Has a relationship of yours improved as you have become older?

United States
June 7, 2012 9:21am CST
My relationship with my mother has improved a great deal as we have both grown older. We have our days but not near as often as we did in the past. I think it is best when we improve relationships with our family members. It makes things less stressful.
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• Philippines
7 Jun 12
Just like you, my mom and I used to have not that great of a relationship especially when I was younger. I always found her to be so strict and meddles too much with my social life. We had fights in the past and that was during my teenage years. But now that I've grown older, probably a decade in the making, I could honestly and proudly say that my mom and I have grown closer to each other in many ways that I've never imagined them to be. I used to have lots of problems with my relationship with my mom as compared to my brother and my dad, but now, things have really changed and I can proudly say, that in a way, I may have matured just enough to really treasure any relationship I have with those who are so dear to me.
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• Philippines
13 Jun 12
Yeah most definitely. I think it's not just time that made things better but having to experience some difficulties in life and facing lots of problems at a young age I think makes me long for those times when I sort of took our relationship for granted. But, I make sure that I make up for it and I do that every time I visit them on some weekends. Nothing beats a well spent weekend than having to spend it with people who really matter to your life.
• United States
13 Jun 12
I'm glad to hear that your relationship with your mother has grown very close. That is such a really good thing that you can be proud of and happy about. It really is neat how time and a person's maturing can change things for the better. It's nice when things improve that way.
@andy77e (5156)
• United States
8 Jun 12
Yes, I would say my relationship with my father has improved. I have no idea why, but I just enjoy talking with him more now. Not so much with my mother though.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
I'm glad to hear that your relationship has improved with your father. Hopefully in time your relationship with your mother will get better as well. It good though for us to have at least one person we feel we can count on and talk with. It makes a lot of difference.
@alicia812 (646)
• Australia
8 Jun 12
My relationship with my siblings and parents has improved a lot compared due how it was when I was much younger and immature. It was not chaotic though but much better this time. I think when maturity kicks in, everything in life is expected to turn at it's best.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
I'm glad to hear that your relationship with your siblings and parents has improved. It is amazing how we look at things differently as we get older. It is so much better when we have good relationships with our family. It does make the world of difference.
@sender621 (14894)
• United States
8 Jun 12
I can think of a lot of relationships of mine that have become better as I have become older. the most notiecwable relationships are one with my siblings. As i have grown up, these relationships take on new aspects of my life that i have come to appreciaate more and more each day. these relationships are definitely improving and i am ever grateful for it.
• India
8 Jun 12
Yes, I would alos agree that my relationship with my parents has improved a lot as I now realize that they sacrificed a lot of their youthufl lives to help me grow comfortably and to become what I am today. But my relationships with my siblings has gone for the worse as we all continue to vye for our parental love and seem to cross swords if that is not equaly distributed within us all. We siblings have literally grown apart mainly due to financial ineuqalities and different standards of lives.
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@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
8 Jun 12
My relationship with my mother really change when I myself became a mom. I understand her more and love and respect her even more than before. I understand how she worked hard and don't get enough time for us. How she sometimes lost her temper and how she never get tired of taking care of us even after work. For me, she's not a perfect mom but she is the best mom.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
I'm glad that your relationship with your mother improved when you became a mom. My relationship with my mother improved as well when I became a mother. Not that I didn't love and respect her before. It's just that my mom expected me to be the mother and take care of her when I was young. When I had my daughter she wanted to spend more time with me and her granddaughter so she improved a great deal.
@squallming (1775)
• Malaysia
8 Jun 12
It is possible that your relationship with you parents will get better when you get older. This is because we then to have mature way of thinking as we grow older even though not necessarily. When we were teenagers or young adult, we tend to express our ideas bluntly and argue with our parents to show all kinds of dissatisfaction and claim for freedom. Things has high possibility to improve as we grow older.
