Do you like your parents?

[Apollo Celestio]

Do you get along with mom and dad? Are they even around? Was it always this way? Do you want it to change?

 

[Wren]

My father is dead. When he was alive, we didn't have any real relationship. I was respectful to him and he was distant to me. There was no hard feelings or hostility, but he had issues.

My mother and I have an odd relationship. When I was very young, we had a decent relationship. Then when I was 11-19, life was a bit crazy and we didn't get along. Early 20s we got along better, then she got together with a very frustrating individual and we drifted apart. I tried to maintain contact, but she wasn't very receptive to me or my sister. Summer of 2010, she saw that I was in a very rough spot and seemed to want a good relationship again. Then most of 2011 was us being distant again. Once I got engaged (and later married), my mother seems to be interested in having a relationship again.

I don't hope or want anything else. There's no point (for me) in thinking like that. I just have to accept what is at that given moment.

Oh, and do I "like" my mother? I don't "like" or "dislike" her. I find her to be incredibly frustrating sometimes, but I do love her.

 

[Inkachu]

Do you get along with mom and dad? For the most part, though my mom and I can butt heads on a regular basis. She's uber-stubborn. I've never been too close with my dad, and now he's aging (84 yrs old) and the majority of my relationship with him is just polite and friendly and wishing him well in his final years.
Are they even around? Yup, they're about 15 minutes away.
Was it always this way? Nope, my house was a war zone for many years when my brother and I were teens and young adults.
Do you want it to change? I think this is a moot question, because they are who they are, and wanting something to change isn't going to make it change. I accept the situation as it is.

 

[Tink]

I get along with my mom the majority of the time. I don't "like" her about 75% of the time. She's manipulative, angry, yells a lot, and likes to have control of everything. She's my mom, though. She gave me life and brought me up the best she could. I love her and I would give my life for hers if needed.

My mom lives in Amarillo (45 minutes away) and I see her about once every two weeks. My father has been deceased since 1981 and is buried in East Texas. I haven't been to his gravesite in four years. I'm hoping to change that this year.

Yes, more or less. Mom and I did not get along at all from about 16-18 but I think that may be normal for a lot of girls.

I would like for it to change, but I know it won't because I've tried numerous times before. She is who she is and my desire to have a more personal relationship has no impact on that.

 

[Thunder Peel]

My mom and I are extremely close. My dad and I get along but it's a very distant and awkward relationship and has been for a long time.

 

[SyntheticPaper]

Do you get along with mom and dad? Are they even around? Was it always this way? Do you want it to change?

I got along great with my mom, but she died in 1998.

With dad, not so much. We never fought or anything, but other than when I was very little, he's just never really wanted to do much with any of us kids, and this got much, much more obvious after mom died and he got a new girlfriend with kids. He would lavish attention on the girlfriends kids (I believe once he even took them on a vacation which my sisters birthday occurred during. Didn't take my sister though ). He would spend pretty much all his time at the girlfriends house, quite literally ignoring my youngest sister (the only one still living at home at the time) and forgetting to buy food or pay the bills. So she would be alone at home in the dark and the cold with nothing to eat, finally she would call our grandma to beg for a ride to the grocery store and to ask her if she could pay the electricity bill. So yeah, there was never really much fighting with dad, but there was always a feeling that he never really cared much for any of us kids which got much much more obvious and blatant after mom died.

Do I want that to change? Honestly, I don't care.

 

[twnsrkr]

Do you get along with mom and dad? Are they even around? Was it always this way? Do you want it to change?

Most of the time. Yes. Yes. No.

I like that they know stuff that I don't

 

[mina]

Do you get along with mom and dad? Are they even around? Was it always this way? Do you want it to change?

Yes, i get along very well with them. I consider them some of my best friends.
I moved 800 miles away, but we still talk mostly everyday.
We always had a good relationship. I went through stages as most kids did. They were always great parents and full of great wisdom. They just knew how to parent. As I've gotten older and independent they have become my friends and I hope to be half as good of a parent as they were.
the only thing I'd change is our physical distance now if I could.

