Dear Regi:

My voice gets softer when  I am talking to  a person to whom I feel empathy. My eyes are  looking at the person (not away), my facial features alert. I am facing the person, attentive to  the person (not walking away, not  busy doing  anything other than attending to the  person).

Sometimes I don’t feel empathy, but determined to act empathetically, I do.

Which brings me back to your father (he  is in the title  of your thread). I suppose he too, if he didn’t feel empathy, could intend to and  determine too act empathetically  toward you.

anita