Thanks. I’m in my thirties now and don’t need a dad or mom (actually I’ve been pretty independent most of my life and never really expected anything from either of them).

For the last couple of years though I have been in contact with my dad about once a year which is about as much as I can tolerate since he’s also a MAGA conservative Christian though just slightly more accepting of gay people since he was raised in Western culture unlike my mom (still thinks I’m going to hell though), and he reached out.

As long as we can avoid politics or religion the chat is fine. He inevitably starts raving positively about Trump, defending rapists, or disparages trans people so that’s when I stop the conversation/visit.