Do you bond more with your mum or dad?
By kiran1978
@kiran1978 (4134)
Australia
March 13, 2008 5:25am CST
I have found over the last couple of years I have really bonded more with my father. It has taken many years though, I am now 29 years old and I lived with my mum growing up. My parents got divorced when I was 6 years old. I try to get close to mum however she does not open up to me as much as my dad. I love them both the same, however I just feel more connected to my dad. I can talk to dad about anything and I feel like he genuinly cares when I am worried or ill, he always puts my mind at ease. I just wish I got to know my father earlier as I have lost alot of years with him. As a child I used to only see him once a year on holidays. I am glad though now that we have a great relationship.
How about you, who do you bond more with, you mother or father or maybe even a sibling?
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12 responses
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
14 Mar 08
I feel more connected to my mother since my childhood. I feel that I connect with her in a better way than my father. We have good understanding of each other. Even if I do not utter a word, my mother would understand what is going on in my mind. She always thinks about my welfare first than about hers. I simply love my mother.
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
That is so great that you have such a connection with your mother. Thanks for your response.
@lynolive18 (16)
• Philippines
14 Mar 08
Ever since I was a kid, I never had the chance to bond with my father but that doesn't mean I love him less. Maybe because of that I am more at ease with my mother around because I never had that father figure. This situation made me even closer to my mother. We have come to a point where we share secrets to each other because it is where we draw our strength from. Bottom point is, we miss papa but we have to sacrifice in order for him to provide for us. After all these years we have gotten used to things this way. But then, I still believe that my mother, father, younger brother and I will be together again and bond like crazy!!
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
Sorry to hear that you did not have chance to bond with your father. Good to hear that you became close to your mum and that you could totally trust her. Thanks for sharing your story.
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
Hi thanks for your response. It is good that you can see the positive side in both of your parents.
@littleowl (7157)
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14 Mar 08
hi kiran-when i was younger at 7yrs old my parents got divorced, i blamed my dad for it and didn't talk to him for years so have always been closer to my mum cos of that-thing is with my family it doesn't matter if you ask someone to keep something in confidence it always gets let out to someone else in the family-so its hopless having a talk with my mum in confidence and letting her know anything-i have a good friend whom i've known for 39yrs we share our probs etc and that stays between us-your friend littleowl
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
I can understand that you did not want to talk to your dad for years due to divorce. I was really hurt when my dad divorced mum too, he also had numerous affairs on her with all the nurses at work. Plus when he divorced mum he tried to block me and my sister out. However I am glad now that I have forgave him, life is too short.
That must be hard trusting your mum, since you tell her something in confidence and she can't keep it that way. I am glad that you have a close connection to your friend, someone you can totally trust.
@mindofdude (69)
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14 Mar 08
Like you my parents got divorced when i was quite young, although not quite as young as you. Mine split and got a divorce when i was 10.
Never really saw my dad much after that, but living with my mother really started to get to me and most of the time we just didn't see eye to eye. Could have been a small resentment for leaving my dad but thats all in the past now and over the last myb 7-8 years i have such a close bond with my dad now its unreal, since im 26 now i see my dad roughly about twice a week in the pub, sometimes more if i take a trip up to his house, but only tend to see my mom every couple of weeks.
main reason spawns that i just don't have as much in common with my mom and get these awkward silences. don't get me wrong i love my mom to bits and would never not go and visit but theres just not much of a bond there.
never really run out of things to talk to my dad about and just have so much more to do together.
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
Wow your story sounds very similar to mine, however I have not gone to pub with my dad, that would be nice though, lol. It is good how you got to bond with your dad finally in your adulthood. Thankf for sharing your story.
@nice030481 (1109)
• Philippines
14 Mar 08
eversince i was very attached to my family, thats why i dont accept the proposal of my first boyfriend to go abroad after marriage, so we broak up. i want to spend most of my time with my family, even now that i married we live with my parents.
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
14 Mar 08
Wow sounds like you have a very close attachment to your family. Hope that does not get in the way though of you finding true happiness with the person you love. Thanks for your repsonse.
@sweetaspie52 (2359)
• United States
15 Mar 08
I boned with my mother because my father God rest his soul was an alcholic and it was my mother that cared for us when we got older I mean my father was there but he worked and then would come home drunk so mom would be there for us when daddy was not I mean dad was ther but not always sober
@mflower2053 (3223)
• United States
22 Mar 08
I am closer to my mom then to my dad. My dad is weird and the only time I see him is for holidays or one of my kids birthday's. I have 2 little girls and he is on my list of never will babysit my kids.
@julyteen (13252)
• Davao, Philippines
15 Mar 08
we don't have time for bonding before when i was a child, this will i missed..i felt some gap with my parents because my love before not much compared now...when i am already mature i learned to find time to make bonding with my parents, including my brothers and sisters. i made this because we only see each other sometimes twice a year because i am far from them because of my work and my business. i valued the time when we are together.
@longsperes (64)
• China
13 Mar 08
generally speaking, girls will closer to fathers and boys always think about thier mothers wehen the do something wrong in China,Because most fathers are strict and boys are naughty you know they always get into trouble easily - breaking neighbors' glasses , failing in exam making noise without permission etc. Every time they do this they have to be lectured by father.But when they feel innocent mum will appear to comfort them. on the other hand, girls always timid relatively.they are more sensitive than boys and they prefer to talk to dads.Above all most Chinese children have a strict father and a kind mother .
@kiran1978 (4134)
• Australia
13 Mar 08
Hi, longsperes, thanks for sharing your story about families in China. I was not aware that fathers in China were so strict, that would make it harder to get close to your father then. Very interesting, response.
@goergineo (1498)
• Jordan
22 Mar 08
I know that bonding is stronger between opposite sexex.
I am also wonderin if this is correct. cause I fellow this rule my self.