Quote: (03-29-2015 01:44 PM)TheWastelander Wrote:
My dad is one of these. Superficially charming to strangers, always wants to be the center of attention when he thinks he might have an audience, and works hard to create a positive image of himself to others but absolutely shits on his family and is psychologically abusive. He has this Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thin going on. Any criticism or pushback is viewed as a personal attack and in days past he'd yell and try to physically intimidate you. He can't do it anymore since he's old as hell, but he still tries from time to time.
Although he is quite physically masculine the behavior seems pretty feminine to me.
MikeS is right, best thing to do is walk away. You have to cut toxic people out of your life.
He must have learned the effeminate behaviour from his mother. Or other older women when he was a boy.