My parents are coming down to my house for Easter weekend. I haven't seen them since Christmas. In the past few months, my dad has made a major lifestyle change. He's started exercising, given up soda, and lost over 10 lbs. all of this is because he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. He now weighs less than I do, and he's 73.
I'm anticipating that when he sees me this weekend that he is going to have something to say about my weight. When I was 30 lbs lighter, he would tell me that I looked terrible and was carrying too much weight. Well, now I'm close to 200 lbs.
The thing is, he's not wrong. I know how I look, and I don't need the reminder. Emotionally, I am just not in a place to deal with a major lifestyle change or his attempts at "helping." Uninviting them isn't an option. I need to figure out how to stop him from getting under my skin.