my dad seems more interested in instagram reels than me
I'm 20 and my dad is 52. Every time I try to talk to him about something (serious or casual), he barely listens (just picks out certain things that aren't even important to what I'm trying to say), and loses interest fast. I can tell he is just WAITING to exit the conversation as soon as possible. I feel like he doesn't genuinely care about my interests and life and it's really painful for me. But at the same time if I brought this concern up with him probably nothing would happen because he's just lazy like that. Sometimes when I talk to him he doesn't even look up from his phone, he's just fixated on instagram reels and laughs and says "look at this video". Does anyone else have a similar story? I feel like this has been happening my whole life honestly.
Posted Mar 14, 2026, 3:27 AM UTC