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Sixteen years old and male. I'm not sure why, but I don't talk to my father. I don't hate him or dislike him. My uncle noticed that when he stayed to visit and told me that I need to go up and talk to him more often. I tried to, but I guess after awhile I stopped. What really got to me was that my sister said that to me too, and she's younger than me. I guess it's that noticable. But I want to know what I could do to start conversations and talk. The only time he goes out of his way to talk to me is when he needs me to fix the computer or get him something (and I'm not exagerating). He gets home late and is always busy when he's home.

Should I write him e-mails? He is constantly checking his e-mail. I do feel somewhat uncomfortable talking to him about anything more than the Yankees game. Generally I'm not too open, it's not easy for me - but it's really bothering me now because I want to create an open line of communication, but I don't know how to start or what to do to make sure that once I start it doesn't fall apart. Any advice? Thanks.

That sounds a lot like my dad.

I think that writing emails is a wonderful idea. You can tell him about your day at school, in detail, if you don't get the chance to talk to him when he's at home. You can also send him a funny father/son type of 'e-card' from a site, like americangreetings.com. I did that with my mom when I was at home during the summer, and she was at work. She was a computer programmer, so I would send her humorous ecards throughout the day. I sent her one with a monkey trio singing about bananas and she said that she really enjoyed it.

Hope I helped!

♥ SiMA

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(Rating: 5) thank you, i'll give it a shot
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