My Dad is a man of few words, but he's kind and has integrity. I respect the man that he is, but because of this I feel that he doesn't really like me or respect me that much.

I justify this because of things he's done and said in the past. For example, he dragged me down the stairs once and pulled me out of the bathtub for "backtalking". He kicked my door down because I locked it once in an argument. None of my three other siblings experienced this. He scoffed at me once when I told my parents "that I'm not a bad person", and he said "I have no idea how you'd be happy" in regards to my life.

Other than that, I notice when other people commend me for hard work, or compliment me on how funny I am, it makes him uncomfortable and he almost always has to leave the conversation, or doesn't say anything to it. 

I know I'm not a bad person, and I know I have people that know me and love me, even though I can be frustrating or perplexing at times. He just never seems to take my side, or thinks the worst of me. I do realize this has a lot to do with how I am the way I am now, but even to this day it still seems this way. It just makes me feel rotten, even though I probably shouldn't care if he likes me or not.