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3 weeks agoThe most painful thing about having a lonely aging father is that he won't let you fix it - he says he's fine, he doesn't want to be a burden, he insists the visits are too much trouble - and you spend years respecting his wishes while quietly understanding that the wishes are the loneliness talking, and the man underneath them has been hoping you'd override him for a long time - Silicon Canals
A recurring refusal masks loneliness, and genuine care requires looking beyond stated reasons to the underlying need for connection.