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I just wrot a reply to Eskie that explained all of that. He is not a bad man. He isn't abusive. He's just not supportive of me emotionally. I can deal with that as I have my friends, and this board.

He's always been stoic and emotions confuse and annoy him. He doesn't like to deal with emotions most of the time. That's just the way that he is unfortuantely. He has other good qualities that make up for that lack of empathy and not being able to support me emotionally. He is what some might call brutally honest, but he means well.