Parents

[AbbaZabba]

Just curious to what you think about your parents: For me, I got really cool and awesome parents. We've had a few little issues, but never any real harsh words ever spoken. They are really fun to be around and my friends love being around them. They are very supportive of me and my feelings.

[Coolboi]

my dads really cool just to controlling .mom passed away last year she was really awesome and dad tho he backs me up big time at just about everything I do . my friends come over and they all like him . dads got mad at me a few times ( my fault ) so he was right but all in all I would not give him up for anything. I love you daddy !

[dontfiguremeout]

Honestly I love my mom! She's the reason I became so academic and become successful in school, the reason I get to do everything I want to do, and she's such a caring mother!

[Dimentio]

Hey Abby i am happy to hear about you and your parents :D
Also not meaning to get dark or depressive here but my mum and dad split up when i was really young, And my dad acts like he took the split like a champion and my mum was weak, When honestly she is the strongest person i know and he took out his rage on the split on us, His life crumbled to pieces and he abused us, And then my mum met a new guy and with our dad still abusing us every weekend this new guy was to, But he was also abusive to my mum, It was horrible, But still through that, My mums main priority was to protect us and keep us living, So she dealt with the abuse for us.
And a few years back she met a new guy and he is A LOT nicer then the other men and i can tell my mumma is happy and safe :)
So yeah i hate my dad and could happily disown him but my mum is a role model! Everyone says they have the perfect mum but i think mine is, She dealt with years of abuse and depression just for us kids, Then met a new guy and had to do the same stuff all the while keeping a smile on and being brave and acting like nothing was wrong, Live with us in a one bedroom apartment for a year with only £500 Move house on her own with us, And yeah she did have depression for a while but who wouldn't? And she did have a drinking problem at one point but still her main priority was us! And her drinking issue led her to meet the new guy, I honestly owe my life to my mum, With all the abuse she dealt with and how she always kept a smile on, Protected us and did everything she could for us, The rest of my life with be devoted to the strongest and best woman i know :)

[workingatperfect]

I love my mom. I think she's an awesome woman, especially given everything she's been through (her father leaving, watching her mom be abused, practically raising her two sisters while her mom worked a zillion jobs, never going to the same school more than a year, and then dropping out.) She's a little worse for wear, but she's strong, and she's worked really hard to give my brother and I a better life than she had. She's pretty cool too, I've always been the one with the cool mom, because she's right in the middle. She's not too strict, but she's not trying to buddy up with my friends either. And she's about to get married to a wonderful guy who treats her the way she deserves and treats me pretty damn well too. She deserves a guy like him after 29 years with my dad.

Now, as for my dad, I think he's a lazy, selfish, drunk bastard. My parents divorced 5 years ago, and I was happy. He's irresponsible, he was never around, he didn't treat my mom like his partner, but rather the mother of his kids. That was her role. Even when she worked, if he wanted to buy something, he made the decision on his own. Sure, she was expected to handle bills and bring in some money, but she had no say in whether or not he got a motorcycle or spent a few hundred bucks redoing the pool table. And now, he's left me uninsured since he got fired last summer and isn't bothering to find a new job (my mom doesn't have benefits at her job) even though it was clearly stated in their divorce that my insurance coverage is his responsibility. Then there's the fact that he got my older brother a birthday present and asked him to come over that day, but a couple months later, my birthday happened to fall on the weekend I had to spend with him, and he didn't even bother getting me a card or cake.

Long story short, my dad is my role model for everything I DON'T want in a husband/father of my kids. I mean, I don't think he's a bad guy really, I think he's just a bad husband/dad.

[Leon03]

I love both my parents. They are supportive whenever they need to be. They are monitoring and caring just as much my brothers and I might need. And yet they let us make our own mistakes...
My mom is the person I go to when I am sad and feel like being caressed and comforted.
My dad is the one to argue and discuss with (in a very good an constructive way). He approves or disapproves my arguments by questioning them and helps me to form my own solid opinion.

[teen.jpg]

My mom is cool, just a little bit controlling at times. If I wasn't so young, I would understand its for my best interest.

My dad lives in another city and we don't speak much.

[jayyy-lmao]

My dad is a total asshole.

[Apollo.]

I love my parents, but I hate them as well they are nosey, abrasive in every conversation, and love getting involved in my life. Yeah I understand its "cause they care" but I can look after myself. Other times we get on great.

[Syvelocin]

I adore my parents.

