Hi to you all....daughter of breast cancer mum. With regards to the male partners of those women going/gone through breast cancer, (Or any cancer really...).... this mainly aimed for...although all/any advice would be much appreciated. My dads really good at being practical with regards to physical things that may get in mums way later. However, when the subject of mums cancer comes up, he literally shuts us out. (This isn't a new way of him coping. He's always been quiet....) I'm around during the day for my mum, I do the housework an such, and I'll let her talk for however long she wants, about what ever she wants. I offer my help, support, I'm glad she does talk to me. Only when I'm not there , and my dad is, my mum won't talk around him, because of his coping strategy...now my question is....I've spoken to him before about needing to show a little bit more support regards to emotional support. Do I need to have harsher words with him? Seems he's decided to run off and hide while the rest of us can't. I don't want this to end horrible, We had already dealt with Lung Cancer before, and it changed us as a family...I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do! :(  Any advice out there for relateable circumstances? 
P.S love each other.
Kind regards, Ali. Stay Brave!