Do you have a good relationship with your parents?

[Andrea]

A general question that interests me. You can explain if you want to.

[Bryan]

Well mine is alright but a lot of the time its bad...My dads rarely home so I don't have a actual relationship with him...I won't say that I hate them and we don't like each other.

[Nick]

my mom is awesome, she lets me do a lot of mature things because she trusts me (I'm 15 in November BTW), but my dad can be cool SOMETIMES, a lot of the time hes stuck up and treats me like a Fuckin 5 year old. take earlier today for instance, Last night after i brushed me teeth i decided not to go to bed and stayed up drank some pop and ate more, woke up got on the computer before i brushed em when i woke up and he goes you have till 10 to go brush em and all day hes been acting like hes the most important person.

[Arlene]

I would say that I have a very good relationship with both of my parents.

Although, what they don't know won't hurt them.

[Dean]

My dad's a wanker. Seriously. I used to like him a lot but I've lost all my respect for him in the past year or so. As for my mom, I can't really complain.

[Todd]

Yes, a great one with both. Couldn't really get any better than it already is

[Anthony.]

Yeah, I have a great relationship with my parents. They're not too restrictive but it's because they know they don't need to be - they can trust me.

[Harlz]

They're alright... a bit controlling at time, but getting better.

Mum's actually a nice person, I'd wanna know her even if we weren't related, but Dad just simply isn't a friendly, fun kinda guy. He honestly has no friends, and doesn't want them either, just wants to be sarcastic at the whole world.

[Messy Marj]

My Mom's really sweet.
My dad has been okay for the past year, all those years before he was a 1st class asshole.

So, I like my Mom way better than my dad. :)

[Bryan]

Although, what they don't know won't hurt them.
:lol:

[Derek The Infamous]

How do I view my parents? Well...

If I had to judge, I would say that my relationship with both of them is unlike most kids can admit to. I have my sour moments with them, but we don't fight that often, I never have truly hated either of them, and I feel comfortable sharing things I don't usually share with some of my friends which means a lot considering all I've told them over the years. When people turned their back on me, my mom and dad were my only friend at times, and when you need someone to talk to, and they are there to understand what you are going through..it's just simply incredible.

I wish everyone had parents like mine, because the world would be a happier place. They've been so supportive over me with everything (from LPA, to my new relationship with Andrea), and I can't even begin to say how thankful I am for that.

I love my parents. I hope even when I'm an asshole sometimes, they realize that.

[Ryo Hazuki]

My dad is an idiot, my mom is a nervous wreck. So, natrually the answer is no.

[Amy]

My mum is the greatest person in the world EVER. She's like.. my idol. She's really cool and awesome and she's being through so much. We get on so well and have supported each other through everything. We've been really close since I was younger.

My dad, I don't talk to him anymore unless I really have to. He wasn't the nicest person you could say when I was growing up, really quite the opposite. I've never got on with him.

[Astro Zombies]

I have a somewhat good relationship with my parents. We don't always agree.

[Evan™]

i only have a good relations to my Dad since he's the only one whos willing to listen to me and not so judgemental about my views since my family especially my mom's side and the sibs are hardline Catholics and me being the only agnostic almost always means my mom will hate what i have to say or just simply wont listen to me...so yeah..

[Seinfeld]

My mom's possesive, depressed 24/7, she gets irritated easily and takes it out on me and I always fire back, mostly end up hurting myself when I start raging and destroying shit in my room.

My dad's neglective, agressive and lives in denial...I've confronted him with things like:

He missed my 10th birthday, because he didn't want to see mom and that very night he grounded me for being mad at him for it.
He beat the living shit out of me every time I did something 'wrong', and when I started crying, he'd beat me again and tell me to stop crying. And he'd tell me it's not true, or I should stop acting like such a dramaqueen.

Everytime I defend myself, it backfires and I feel worse than before...bacause both of them will make me listen to what's wrong with me...but they won't listen to what really bothers me. Everytime I want to tell them things they've done wrong, they freak out and tell me to either shut the fuck up or get out their sight...

yeah...I hate and love them both...but right now, I would much rather be without either of them.

Edit: I don't want this to seem like I want attention, but...My mom's depression has reached into my life so much, I actually believe I'm the one who should be swallowing her antidepressums. Might sound stupid, but: Depression's a sickness and it IS contageous if there's no-one around, strong enough to keep your spirits lifted.

[El Muerto]

Pretty good relationship :)

[Harlz]

My mom's possesive, depressed 24/7, she gets irritated easily and takes it out on me and I always fire back, mostly end up hurting myself when I start raging and destroying shit in my room.