 

[CelticGrace]

My dad passed away 8 years ago last Thursday. He was one of my best friends and I still miss him every day.

My mom & I have been butting heads since I was little. It reached its breaking point when I was 19 and my dad suggested I find my own apartment in town. I raised the stakes and moved to Texas Since then, my mom & I have gotten along infinitely better... for the most part. Occasionally we get into huge fights that leave me not talking to her for a week or more.

One, yes I would love it if my dad was still around; and two yes I really would love to change the relationship I have with my mom. But we're both extremely stubborn and she still treats me like a child a lot of the time, so I really don't see that happening.

 

[Lissa <3]

I have a good relationship with both of my parents.

 

[SplendidTree]

I didn't really have a good relationship with either of my parents growing up.

I currently live with them again. We get along decently now, but I keep to myself quite often because we have differing viewpoints in life. I am trying to make an effort but sometimes it is awkward.

I do sometimes wish it would change but know it cannot be forced.

 

[Woven]

I get on very well with both my parents. They live in a city about an hour away, but I speak to my mom on the phone or on skype every day, even if it's just for a minute or two.

I have always been very close to them. We had really good communication, so when I was growing up I felt like I could really talk to them about anything. We don't always agree on everything though.

 

[Socktastic]

I love them. I don't necessarily like them.

I've been wary of father for a long time, but i'm sure at some point I was not. He is what he is, most of it he can't help so my dislike is rather selfish and formed on my inability to cope with that sort of personality.

Mother ... I don't know. She's always been so busy working that our relationship never really developed. I'm sure i'd find her very likable if she weren't working 70 hour weeks.

No point wanting it to change, just have to make do and smile.

 

[Niels]

We're on good terms. Although they made a few mistakes while raising me, they meant well. Our personal ethics are similar, but our underlying temperaments are fundamentally different. This has been a source of misunderstanding through the years. Although we may never truly see eye to eye, however, our relationship is cordial.

 

[Fenny the Fox]

I do indeed get along with my folks. That isn't to say we have no disagreements or arguments or whatnot - but that we can easily get around those and enjoy being around each other.

It has essentially always been that way, more or less.

My father and I seem to grow closer as the years go by, rather than growing apart as I see so many of my friends do with their parents. We have come to find that we have many more common interests than we ever thought we did - we both have come to love caving ("spelunking", if you wish), we both love camping, kayaking. We both want to get better at rope climbing (mountain climbing and caving being the final goal of that endeavor). We both love nerdy things like anime and manga and Japanese culture. And we both have come to really be similar in other areas as well. So we have had a great deal to grow closer with.

My mother and I are pretty close. Of course...I was always a bit of a "momma's boy", I suppose you could say. So that hasn't really changed.

I don't want that to change, either. Clearly.
I risked a bit of difficulty between my father and I when I came out to him. But he took it in stride, and we are as close as ever. Since then, we just continue like nothing ever happened and keep pushing for the things we both want to accomplish together.

 

[Aino]

I get along with them and I'm sure we all love each other but we keep our distance. I visit them maybe once or twice a month but apart from that we communicate very little... It's nice seeing them then and I enjoy talking with them and all but that's enough. Especially now that I'm married we have our own lives more clearly. We're pretty private in general as well though.

 

[mindfulness]

Do you get along with mom and dad? Are they even around? Was it always this way? Do you want it to change?

Yep. They're better people than most people I know. They made me who I am and I am very grateful to have them, even when they are less than perfect. Humanly speaking, my dad is probably one of the best people I've ever met and my mom has a heart of gold that cannot be matched.

 

[CrystalBrooke]

I really started liking my parents and getting along with them when I moved out. I like them better when I don't live with them.

 

[Welcomematt]

Yes. I'm thankful for it too.

 

[Speculative]

No. I do not get along with my parents. I never have gotten along with my mother. She is manipulative and abusive and hates men in general. I cannot prove it, but my wife and I have suspicions that she may have even physically abused our daughter on a couple of occasions. I got along with my father before he died, but he was always very passive and just took my mother's abuse. I've tried every thing I possibly could for 20 years to try to heal this relationship, but it's just not happening. I've pretty much given up.