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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH. No matter what happens it's always someone else's fault. My psychologist friend believes he knows he's wrong and it's a defensive, protective mechanism that would otherwise make him have really low self-esteem.

It turned abusive because the anger turned to attacking me because I was always the closest person around to blame. Would occur in every aspect of life. Smaller things his leaving the garage freezer open and everything melting. It was my fault because I put the freezer in the garage and why didn't we put it somewhere else. Big things like his losing his job even though I've never met anyone at his work but because he got up too late a few times because the temperature was too hot for him to sleep and I didn't think to turn on the AC because it was winter.

Your child's situation does not sound this bad but typing this to tell you how it can grow out of control in adulthood.[/quote]

I am the PP and my father was exactly like this.  If a cup leaked, it was my mother's fault because she's the one that purchased the crappy cup from the store.  He couldn't just clean up the water, toss the cup, and move on...it had to be someone's actual fault that this happened. If he stubbed his toe while walking, it was my fault because he was grabbing his shoes to drive me somewhere.  Constant grumbling to himself or mumbling under his breath about about the person who "made him do" these things. People were always "in the way" when he was driving...no, they were just neighbors driving themselves to wherever they needed to be.  FWIW, he was an odd, unhappy man.[/quote]

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