My dad's neglective, agressive and lives in denial...I've confronted him with things like:

He missed my 10th birthday, because he didn't want to see mom and that very night he grounded me for being mad at him for it.
He beat the living shit out of me every time I did something 'wrong', and when I started crying, he'd beat me again and tell me to stop crying. And he'd tell me it's not true, or I should stop acting like such a dramaqueen.

Everytime I defend myself, it backfires and I feel worse than before...bacause both of them will make me listen to what's wrong with me...but they won't listen to what really bothers me. Everytime I want to tell them things they've done wrong, they freak out and tell me to either shut the fuck up or get out their sight...

yeah...I hate and love them both...but right now, I would much rather be without either of them.

Edit: I don't want this to seem like I want attention, but...My mom's depression has reached into my life so much, I actually believe I'm the one who should be swallowing her antidepressums. Might sound stupid, but: Depression's a sickness and it IS contageous if there's no-one around, strong enough to keep your spirits lifted.

Anti-depressants don't help much though. They'll just dull you down, they suck. Don't go there mate.

[heshboy]

I can't stand my step-mom or my step dad. Both are over protective, dream crushing, ruin a life ass holes. When I'm gone I'm done with the bull shit that's been holding me back.

[Seinfeld]

;706896']Anti-depressants don't help much though. They'll just dull you down, they suck. Don't go there mate.

I know they don't help...I'm not that uninformed. I'm just saying I feel I'm the one that feels depressed now.

[Debus]

My Dad is a little awkward, and my Mum can do my head in, but otherwise we all get on just fine

[Mark]

Absolutely. My father is someone I aspire to be, and Mom can do some annoying things but she provides for me and is very helpful.

[Will]

I have a strong relationship with both of my parents. I couldn't ever claim I have a stronger relationship with one over the other, though. My mom can be annoying sometimes, and my dad can be the biggest asshole on the face of the planet, but after a couple hours, no one even remembers.

[Harlz]

I know they don't help...I'm not that uninformed. I'm just saying I feel I'm the one that feels depressed now.

Fair enough, didn't mean to imply that you're uninformed or anything.

[Fear]

I get along really well with my Mom. It's very complicated though. When I was little, my Mom and Dad used to fight all the time. When I was born, he even made my Mom do a blood test to see if he was really the father. He used to choke her, once in front of me. So once they got divorced, I was 10, I was petrified of going over his house by myself, I mean, I had my little brother and sister, but still, they were 4-5 at the time. Finally, last spring, he started screaming at me the minute I walked in the door and was like ''I'm sick of this fucking bullshit with you being late. Why don't you just go back to your fucking mother's''. So I did, I left, and I haven't been back since. He'll occasionally go to the mall because I work there, and he thinks I'm afraid of him. Funny thing is, he can't look at me. My grandparents on his side try to make me feel guilty to for not talking to them, but fuck it. I'll talk to them, but if my Dad even tries to go there when I am, I'm gone. So...yeah, I get along with my Mom fine. My grandparents are my Mom's side try to control my life too, I mean, they buy me a lot of stuff, but they are also control freaks and act like I am their child because I've spent time with them since I was 5. I've tried to break away, but nothing works. They make my Mom cry all the time too and feel like shit, and that really bothers me sometimes. Idk. My Dad was an alcoholic too, so that didn't help the relationship either.

[Evan™]

wow the way things are going makes me look like the only one with a strong relationship with my dad and not my mom...ah well

[Tomi]

It puzzles me that rarely anyone has a better relationship with their dad. My dad and I are like best friends. We joke around a lot, we understand each other rather well, and we bottom-line get along great. My mom, on the other hand, is rather the odd one. I mean, I get along with her really well, but her attitude at times is just stupid. Sometimes she seems to forget that I'm 16, not 6, and therefore she worries way too much about my safety [recent newspaper articles about someone attacking females in another part of the city]. I mean, yes, it's something rather serious, but I'm not as helpless as I look. My grandpa [mom's dad] and I get along great. I mean, he's a blind man and doesn't speak English, he needs someone to support him. My mom's rather the childish one and often doesn't want to talk to him directly, instead through me. So I tend to give her hell when she tries to make me do something for her concerning him [like telling him to do something, giving him food (basically she gives it to me and tells me to give it to him and tell him it's served), or whatever. I see that as absolutely childish and regardless of whatever history there is, she shouldn't be acting as that toward him, as he is her father, after all. Sure, he's a pain in the ass sometimes, but that's because she provokes it. My dad's not happy about it either and it stresses him out, but we stick together. Bottom line is, we all get along together, there's no absolute hate toward one member or the other, like I've heard in other families. *shrug*