We've been very, very rocky in the past however. Especially my mother and me. Something about two bipolar, menstruating women just never seemed to function, I wonder why? :P

But once I left my teen years around sixteen or so, I started growing very attached to them. My mum is like my big sister now. Pretty much the same for my dad, except we were less conflicted and while my mum was yelling at me, I clung to him. But we still have conflicting personalities.

I've only met the man who impregnated my mum twice or so, and both times I was very dissatisfied.

[Akasuki]

My mom had been my best friend all of my life until she spiraled into depression and tended to her boyfriend more than she tended to me. We're still not really close like we used to be, but she let me move all the way across the country to live with my boyfriend so I am very grateful for her selflessness. I really love who she is. My mom is someone all youth would look up to.. Very caring and down to earth.

My dad was very abusive to me up until I moved out. He's gotten help and I'm really happy he did. I think he's turned into a good person.

[Incompris]

My mom is pretty cool when she feels like it she can be alot of fun and she does love me and I love her to bu she can be totally uncaring sometimes though especially when my new step dad is around and he is an abusive jerk towards me and my sister.

[Mobalo]

I have a wonderful mom and I love her a lot. My dad died in less than a year ago, and mom's not been herself since, but I still love her :)

[OrKing]

My mum is a pretty awesome woman considering everything she's gone through in her life. She was raised in a war zone in Northern Ireland and was extremely poor. Her mom sent her back to the shop once for a half penny, if that gives you a clue of their wealth. She then went on to have her first kid, my brother at the age of seventeen so she's pretty much been a mom all her life. And then her last child, my little sister was born disabled so she's pretty much been a constant carer of five children over the course of her life. It getting continually worse with the aging of me and my brothers and us being asshole whilst she also had to deal with my dad who back then was an asshole. She's got a lethal temper but when she's not angry she's a great mother. Generous, compassionate and almost overly understanding.

My dad on the other hand whilst I was growing up was a tosser. He smashed up the whole house in front of all of us at least once a week, with three kids under the age of ten watching. He was rarely ever home before we were all in bed and was a borderline alcoholic and criminal. I remember he took me on a car insurance scam job once and our house was raided a good few times when I was younger. He was even sent to prison more than once and he was such a crappy father I don't remember him being gone. Then, for the icing on the cake he put a kitchen knife to his chest and threatened to kill himself on the night they finally fucking broke up. In front of me, my mom and my two little sisters.

Over the years he got better after he lost us. He's no where near as much of a dick anymore and is actually a reasonably good father in terms of most things.

Basically, I love my mom, although sometimes she can be one scary fucker. My dad I like, but I don't think I'll ever forgive him deep down for putting us through what he did and having four kids that were bound to be fucked up in some way being brought up in that household. Still, their okay. I think it could have been worse.

[Erasmus]

I love my parents, but I hate them as well they are nosey, abrasive in every conversation, and love getting involved in my life. Yeah I understand its "cause they care" but I can look after myself. Other times we get on great.

I feel the same way. They're awesome people, but sometimes, I just need my space.

[Hypers]

My parents are very caring and always think for my good, but often act overprotective and restrictive, and never ask for my opinions.

[PerpetualMotionSquad]

My mum and dad are pretty cool. However my mum isn't in the best job but we need the money. She can sometimes be very emotional which is understandable. On the whole they're pretty funny and cool to be around.

[Eclipsical]

My parents are pretty awesome.

My mom can be a bit annoying and bring up things I don't feel like talking about but otherwise no complaints.

[missK]

i had enough of my mom violating my privacy...
she just entered the room sometimes..although i locked the door she still have the keys to open it..my gosh.....can't wait to leave the house....
once,i'm on earphone listening to music and dance in my room...obviously i can't listen if she did knock the door rite?well she just open my door up with a key...so humiliating...omgg

[TapDancer]

