Do You Get Along with Your Parents?

[juicylips]

Live close by?

Daily contact?

or...

Once a month...scattered phone calls...etc.


If your parents have passed on, have any regrets about your relationship?

Cassidy

 

[Cibo]

Sorry, can't keep it up.

 

[VanB]

I get on very well with them

When we're in different countries

 

[Lost Cause]

Iwould die for my Parents. They were and are the best role models I can think of. My Father kept getting delt letdown after letdown, but kept pounding away. He worked three jobs to put food on the table, with five of us, we kept my Mother working full time! I can always talk to them about anything, anytime. I never saw my Parents raise their voices to each other or fight..even though we knew things were difficult financially. I call at least twice a week just to keep in touch, I plan to go down and see them after I find a job.
I am a better person because of my Father and Mother.

 

[T.H. Oughts]

My Mum is a very close friend to me also and my SO thinks she is great My Dad, well that is a whole other kettle of fish......

They live close by....

 

[HotXBunz]

My father passed away five years ago. I miss him terribly especially this time of year. He lived in the Midwest and it was usually cold there this time of year. It is warm and spring like here in February so he would come and work in my garden and putter around my house.

I was seen as competition to my mother from birth. We never got along. I finally found the courage to break ties after she threatened to burn my house down because I "have not suffered enough" in my life. I have never had such peace in my life. I fully expect to get a call any time with the news she had passed away. I know I tried everything I could to have a relationship with her. There will be no regrets.

 

[YabYumFun]

Greatest parents on earth! Close by, great advice, superb food, but wise enough to let me live my own life.

Hope I can be as good a parent to my kids.

Y.

 

[Andreina]

Great Parents

I have really great parents. I didnt get along all too well with my mom when I was in my teenage years (i.e. 15-18) simply because we were too similar and fought a lot. It also didnt help that I'm an only child and that they were overprotective.
Since I moved to a different country we get on really well, we enjoy our limited time together. We talk about 3 times a week on the phone.

My parents gave me the best of both worlds; my dad took me to sports events, introduced me to motorsports and various other sports, while my mom showed me the wonderful world of theatre and classical music. Even now when I'm back home I ususally go to Museums with my mom -- just like we used to do when I was younger. Every weekend we went to Vienna or to some other place to see some exhibition.

I also owe them greatly for travelling with me. We backpacked around Scandinavia for almost 3 months, backpacked all the way to Portugal through France and Spain when I was 8 and spent many summers camping in Greece and the Tuscany.

The single thing I owe them most for probably is that they gave me opportunity to study abroad -- trust me, I'm an expensive daughter. But then I know they do it because they can and because they want me to have the best education possible.


I them!


Halo

 

[sexy-girl]

my mum is the best ... i mean how she deals with lisa and i and things its wonderful ... i never feel like we're abnormal or anything when we're at home ... she will knock on our door and is quite happy to come in and give us coffee/tea in bed


i dont get along with my dad through my own choice i hardly speak to him is nothing to do with me being a lesbian though and is sad that things happened that made me dislike him but is something that i cant get over

 

[Demian]

Call Me Jealous

Iwould die for my Parents. They were and are the best role models I can think of. My Father kept getting delt letdown after letdown, but kept pounding away. He worked three jobs to put food on the table, with five of us, we kept my Mother working full time! I can always talk to them about anything, anytime. I never saw my Parents raise their voices to each other or fight..even though we knew things were difficult financially. I call at least twice a week just to keep in touch, I plan to go down and see them after I find a job.
I am a better person because of my Father and Mother.

Raised by my Mom until christians took over, she never kept a picture of him for me to see...I'm pretty sure he's a big part of me...it hurts to not know wut he even looks like, or where his final resting place is

But another beer and Come Together will make me feel better

 

[christophe]

Yes, I actually get along well with my folks and my in-laws both....go figure!

 

[riff]

I lav my parents

My parents live in the same city.

Love them. In fact, I am at their house now. Yesterday after the race I got to feeling lonely and all of my friends were either sick or with their boyfriends or no where to be found.

I went to the gym and worked out and didn't want to go home went to my parents. Dad had just pulled a brisket off of the pit. "Can I spend the night here, mom?"

"Sure, baby, anytime"

I don't have daily contact. I probably see them twice a week. Drop by for lunch, have dinner one night.

I have had, however, to tell them not to involve me in their personal disputes. I told them that I was not their parent, I am the child.

Another answer to a "juicy" question.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Nope. Can't stand my mother, I'm about to give her a piece of my mind because she keeps psychoanalyzing me. She had the cajones to tell me that I don't know what suffering is. Screw her. Haven't spoken to my father in 9 years. I find that very comfortable since I can't even stand to be in the same room with him.

Though, I adore my in-laws. Every last one of them. I call them my family.

 

[Guest]

Cassidy,

Both of my parents have passed away, but there isn't a single day that goes by that I'm not thinking about them in some way. The anniversary of my mother's passing is the end of this month and it's always a struggle to make it through those days. What makes it much more difficult is that this weekend approaching is the weekend I flew to my sister's house to help care for my mom so my sister could get some much-needed rest.

