Being a daughter

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I am probably one of the few daughters who had a much easier time relating to her father over the course of my life than she did her mother. I just always felt I had more in common with him, and I could attribute that to several things such as the fact that I tend to have a more "masculine" personality type and because my life growing up was much more similar to his. In spite of being more like my father, I always loved both my parents the same, and there are things that I think my mother would do a better job in getting me through and vice versa. So for me, it has always been about both parents doing their part and each playing a unique role in my life. I had the same problem most people did in getting along with their parents when they were younger. I think as I have gotten older, I have been much better able to communicate to them how I feel and what I need from them in life, or what I want and how they can help me in obtaining it... I think relationships always improve a great deal when you have a very clear understanding of each other's needs and feelings, and a good idea of how to help each other when needed. That is something that often goes misunderstood when you're a child or when you're going through that awkward adolescent stage, but much improves as you get older and more mature and have more experience dealing with people. Also, since you're now passed the stage where you have to depend on them for things, it doesn't feel so much like they are trying to have control over your life anymore. And there are some things my parents did that I will never agree with (and they might admit it was a mistake on their part as well), but deep down you know they did their best... I, too, appreciate my parents and the influence they have been in my life. I don't know that I would have come this far in certain areas of my life had I had a different set of parents. Mine were extraordinary in that they did not try to pigeonhole people or stereotype people or discourage me from accomplishing a goal no matter what odds were supposedly stacked against me. I was born with OCD, and my parents were very unusual in that they did not hold the preconceptions about people with a particular "disorder" that most people have. I grew up in a household where words like "disability" were never used. Instead, they treated me like I could be anything I wanted to be and pursue whatever I wanted so long as I remained diligent enough and open enough and honest enough with myself, just like they would any so-called "normal" child. That is probably the most invaluable influence that they had, and because of that, I would absolutely love to one day help others overcome whatever challenges they were dealt in life and believe in themselves so that they can achieve their dreams too. Your parents - especially if they are good parents - are people to be honored, and I know I will miss them and wish I had them when they are gone. A good friend of mine lost her mother fairly recently, and I think it made me realize that these things aren't to be taken for granted because they aren't meant to be forever (at least nothing's forever in this life)...

I believe that being a daughter is the best thing in the world. It just makes you closer with your mother in a whole new way. A mother and a daughter relationship goes way beyond any kind of relationship that there is.I for one can say that i am happy to be the daughter that i am to not only my mother, but to my parents as well. There are som many people out in todays world that dont have daughters that may want them. I am happy that i am a daughter, i cant think of anything else that is more fufilling and enjoyable when it comes to being classified as a daughter.

As a daughter, I'm probably closer to my dad than my mom (because my mom wasn't really around much when I was younger, so I was practically raised by my dad). But on the whole, I don't really divulge secrets to both parents. My brother is actually the more affectionate of the the two of us (he would kiss them goodbye, say words like I love you etc..), while I'm content with a nod and the wave of a hand. Although I love both of them, I'm never the showy type.

I am very close to my mom too. She is basicly my best friend. I have always appreciated what she did for me though. Now that I am 22 I appreciate her even more. Now when she does pass there is no such thing as not loving her anymore. She will forever live inside your heart. She will never really go anywhere. Good discussion.

Hi.. me too proud of being born as girl. I am a proud daughter of my parents. Girls are more closer to her parents than guys do. I hear many girls cribbing for being born as girls,but i would say that we are blessed thats why born as girls.