u/ltggtl

My local Guitar Center has one in with plenty of knicks and scratched on it if you look closely, but it plays and sounds amazing. Doesn't appear to be any structural issues. Actually considering purchasing it but curious, what would you do?

After reading some stories on here, I think I am a victim of enmeshment. Some background, I was raised by a single father up until 12 years old when he married my step mom. My dad had a tough past and there was a lot of trauma dumping on me during that time as a single child. Naturally, it created a strong bond between the two of us, he coined us as "best friends" at an early age. I was never abused, but was shown tough love on many occasions. I was given anything I wanted as a child, which is one of the reasons I struggle with confronting my past. I love my dad, but it is clear that he never got professional help for any of his PTSD and other issues, he told me that himself.

My dad married my step mom when I was 12. Since then, I was placed in the middle of many fights over the years (money, family issues, you name it) and feel as though I held the marriage together. One of the worst was the month after I graduated college, they got into a public dispute at a bar and I had to mediate the issue in the parking lot with the workers. My step mom even told me at one point that she stayed with my dad to protect me because he is emotionally fragile.

Here I am today at 26 years old, engaged to my fianceé, moved into an apartment about an hour from home (moved out two years ago) and I still fall victim to the triangulation. I'm writing this post as my parents just got into a dispute last night and it carried over to this morning. My dad told me that he is "emotionally and physically distressed" and he'll probably end up telling me that they are getting a divorce (he's already said this five times).

I guess my question is, how do you put up with this BS as a grown adult? I really don't want to entertain any of it but there is a guilt planted in me that I owe my dad the world. Any advice is appreciated and thank you.

Let me first apologize and say that I'm a complete noob to this stuff. I'm an acoustic guitarist/singer that's been gigging just over a year and recently encountered an annoying issue. I run my mic and acoustic into a Yamaha MG-06x mixer which then runs into a single Harbinger PA system via mono. During my last gig, I had some pretty nasty mic clicking/static during my loud portions. I'm a loud singer to begin with and was having issues hearing myself as this was outside and I don't have a monitor playing into me. Up to this point, all of my electronics have worked great so just curious if this is a common problem. Thanks in advance