It wasn't until my mom passed away that my brother-in-law pulled me aside to tell me how my mom had been waiting to see me that weekend. He wanted me to know that about three weeks prior to my coming, she would keep a running countdown in her head as to my arrival. Each day my mom would tell my brother-in-law the number of days. Knowing this makes me feel so sad because I made her wait that long. My God, there isn't a day that goes by that I wish I had known that because I would have done my best to get there much sooner. But, then he tries to tell me that I should be grateful because this was her way of living a few more weeks - this was her strength to make it until she was able to see me.

The weekend I was there, I was able to hold her, comfort her, whisper and sing to her. We laughed and cried together. I was able to tell her how much I loved her and appreciated everything she had done for me while I was growing up and in my adult years. She was able to hold me and tell me just how much she loved me.

When I left on that Sunday evening, I knew in my heart that was the last time I would ever see her alive. She knew it, too, because after I had gone, she told my brother-in-law she was so happy because she had been able to see all of her children now. That Wednesday, she suffered a major stroke - that was the worst day of my life - getting that call and then making that 7 to 8 hour drive down two different turnpikes was the worst thing I've ever done. But my mom knew how long it took and she struggled to hold on until I got there, too. I always knew my mom was strong and very determined, but this was an act of God, too.

I stayed with her every night in the hospital and for most of the days, too. We finally had to make the decision that I can't even bring myself to write, and we let her quietly pass on. I don't think I'll ever get over having to make that decision. To this day, I have that inside my head and I knew we all did the right thing, it's just that every time I think about it I want to die inside, too.

My father and grandmother passed on in much the same way 24 years ago. I had lived in Sicily for several months and when the calls came that they had passed away, I didn't think I would make it then. They passed away two months apart of each other. I have this fear about leaving people, now, because of this. I am so afraid to leave people and say bye to them because I always have this nagging fear they will not be there when I return. It's a terrible way to go through life.

 

[juicylips]

Enchanted,

What immense strength you have!! Death is never easy to handle no matter how many years has gone by. You are more courageous than you realize.

Don't allow fear to rule your life, E. You have so much to give as a friend. It's true we don't know the future, but don't let it rob us of what we have with others now.

I am always here to talk if you need me.
Cassidy

 

[Elizabeth]

We get along pretty well. They are in California, I am in Michigan..the distance may play a part in that. I think I would be a little suffocated if they lived near me.

 

[Carmen]

My parents an I love each other very much, and we have a great relationship,,,,

As long as they live in the other end of the country, and stay there.

 

[plasticman33]

Mom is in Florida, I get to see her about once a year. Communicate two to three times a week by phone, we've always had a good relationship. Dad died about four years ago, but we were close also. I have many good memories of hunting and fishing with him.

 

[espressolover]

My mom and I are very close.
It wasn't always that way...we had alot of animosity between us for a very long time.
But ever since my dad died I think we both came to the realization that each other was all that we had. We pulled together in grief and are great friends since. Love you and miss you like crazy, dad!

 

[Cheyenne]

Yes, they live close by and yes I get along with them well. I see them once a week for dinner (my mom loves to cook for me) and I talk to them on the phone a couple times during the week. We even take family vacations where my siblings and their families show up, too. I have just as much contact with my siblings/nieces/nephew.

 

[MidnightsBlue]

If your parents have passed on, have any regrets about your relationship?

Cassidy

My parents have passed on. A year apart from each other. I was only 12 when my father passed and 13 when my mother passed. I don't have any regrets but wishing they were still here.

 

[Calamity Jane]

I get along great with my parents. My mom and I were just talking last week about how cool it is that we're friends. The need to parent me isn't there for her like it used to be, so we can talk more openly about our lives. It's a great thing.

I make the drive out to visit mom about once a month, and we talk several times a week on the phone. I see my dad less often, even though he lives closer, but when we see each other, we get along.

 

[Massive Grooves]

My parents and I have always had a good relationship.

I used to live near them, I don't anymore. Want to babysit?

 

[alltherage]

My dad died a year ago this month. He and I always got along. Mom and I try to get along and we love each other but it is difficult to see her often. She had a very difficult family life growing up and the impact of that on her causes her not to see the disfunction in her life as disfunction. To her it is normal. My mom is the type of person who has not filter between what she thinks and what she says which makes for very interesting conversations. I love my mom and she loves me but we won't have the friendship my dad and I had. I used to catch him looking at me when he thought I couldn't see. He had pride on his face and I know I caused that. I cherish that memory. At the worst moments of my life my dad was there for me. It is very hard now that he is no longer there.

 

[AriaSilverfyre]

Currently I'm still living at home with my parents. I can't stand my mom. She drives me absolutely insane with her lack of ability to realize that I am not like her nor will I ever be. My dad on the other hand, is a bit more understanding. I get along with him better than I do with my mom.

Though, there are times when my mom and I aren't fighting. Those are better times, however they are very rare.