Dear Sam:

Your father’s mother is still alive- I hope I didn’t miss this information in your posts: did you tell her about her son stealing your money? And can she side with you against him and… get that money back to you (that would be more beneficial to you than the empty apology her previous confrontation with him brought about).

Your father may be “a weak old man who surfer from some health issues” and you may be ” strong and actually very logical and reasonable during tough conversations and confrontations…not afraid of anybody.. charismatic self-confident man” but in the context of your relationship with your father, he was not afraid of you. He was not afraid to steal from you for years; not afraid of how you would respond. In his mind, you were and are still the weak one and therefore easily exploitable.

I do hope you get another job overseas soon, that you make money and send none of it to any member of your family (they got enough of it!), and make a good life for yourself away from the man who turned against his own son long ago.

anita