hear, especially when that means he can’t tell when two other people are talking to each other, and when he mentions intent to do stuff you want to argue against.
So yeah… I just “caused” kind of a dust-up because of many of the factors mentioned above. I said something that because of his hearing loss he misinterpreted as rudeness (witnessed by other family members), and he refused to listen (literally and figuratively) to any clarification or explanation. Apparently this had happened before (I had no idea; this is all honestly a shock to me, considering I’ve spent solo time with him before and nothing like this had ever happened), bad enough that I’ve never heard my mom yell so much before (combination of upset and trying to make her voice literally heard).
So now my grandfather is really mad/resentful (at me, at the least), my mom and aunt are mad at my grandfather, my poor father is trying to stay out of it, and he may not have any company for the rest of his visit here, because it was going to be me, but I’m a TAD uncomfortable being alone with him while my aunt works, under the circumstances, and she and my mom understand that.
So yeah. Hearing loss and stubbornness. Bad combination.
Happened between me and my dad as he aged … He was furious that “I never thanked him for anything” … NOT TRUE. I always did. But he could not hear … would take his hearing aids out to avoid listening to his third nag of a wife … sad all around.
His anger increased exponentially the older he got. Even sadder.
I loved him but we fought all the time, and he wouldn’t let me defend myself. He still controls me, somewhat, from his grave. And he’s been gone 5+ years.