text: Where you hurt? By the defination of the word there is never an "attempted" as manslaughter is always unintention.  At 18 you were an adult and able to walk away from a situation you felt was unsafe. It may have been careless of your father, but it does not sound malicious.\n\nman·slaugh·ter \nnoun\n: the unlawful killing of a human being without express or implied malice