Hanging out with parents

I spend most of my time with my grandma As for my kids, I am trying to enjoy them now

My parents passed already. Enjoy your time with family.

I honestly don't remember enjoying my parents' company when I was a child at any point. They didn't really do anything or go anywhere. There was no chance of missing them as they were always there! Now, I do make a point of spending quality time with my dad. He likes to do different things. I took him out for his birthday at the weekend. He chose to eat at a place he'd never been before, and was really proud of himself for eating a meal with chopsticks for the first time! My mum, on the other hand, is very different. I don't enjoy her company because she doesn't enjoy anything! I don't think I really ever hung out with my parents when I was a child. My eldest son still likes to hang out with me sometimes (well, I think he likes to. He might just do so because he knows I like to ). He is 23. My younger son is almost 18 and it's already been a few years since he actually seemed to enjoy anyone's company, least of all mine! I don't know about spending that amount of time with friends. I guess it depends on the person and on the friends and the family. I don't have many friends, and didn't spend a great deal of time with those I had when I was younger. Same with my children - they do have friends but still prefer their own company. Nowadays, I spend the majority of time with my husband.

Going out with them I enjoyed always, still do. Sitting home with them was sometimes very tough. I like my own company, then the family (not relatives), and then friends if any.

After I moved out of my family home, I still spent quite a bit of time with my mom. I'd take her for drives around the countryside just enjoying the fresh air and talking about anything one of us wanted to talk about. My mom passed away 21 years ago and I still miss her.

That's true. It's in fact natural to feel that way and parents should accept that. The quantity of time doesn't matter a lot but the quality does. So, even if that 20 percent is spent well, that's enough.

If they are still alive, I might be enjoying being with them.

Unfortunately, I was left from home at a young age, so only spend time with parents in young years. So I am talking from birth to when I was around 14 years old. From then on, I was not at home.

I agree most of the teenager prefer to talk and spend time with their friends than parents. They should spend good quality of time with parents too .