My mother is an amazing woman. Her early days were tough, her family were middle class, but, her brother, my uncle, I am not sure what was wrong with him, but, he was wheelchair bound and had to be fed and looked after. My mum did that, while attending school while granny was sick and pa was at work. She became a physio, and then, she met my dad. Awesome dude, I'll talk about him later. My mum has always been religious, she considered becoming a nun (I'm glad she didn't). My dad was shaken at the time, he just left an abusive relationship. My dad wouldn't hurt a fly. He was the first canadian man to successfully divorce a woman on the grounds of mental cruelty (something women do all the time to men). Anyway, having to pay a lot of money under the table to his ex, to get custody of my half sister, he, although having a masters in several different things, was quite poor. He had a top job, he as just paying off debts. Anyway, his job, made him relocate to Australia, where me and my siblings were born. We were middle class, he worked, life was great. Back to my mum, she left her family, as did dad, it was sad. not long after, my grandparents had died. Only my grandmother from mums side met my older sister. Anyway, life was great until 2004 when he was diagnosed with Bowel Cancer. He fought, we even went experimental with the drugs. He died 3 years later. They were married for 20 years, and were still just as happy as they were when they first met. More tragedy for mum. So, my mum is left to care for four kids, the youngest was 2 at the time. Also with the fact, that she did watch her true love die, she saw the pain in his eyes as he left his kids and wife behind. A couple years later, she joined the church officially. Today, she is an Anglican priest. A year ago, she remarried. She made it clear that my dad was her first love. He tries to parent us. We hate it, he tries to be so controlling, but, when mum had to work all the time, us kids had to fend for ourselves a lot. We didn't mind, at 10, I could cook! But, that's life. He came in the picture, and wanted to change things to be his way. It never worked. Their relationship is not perfect, but, I think my mum is happy. No way near as happy as was though. my youngest sibling is now 9, we are barely keeping our heads above water, she married a retiree. She can't afford to send us to private school, catholic school at that, but she does, and as a result, the mortgage is crippling us, and, when all us kids are grown up, she won't have a house to live in (that's okay, us kids will combine to buy her a house). She sacrifices so much. She is a female minister, something Catholics do not approve of. She has an openly gay son, me. My sister is in a relationship with a 42 year old, she is 20. (That is another story, my mum is not stupid, if my sister was at risk, she would not allow it). Yet, she puts up with the catholic school so us kids get a good education, because, where we live, the schools suck, and being gay, she's afraid of my welfare at a public school. Oh yeah, even though she took vows to god and stuff, regardless of what the bible says, or what her theological understanding is, she still accepts her gay son. My mother has just redefined superwoman.
My Dad, he was so generous and caring. He was old school, but, I know he would have been so supportive of my being gay. He was great. Every time us siblings wanted something, he would get it, regardless of how much it cost him. Don't think us kids ere spoiled, we were taught to be humble. I never had a gaming console till a year ago when I bought a PS3. But at the same time, I never wanted one. He fought his cancer so much. I mean, he should have died a year before he did, I miss him so much. I could go on and on, but, I have typed enough.

To sum it up if you don't want to read it all, my parents were amazing. I love them to death and wouldn't be the person I am now without them.

[happygolucky13]

Mine are divorced- but I still love them both life is a lot harder though. My mom is the biggest blessing I have, I thank God for her cause right now our lives are unstable but we still try to make it and I just love my mommy!

[AbbaZabba]

Mine are divorced- but I still love them both life is a lot harder though. My mom is the biggest blessing I have, I thank God for her cause right now our lives are unstable but we still try to make it and I just love my mommy!

Hey Alvin, always hate hearing about divorced families, but sounds like you still maintain a positive attitude, which I admire. All bad things in life happen for a reason and with a positive attitude, great things happen from them. Take care.

[Jess]

My parents are great. I love them. Sometimes they can be a bit annoying and overprotective and not understanding (mainly my mom), but they are still great parents.

[TinyDancer]

I'm pretty lucky that my mom & dad really love me and want only the best for me. They are very supportive but can be a little over-protective sometimes. But that life!

[happygolucky13]

Hey Alvin, always hate hearing about divorced families, but sounds like you still maintain a positive attitude, which I admire. All bad things in life happen for a reason and with a positive attitude, great things happen from them. Take care.

Thank you:)

[WalkingOnDisaster]

My mom is my only friend that's never abandoned me or screwed me over. Sshe is so fun and light-hearted. She looks at me like a friend, but is easy to respect as a parent.She supports me 100%, even when she doesn't like what I am doing.
My dad tries but just doesn't understand.
Above all... My parents rock.

[xmojox]

My real parents are both dead. Dad died of cancer when I was a little over a year old, and Mom got killed by a drunk driver when I was 10. My little bro and I have new parents now. Our Aunt and Uncle adopted us just over a year ago. We've lived with them and our cousins since she got killed, but it wasn't until January last year we decided that we wanted them to adopt us. They are truly amazing people, and I love them both very much. They are both kind and giving and caring people who approach life with a sense of humor. There are 8 kids in our house, and of the 8, only 3 are their own blood children, and 3 aren't related at all. Just kids who needed a place to go. They've helped me through some really tough times. My real mom's death, my own serious illness, coping with abuse I experienced when I was between 5 and 8. I'm thankful for my new Mom and Dad every single day of my life.