Want to break up? Some people just can't take a hint
Dear Sick and Tired: Move out.
Your father is an adult; he has made a choice that seems hostile toward you, because he has brought a disrupter into your life (and into his household).
But -- guess what? It's his life, and (I'm assuming) his house.
You are at least well into your 20s. The beauty of adulthood is that -- just as your father has done -- you, too, can change your life by making concrete choices about where (and with whom) you will live.
Move out.
Dear Amy: "MeToo!" wanted to reply to a "happy birthday" email she received from a doctor -- a man who sexually abused her years ago when she was a teenager. Thank you for giving her the words to say in her reply to him.
This line especially stood out: "Mainly, I want you to know that even though you victimized me at a young age, your sexually aggressive and criminal behavior toward me does not define me, but for me it will always define you."
Wow!
-- Grateful
Dear Grateful: I come from a long line of pithy note-writers, with a special shout-out here to my late mother, Jane, who was a one-liner wrecking ball.
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