Post by Sephiroth on Jan 22, 2013 22:57:21 GMT -5
K, the title is a little extreme. To explain: my father lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, and I moved into my apartment about four months ago. He has been trying to sell the house where I grew up, and has been slowly emptying it out for over a year. Due to him living in PA now, he has spent a night or two on my couch at least once a month since I moved in, as there is basically no furniture left at the house by this point-and he is too cheap to pop for a hotel room. Now, we get along just fine, but when he stays here I find it a little claustrophoic; this is not a big apartment, and I am so used to having the place to myself by now that having another person here is a little strange for me. But what's more, when I get out of work around 10:00 at night I like to unwind by watching some tv before I hit the sack-which sufficed to say, I can't do while he is here because by the time I get out of work he is stretched out on the couch ready to go to sleep.
Last week he finally got a buyer lined up for the house, so now he is in a scramble to get what is left there out before the move in day. He had asked to stay with me on Saturday, to which I agreed, thinking it would just be a weekend thing. When he arrived he informed he he intended to stay till Thursday, and now today has informed me he will probably have to stay longer because he thinks it will take longer than he anticipated to finish it off. I am starting to get pretty anxious to have the place back to myself again, especially since I have been experiencing other small stressors this week that are adding to it. My father seems to understand how I can feel a bit cramped having him here, and has said that if I ask he will stay in a hotel or even on the floor at the old house. But, how on earth do you ask that of your own dad without feeling like a total heel? Any suggestions?
Last week he finally got a buyer lined up for the house, so now he is in a scramble to get what is left there out before the move in day. He had asked to stay with me on Saturday, to which I agreed, thinking it would just be a weekend thing. When he arrived he informed he he intended to stay till Thursday, and now today has informed me he will probably have to stay longer because he thinks it will take longer than he anticipated to finish it off. I am starting to get pretty anxious to have the place back to myself again, especially since I have been experiencing other small stressors this week that are adding to it. My father seems to understand how I can feel a bit cramped having him here, and has said that if I ask he will stay in a hotel or even on the floor at the old house. But, how on earth do you ask that of your own dad without feeling like a total heel? Any suggestions?
