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[quote=Anonymous]For decades, my mother was the Nagger-in-Chief of our house, and at times downright verbally abusive. I left as soon as I could and made a home far, far away, where she couldn't get to me. My father stayed, the picture of the meek and passive husband. Until this year, I could count on one hand the number of times in his life he raised his voice in anger, to any of us.

Well, this year, at 75, he was diagnosed with a very serious and rare illness that took forever to get diagnosed and treated. He suffered a lot. Since then, a switch flipped and he's been the Yeller-in-Chief in his house. My mother has gone all mousy and walks on eggshells. He's turned entirely inward, and only thinks of himself and his health and expects my mother to wait on him hand and foot, when before, it was the reverse. It's very jarring, I have to say.

I don't intervene much except to provide medical opinions, and I am glad to live far away. My mother has earned every criticism he throws at her.

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