Just say 'yes sir' and walk away.

Since I have matured, my Mom now tells me the secrets she has learned about living with my Dad for so long. My Dad will start going off on a tangent about cleaning this, or spending less money, or fussing about the TV not working right. I have learned that when Dad is upset, or on another rant all you can do is say 'yes sir' and walk away. By doing this, Dad thinks he has won which makes him content, but in all honesty the problem he was bitching about will more then likely still be troublesome to him. It just shuts him up for the time being.

In the story, In the shadow of the War, by Ben Okri, the little boy, Omovo takes the same approach as I do when dealing with our fathers. Omovo's father ask Omovo not to listening to the radio about the war because he is to young to be exposed to the hatredness of war. Omovo does what his father asks and turns off the radio, but only temporarily. He says yes sir and walks away, but once his father is gone he is right back by that radio.

In the episode of My So Called Life, Angela is having issues with her Father. Angela does not take my stance on just agreeing with her father. She would rather go about things the hard way, which only makes her father not speak to her for awhile. Angela is desperate to be mad at her father and shows that desperateness by searching through his briefcase to find clues of him being in the wrong. Angela's Dad only kills her with kindness by giving her and her best friend tickets to a concert. Angela lied about going to the concert and that is the only thing that pushes her Dad over the edge. He does not speak to her one morning and Angela knows that what she did it wrong.
Everything always ends up alright, it is a TV show the grudge can only be held for sixty minutes. Weather we agree with our Fathers to make them happy or just put up a fight, they will always love you and hold you at the end of the day. Daddies only have their child's best interest at heart.