Thanks Crazy Hitch.

@I am sure there are underlying issues with my dad that he hasn't dealt with.

My mom is the kind who doesn't want the world to know our or her (or our) problems. so even if she had friends, I am not sure how much that would help, coz., nothing changes and there is no attempt so solve of fix the problem, my dad is like a volcano waiting to erupt, the simplest of things are the biggest of issues. Going to the post office, going to the bank, there is a problem with the society and how everyone and everything function are wrong.

Only the people who listen to him or look up to him with respect are the ones he likes to engage with and that too with a feeling of superiority.

My mom has been to the doctor for various issues and the doctors listening to her story, just say she is too stressed and they shouldn't fight as much.

I haven't told her how much these things affect me, but also I am sorry whom else will she talk if I also stop listening to her.

But what I find astonishing is that she loves him in spite of all the harassment and cares for him when he is unwell.

At the same time she wants to leave him and come to visit us and stay with us for 6 months just to take a break, but she is also worried he might do something to himself if she left him.

It's all just so complicated!