Amanda, via emailYou’re giving your dad way too much raw material to work with. Once upon a time he had full access to school reports and exam results, but now his chief source for news about you is you.
So stay shtum!By all means tell your dad things are going OK at work, but that there’s nothing spectacular to report. Keep your professional life off your personal social media feeds.
If your dad’s starved of details, he can’t embellish them, can he?Having said that, it must be nice to have a dad who takes pride in his kids, even if it is inflated and tinged, as you suggest, with self-congratulation.
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