After years of watching conservative news and the Catholic channel, my dad has become increasingly isolated from our family, and he recently told me that I am evil because of my pro-choice stance and that he no longer wants a relationship with me. This statement came out of the blue, and he has begun to turn down invitations to family events and holiday celebrations. He is single and I, his most attentive daughter, was the only family member to investigate after he underwent a secret hepatitis treatment and was near death in his house after a bad reaction.
Now I feel like he has no one to look out for him. It breaks my heart that he will live out his final years alone and with no one to care for him as he ages. I don’t know how hard I should push for a relationship with him when he has been so heavily influenced by extremist media and isn’t behaving rationally.