Originally Posted by
D122y 
Back to you....I would not keep a light on for my Dad, but I might turn it on if he shows up. That will be up to you.
D122y. . . .I wonder if you're still around to discuss this.
I know that I agreed with your statement previously. I have thought about it over and over and I have wavered a lot.
If it were any other time in life I would undoubtedly still agree, but I think at the end of the day I would regret it forever if I deserted him at a time like this.
Given the opportunity to support him, there are ramifications to consider and I haven't sorted through those. Time for a cost/benefit analysis. I haven't done one of those in so long. I can arbitrarily assume that the short-term benefits will be rewarding to both of us but the long-term ones will not.
And, there's some likelihood that he has already deserted
me. He has done it several times previously and seemingly without conscience. As I'm not a mind reader, I'm in a jam. He probably knows it, too.
He's such a dick.