Carolyn Hax: Stepdad beat cancer, and he’s now bringing family to heel

Carolyn Hax: Stepdad beat cancer, and he’s now bringing family to heel (Illustration by Nick Galifianakis for The Washington Post)

Dear Carolyn: A couple of years ago, my stepfather got diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma. Luckily, after treatment, he is in remission and general good health. That’s the good news.

The bad news is that ever since then, his personality has become one of a grumpy old man even though he is only 52. While he has always been stubborn, now he is unbending. When we’re together at my mom’s house (which was our childhood home), we all have to be on his schedule even though he gets up at 5 a.m. and goes to bed at 8 p.m.


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