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I don't understand why your husband is not supporting you in your professional endeavors. It feels like subtle sabotage, like he wants to keep you dependent on him, in case you ever think of divorce, or something. Creepy.

I second what most posters have already said: your father is being unreasonable. Serious illness can make decent people unreasonable, and make previously unreasonable people become downright nasty! Perhaps that's why his wife is leaving him. There are unfortunately quite a lot of divorced during severe illness. The other reason is financial, of course, when one partner wishes to preserve a business from being liable for the spouse's medical treatments (this happened to an acquaintance of mine).

Also, please don't ask his teens to help much. They're already living with an unreasonable person, and worrying about what's going to happen soon. So don't put more burden on them that they already have.

Your father is going to sing a different tune when he really needs help. All you need to do is wait.

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