How is your relationship with your parents?

@Absinto (2385)
Portugal
August 30, 2010 3:55am CST
Everybody have diferent relationships with their parents. Some dont talk, other talk alot, there can be trust or not. How is/was your relationship with them? Did you trust them alot and talk to them about your life? Or did you not trust them and keep quiet?
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15 responses
@Graceekwenx (3160)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
i communicate with my mom more. My dad is quite mean strict.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
My father isnt strict but he is the kind that is just mean and always in a bad mood, we always fight about nothing but like my mom says, we are the same, neither of us know how to stop fighting back. Now my mom, we fight alot but we always get along, we dont stay mad at each other for to long.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
30 Aug 10
I think girls are more closer to their mom because they can easily open up. And for dad's they are always the macho one, so strict when it comes to their daughters but you know what when you really need a good advice they are the best adviser. When i was so weak and hopeless my dad is the only one who give me strength and encouraged me to go on. We rarely talk though but i know he's always their ready to catch me whatever path i choose.
• South Africa
30 Aug 10
reading everybody saying they have good relationships with their parents makes me wonder because most the people I have ever discussed the same topic with tend to respond opposite to the people on this website. I do have a relationship with my parents but it only recently became better, when I was younger it wasnt quite the ideal relationship. I just know I have learned from the mistakes my parents made, and my son wont feel the way I do about this subject when he is old enough to form opinions.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
When we are yougn we never have a very good relationship with them, or we make mistakes or they do, but eventually we learn and they learn and we start to get along. The best thing about parents relationships is we will one day get along again.
@simonelee (2715)
• China
30 Aug 10
Hello there. Well, so far it's good but not great. We rarely talk in the morning because i wake up late and often they are not around. We only get to talk when we are about to eat dinner. When i was still studying i give less time to my parents and because I'm often out with friends and if not most of my time spend in my room. My mom find time to gather us and cook our favorite food on week ends. She sense that we're changing and busy with things that are less important.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
Yes but there is a point where our parents need to understand that there is a time that we need our own space. We have fases in life and deep down they know we will end up giving them more attention one day.
@lealuvy2j (1986)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
I have a good relationship with my parents because I am super grateful for the love and care that they have given me all these years of my life. I don't what could have become of me if it weren't for them. I talk to them regularly and every time I have a major decision to make, I always make it a point to consult them first. There are things in my life that I do keep from them and there were disagreements in the past but overall, the good outweighs the bad when it comes to my relationship with them.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
They can disagree all they want they are parents, the good thing that they love us no matter what we do
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
30 Aug 10
I have always had a good relationship with my parents, even as a child. there was always love and respect for them in my heart. We didn't always see eye to eye on everything, but it never changed how i felt about them. Sadly, my father is no longer with us, but my mother is still very much in my life. i don't know what i would do without her.
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
Oh sorry about your dad but it is a good thing that you had a very good relationship with them and still have with your mother, not many people are like that.
@akopoaysi (739)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
i have a grood relationship with my parents. since i dont live in my parents house i call them almost everyday just to say hi and i love you! :) love your family!
@Absinto (2385)
• Portugal
30 Aug 10
Thanks for the response :)
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
30 Aug 10
its good my relationship with my mother is okay, we are great, close and we love each other... hmm, about my father, we do not talk anymore since he's left us... i guess there is nothing to talk about anymore after the incident...
• United States
31 Aug 10
I lost my dad when I was 12 and my mom 5 years ago. I trusted them and they trusted me. We loved each other and respected each other. When I became an adult my mom was a very close friend to me.Ever since I was a teen , I liked to hang out with her. It was good while it lasted.i think it was because she respected me From the Start. I was free to make up mu own mind.
• United States
5 Sep 10
My relationship with my parents are very two-sided. Every time I get in a relationship with my father, he has nothing to do but brag and fuss at me which causes me to have headaches and sadness from my well-being. This had been going on ever since I was young child and I still get affected by it. I get deeply attached to my mother because I deeply rely on her for everything. Both of my parents had been divorced since 2007, and I feel lost because I just don't want any relationships with other people. I find myself isolated from interests, potentials, the real world because my father did not want me to succeed, but my mother disagreed on his comments. The terrible relationship with my parents affected my mentality of not having a job, an income, and normal living in this world.
9 Sep 10
I am 55 years and my dad lived till 94 and my mom who is 83 is alive .I was always pampered and petted even after I had my children who are now married .They used to dote on my children help me and my husband financially .They were amoral support to me in a very big way .I can never find anyone having such devoted and dedicated parents.Therefore Iused to always tell all my woes .and they used to immediately find a solution for .My mom is still a pillar to me although she is very weak .I have 4 brothers and a sister but they always loved me very much and all my siblings used to feel jealous .
@p3ks626 (6538)
• Philippines
31 Aug 10
I am having a very good relationship with my parents. There are no reasons for me not to have a good relationship with them. Though I get to see them only once in every two months but i can say that we all have a very good relationshi?.
@tkonlinevn (6438)
• Vietnam
30 Aug 10
I don't talk to my parents frequently. But I still love them very much.
@Libertywu (136)
• China
30 Aug 10
In reality, my parents are friends of mine. When i met some difficulties, they are the one i wanna to seek help and suggestions.
@Libertywu (136)
• China
2 Sep 10
As far as i'm concerned, my parents are my parents. We talk to much heart to heart. Meanwhile, they often teach me some precious suggestion and experiences. They are more like my teacher, friends.
• Bulgaria
30 Aug 10
horrible. we are so different. They don't love me alot. We don't have many things to talk about.