I just… I don’t even know what to feel anymore. Like, my mom finally convinced my dad to come to this big family dinner, you know? And I’m there, I’ve got my proposal all ready, because my company *needs* this capital, and he just… looks at me, like I’m a complete stranger. "Who is this young lady?" he says, and I just… it’s not even anger, it’s more like a profound sense of cognitive dissonance, I guess? Because this is MY FATHER, the man who taught me how to ride a bike, and he's 55 and retired and looking at me like I'm trying to sell him a timeshare and I just—my kids are screaming in the background and I have a presentation at 8 AM and I just feel like I'm failing everyone.