I don't really have the energy to retell the entire story, so if it's alright, I'll just repost the various tumbls I've written about it. The first post was written semi-drunk and in an uncharacteristically phonetic/abbreviated style. Sorry if that's hard to read. (annotation: as my brother has since pointed out, it is possible that he won't actually hate the music. i had not really considered this possibility because, as a general rule, he hates the music i love. and he is not generally a fan of musical theatre. so the possibility that he might like the bare soundtrack seemed very remote. and either way, what i really wanted was for him to just promise that if he did dislike it, he wouldn't make any scathing remarks about it.) (in between the previous post and the next one, i tried talking to him about it; i told him that i loved his present and was very happy with it, but wanted to explain why i got upset when he claimed to have no memory of the original gift request) (minor context note for the next post: our dad is equally judgemental about music, also considers his opinions about music to be objectively true, etc. but after being told by the rest of us that we found it hurtful when he constantly criticised our favourite music, he did actually take that on board and has since refrained from making scathing remarks when he hears us play music we like) (we are aware that he's still judging it as much as he was before but at least he keeps it to himself now) help???
@seebs I would have submitted this to you on your blog for input, but my brother knows my tumblr URL and it was already passive aggressive enough of me to post these to my blog, let alone openly bitch about him to some randomer. But I would really like your opinion on how the hell to handle this situation. I am too emotionally involved and I think your general emotional detachment may result in useful insights.
