My relationship with my dad has never been that great. He’s always kind of made my life miserable by demeaning me and making me feel as if I’ve never made him proud. He only seems to notice my mistakes and always brutally points them out but he never notices my accomplishments. In the 18 years I’ve spent living with him he’s never congratulated me on anything or told me he’s proud of me and he’s always telling me he may die before I ever impress him. My dad has been putting me through a very tough conditioning regimen for soccer before the season starts. He expects me to go to the gym 7 days a week. Now I understand that this not asking too much but he wants me to go for at least two hours regardless of if I have homework or something I need to do. I usually have to end up staying up late to finish my homework because of this. While the training is annoying the main reason I don’t want him involved is because he’ll take credit if I end up doing well just because he forced me to go to the gym. I told him that soccer is something very dear to me and that since he’s never shown me love I don’t want him to be involved in anyway. I don’t want him helping me train and I don’t want him at the games. I think he probably thinks that I’m too much of a fuck up to do well without his help but my mom says he only wants me to succeed and that he wants me to do well so I should just give him a chance. Am I an asshole for denying him this chance?