His father supports us all financially . He lives out of the country and only visits for christmas , so he wants to see us as a family . He has bipolar and doesnt take medication for it , so he tends to get drunk and throw and break stuff and yell all christmas . We endure it because he has us financially fucked otherwise . He even has my mom on a 5 year contract to live in her housewhich he bought , it expires next year I dont miss being hungry though . My family is fun . But yeah , I guess I should have realized this situation is out of my hands . We need a team of doctors to take on dysfunction of this level . To answer your question , nah I avoid talking to my brother ' s dad , he scares me . <| sep |> Somehow I missed that series as a kid , so it looks like we ' ll be reading it together .