You don't realize how much I can relate to this topic. My Father was always considered by me as a child to be Satan himself. He was always mad and very rarely smiled. I never heard him tell me he loved me until we got into a fight one night and I nearly killed him with a heart attack (yes I felt terribly bad). After a week or so he was right back to his same old games. He was a good person inside, but never knew how to show it. Part of it was my fault I guess because I was kinda the same way.
Call your Father and talk to him. Let him know how you feel. Don't let this boil in his mind forever like my Father did. If you have to apologize then so be it. He will do the same more than likely. Stubborness never does any good.
My Father has since died a horrible death from cancer and I wish now that we could have gotten along better than we did and that I had spent more time with him. Don't be like me. If he pushes you away just keep at it. He's your Father and he definately loves you no matter how pi$$ed he gets at you.
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