Are you closer to your MOM or to your DAD?

Philippines
March 31, 2008 10:36am CST
Some children are closer to one parent than the other. As we were growing, even though when my father was strict with us, I am much closer to him than my mom. He was more affectionate than my mom and maybe Im a girl that's why Im closer to him. But my brothers are much closer to my mom. Now that my father has passed away, I miss him badly and am much closer to my mom now. So to whom are you closer, to your mom or your dad? Why?
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17 responses
@dangnabit67 (2021)
• United States
31 Mar 08
I'm closer to my dad because he understands how I feel about things an is willing to listen. My mother on the other hand gives me less of what I need. I still love them both.
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• Philippines
1 Apr 08
Its good to know your dad has a listening to you which is very important to kids. Ur lucky. Well mom's are like that... before my mom was like that but now we make an effort to be close since my dad passed away years long.
@okwusman1 (2247)
• Abuja, Nigeria
31 Mar 08
i used to be closer to my dad, and i also discovered that my dad likes me more than my mom. though both are good but i prefer being with my dad despite the fact that i am the first born, my dad loves me better than other of his children.
• Philippines
1 Apr 08
Well good for you. There are parents like that who have favorites and you are lucky to be it.
• United States
31 Mar 08
I would say that I am closer to my mom. I have lived with my mom all my life. She is som much too me. I do not know what I would do with out a mom. My grandma was very special to me also, and I really appreciate having someone that actually cares for me.
• Philippines
1 Apr 08
Well you are blessed to have lived with your mom all your life and with a bonus of your grandma. Yes its true and a good feeling of having someone that cares.
@chrislotz (8137)
• Canada
15 Jun 08
I have always been very close to my mom, and very far from my father. He was an abusive drunk and beat on my mom and us all of the time. He is now gone from this world, for the last 7 years, and the world and my mom are better without him. I think the reason I am so close to my mom is because I was the one to always try to protect her even though I had older sisters and I was the one who took the beatings for protecting her. But I would do it over again and again if I had to live it over. I love my mom very much and I have the most respect for her. She lived with an a??hole, for us 8 kids and put up with it because she had no where else to go, there was no welfare back then.
@bobet17 (158)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
Im closer with my mom Interms of telling her about my lovelife and anything,She always there to understand me,we love cooking that was our bonding togethere,I love my father too he always bring me food but he is very strict,I love them both.
@bobet17 (158)
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
Im closer with my mother,Interms of telling her my lovelife and anything because she always there to understand me,we love to cook togethere this is our bonding moment,My father also is very Important to me he always bring me food hehe,I love them both.
@sanell (2112)
• United States
2 Apr 08
I am very close to my dad but I am also close to my mom. I was not really that close to my mom growing up, my sister was much closer to her. Now my mom and her hardly get along, but she and I are doing well. I am lucky
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
2 Apr 08
I grew up with my grandmother, I was not close to my mother or my dad, I never saw my dad after I was 9 years old.
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
I am closer to my mom when I was young. I have 5 sisters and 3 brothers. I stayed with them 'til I got married at 19. My dad liked or paid more attention to my sister older than me..I am the youngest by the way. I am closer to my mom because she was always there and dad had to work as well. At home my mom did a lot of things..housework that is and I felt sorry for her..she was such a martyr when my dad is mad. I love my mom so much because she is one of the nicest mother a daughter could ever have. Nobody can ever replace her and I would want her to be my mom again in the next after life. I love my dad too but he was really strict but we had good memories too.
• India
2 Apr 08
I love my mom and dad, both, but my preference wud b my mom..i love her so does my sis, she is just like this angel full of love n forgiveness in her heart and no space 4 hatred. Yeah evevn i hear of that thing that gurlz love their dad and boyz mom, but here both me n my sis completely love our mom, shez the world...
• New Zealand
2 Apr 08
Hi there. Sometimes I think that I don't really prefer any of them to the other, other times it seems that it's Mum more than Dad, other times it's Dad but I don't really know who gets it the most aye. Catch ya later.
@mom4kids (657)
• Canada
2 Apr 08
I was closer to my mom. My mom passed away in 97. I love my dad but I feel like my mom was the glue in our family, she held us all together, without her were a bit lost in our relationship.
• Philippines
2 Apr 08
I was a lot closer to my dad. I could tell him all sorts of secrets, I can even throw green jokes at him! However, he is no longer around, so I am making a big effort to become closer to my mom. So far, so good!
@xxgutsxx1 (201)
• United States
2 Apr 08
My mother, I love my dad but I felt my mom was there for me. My life is a million paged chapter book, so It'll be hard to tell you why. NOTE: I love my dad just as much as my mom, im just closer to my mom as my dad.
• Canada
31 Mar 08
I have always been closer to my mother. She was always more of a support to my sister and I, and stuck with us when things got tough, encouraging us rather than trying to push us.
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
1 Apr 08
i am closer to my mom. in fact, its only mom that i am close to. this doesn't mean that the relations that i share with my dad are sour or bitter, but its been like this since as back as i can remember!. all that i talk to my dad is about education and day to day tasks. but with mom, she is my second skin, and i ought to tell her everything that comes in my mind!. gosh!! i am way too attached to her, and i just can't be without her even for a day!
@lynnchua (3412)
• Singapore
1 Apr 08
I'm closer to my dad than mom. Not sure why but whenever I had a problem I will goes to my dad.