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• United States
14 Jun 12
Yeah not everyone matures as they older. But it's a good thing when most relationships do. I'm glad that my relationship with my mother has improved. It makes things so much easier. I don't like to argue either so this helps a great deal.
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
8 Jun 12
I have a few relationships that have improved as I've gotten older and the most improved one is the one with my mother. We've always been pretty close because she's pretty much raised me by herself my whole life but now that I'm older I can help her out with things a lot better. Sometimes I can cook dinner for her and I can afford to buy her gifts for mother's day and christmas which is a great feeling. I love the relationship that I have with my mom because she played an incredible part in making me who I am today. I've also started to get a better relationship with my friend Chris recently. There was a moment where there was this girl that had broke up with him and I started dating her. For a while there he was definitely pretty mad at me. The same girl though ended up breaking up with me and hurting me as well. It's nice to become good friends with him because he's really a great person.
@oindy54 (3445)
• India
7 Jun 12
My relationship with my parents too has improved over the years.Actually I was quite stubborn from my childhood and also in my teenage but as I have matured and seen and learned from experience,I have learned to be more understanding and accommodating.As a result my elders now can discuss things which I hear with patience and then state my opinion which earlier I would vehemently oppose.I agree that it reduces a lot of stress when relationships improve and I am glad to hear that yours with your mom has gone for the better too.Wish you good luck for your future!
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• United States
13 Jun 12
I'm glad that your relationship with your parents have improved. It can make a huge difference when we are able to get along with our parents and spend time with them like families should. We should strive to hear one another out and we disagree we should disagree in a way that doesn't cause conflict or argument. That way the relationship stays in good order.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
7 Jun 12
A pleasant day Dominique25, With reference to what you have posted, it is really good when you have a smooth relationship with your family members as this reduces the tension and relieves the stress. But, on my part here, is somehow an opposite of what you are experiencing. Hence, as we grow older, stress here in our home is becoming more and more. As a result, tension are growing bigger. Thus, what you have posted is maybe a general rule, as we are the exception.
• United States
13 Jun 12
I completely agree with you. It does greatly reduce tension and stress. And that alone in itself helps relationships improve a great deal. I'm sorry to hear that stress is increasing in your home. I hope that things will improve for you and your family. It can be really difficult to enjoy life when our life and the place that is suppose to be haven is the place we want to avoid.
@hestylim (1210)
• Indonesia
8 Jun 12
I am glad to hear that.. :) I have good relationship with my mom.. but not with my dad
@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
11 Jun 12
My relationship with my mom has improved in a good way than before, maybe because we both learned our lesson and accepted each other attitudes. In the past I dont understand my mom the way she treated and disciplined us, it was a very tough days. But those days was only part of the past, when I got older I've learned how to forget and forgive so that our relationship will become more comfortable. Now I can share all my happiness and sadness to my mom unlike before that I always hiding my feeling because I am angry and afraid to her. I think our relationship make us more closer and brings happiness to my siblings too.
@bLadeee (403)
• Philippines
8 Jun 12
For me, my relationship with my mother is in the opposite of yours Dominique, it become worst and worst as time goes by since we can't understand each other but we're not fighting or something. I'am not only talking to her compared to the time when i was little where i'am too close to my family members.
• United States
7 Jun 12
Mine has improved with all the things that we have had to deal with and our still dealing with. I do agree that you do have your days where things are not the best but you just have to roll with it and hope for a better day tomorrow.
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• United States
13 Jun 12
I'm glad to hear that your relationship is improving. We do often have to continously work on our relationship in order to keep it in the best possible shape that it can be in. And every relationship is different. When we have those hard days it is best to think about the next day and remind ourselves of how important that relationship is to us and that we can continue to work at it.
@IAmNena (178)
• Philippines
8 Jun 12
I think it will.The more mature you are the more likely you are to fix and fulfill a relationship.It still depends on a person.I think 18 and above is the right age to handle a relationship :)