How to make my dad love me?

[princealbertofb]

I think if you two could go to places where he used to go as a young boy, a young man, maybe before he met your mother, then get him to explain what those places mean to him. Ask questions, show interest in his growing up. That's what I do with my dad (and he's 84) now and I'm getting to know much more about him. We were separated (when I grew up) by my parents' divorce, so I didn't get to ask him all this stuff then. My dad's also old school. I've realised that his way of showing support and loving is by ''doing'' things for me. But his idea of relationships is also based on fairness and reciprocation... You do me a favour, I'll do you a favour. It works for us.