Dear Eric: I am an adult woman who lives several states away from my father. He’s coming to visit me for the first time in years, and I’m looking forward to clearing the air with him on some issues from childhood.

When he comes, he will insist on going out to eat at some restaurants as that is one of his favorite things to do. His pattern, his entire adult life, is to find as much as possible about the service and/or food to complain to the server about, and it is embarrassing. He will not stop until the manager basically comes over to kiss his feet.

We’ve confronted him about this before, and he says, “If I owned the restaurant, I would appreciate the feedback.” Throughout my childhood, this would happen at least twice weekly.

I will no longer be a part of this restaurant ritual he has

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