i'm not a family person by any stretch... i also moved out of the house at 17 and never went back to keep it that way.
If you are living under your father's roof, and he's paying for your meals, and that roof over your head, then I think you have some obligation to spend some time with him if that's what he wants. If you want to act as a boarder, and come and go as you please and have no contact with your landlord, then pay your own way...
I think it's admirable that you are working and going to school, and working is takning precedent over going out and getting drunk with your friends but an hour or so a week with the guy who's supporting you really won't kill you...
