My Imperfect Family

Philippines
November 18, 2012 8:14pm CST
Every person has his own family that made him who and what he is. A family is supposed to be happy, contented and perfect. These words are the exact definition of a family for me but unfortunately mine does not meet these definitions and the perfect and only word that can define and describe my family is "IMPERFECTION". But I still dream that my parents would be together again so that our family would be able to find the missing parts of the puzzle.
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12 responses
@jalucia (1431)
• United States
19 Nov 12
No family is perfect ... none. And that's because no one is perfect. Your parents have to work things out for themselves, and the perfect way for you guys to be a family might be for them to be separated. They have to figure it out. But I'm sure that your parents still love you.
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
i hope so. thank you for your response jalucia.
@mariaperalta (19073)
• Mexico
19 Nov 12
No single family will ever be perfect.. there is always someone in it, who makes mistake after mistake. it normal.
@MandaLee (3764)
• United States
19 Nov 12
No family is perfect. Perfection does not exist. The perfect family is a myth. I am so thankful for my family. Family is such a blessing.
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
Imperfections in many things life including the family... is what makes our life perfect. we learn and live from it, on it and through it..
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Nov 12
Other responders are right, there is no such thing as the perfect family. I have never met one yet! Lol. My family is very imperfect. Every holiday they stress out and fight, it does not make for good times trust me. It is terrible. My family has plenty of problems, it is not just yours don't worry. Lol.
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
19 Nov 12
It's hard to deal with that when a family is far away from the ideal. There are some people who don't match, and unfortunately, it could be within a family, too. For example, I know for sure that my relationship with my brother is never going to be a good one. I was trying to help it, but I just got tired of him always coming up to me only if he needed help or money. As for your parents, it's really sad that they are not together anymore, but I think it's common for a couple to separate if they don't feel the same way for each other anymore. But they wouldn't make an ideal family, if they stayed together, in the first place... maybe it was a bad decision for them to form a family, or if it was, it was for you, to have a wonderful child :). Everything has a reason.
@STOUTjodee (3573)
• United States
19 Nov 12
No family is perfect. Some couples that should be divorcing stay together for the kids sake. Now, it's not fair on the children for the parents that stay together and that can't get along and fight in front of the children. What do you think is a "perfect" family?
@Shavkat (140024)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
I believed that there is no perfect family, there is still flaws. But they tried to work it out as a family. There are some point that marriage will fail, but still the love from the parentage will remain the same towards their children. Good day!
@edvc77 (2140)
• Philippines
19 Nov 12
I'm really sorry for that. There must be reasons why they separated. Anyway, I hope they will be together again. I just want to share this that every family has problems. It is really imperfect. You are not alone. As you go on with your life, you will meet some families and they do have problems of their own just different from one another. Just keep on praying for your family. Just a suggestion. Thanks for this.
@Hrozean (116)
• United States
19 Nov 12
So I know exactly how your feeling. I saw my parents divorce a few years before it happened. The worst part I think about it is that my parents decided to try and put my brother and I in the middle. I think the best thing to do is focus more on your life. As said before no family is perfect but nevertheless you can find the things that make you happy and focus on that. For me it was school and music but that wasn't enough to keep my parents at bay so I ended up moving. Not the best choice for my future but it made me happy for the time being and wasn't putting anyone else necessarily in the hole so to speak. I don't think there may have been anything missing. . .maybe the parts weren't supposed to be together in the first place?
• United States
19 Nov 12
I agree with the previous response. No family is perfect and they all go through periods that are unhappy. No matter how the other members of your family are getting along, you can accept your family members' imperfections and enjoy your relationship with them. One thing I have learned is that my family is very far from perfect, but the familial bond is important. Everyone else in life is there by choice, but my family is always "stuck" with me!
• China
19 Nov 12
I think no family is perfect, each has the own defect. Taking myself as an example. I was born in a poor family, and my parents had three children to raise, and they quarrel a lot when I was young. I seldom had time to stay with them and talk to them because they are always busy working in farm. Sometime I hoped rainy days, thus they could stay home and accompany us. Since my mother is simple-minded person, I can seldom feel the love from her. I just not confident in love relationship, because I doubt whether I could GIVE love to my lover. They were just strict on my study, never care my characters. They did not allow to attend sports, because they think it is not important to study. I wanted to escape from the family, and I did. I studied far from them since mid school. Well, it seems it need time to totally heal from the unperfect relationship. Wish good luck to both of us!