Others on here will probably be aware of my ongoing battles with my dad's paranoid delusions...
Although we seem to have passed the extreme crisis point of last week, he still has bizarre ideas about our neighbours and is convinced they are against us and doing things to the house.
An example: we noticed a shrub had sprouted from our roof the other day, it's been there ages - not uncommon, seeds get carried there in bird droppings and take root. Anyway we decided to ask a builder friend to remove it.
Dad instantly claimed that the neighbours had sneaked up onto our roof (two story house, right on the top!) and planted the shrub there to cause damage because they hate us.
When challenged (the neighbours really borrowed a big ladder, risked their lives to go onto the roof, to plant a shrub which then sprouted and grew in a week, all without anyone noticing?)
"Oh yes, anyway, I heard them on our roof the other night so I know that is what happened".
Anyway, mum and I are seeing our GP tomorrow (mum has a problem with her eyes so we have a ready made excuse).
Let's hope that we can get something done, and that dad doesn't work out what has happened.
Wish me luck...
Although we seem to have passed the extreme crisis point of last week, he still has bizarre ideas about our neighbours and is convinced they are against us and doing things to the house.
An example: we noticed a shrub had sprouted from our roof the other day, it's been there ages - not uncommon, seeds get carried there in bird droppings and take root. Anyway we decided to ask a builder friend to remove it.
Dad instantly claimed that the neighbours had sneaked up onto our roof (two story house, right on the top!) and planted the shrub there to cause damage because they hate us.
When challenged (the neighbours really borrowed a big ladder, risked their lives to go onto the roof, to plant a shrub which then sprouted and grew in a week, all without anyone noticing?)
"Oh yes, anyway, I heard them on our roof the other night so I know that is what happened".
Anyway, mum and I are seeing our GP tomorrow (mum has a problem with her eyes so we have a ready made excuse).
Let's hope that we can get something done, and that dad doesn't work out what has happened.
Wish me luck...