You and your parents

[Rock]

I feel pretty lucky that my parents live so close by. My wife and I eat dinner at their house at least once a week, and do the same at her parents house once a week.
Whenever a friend calls and asks what I am up to that night and I tell them I'm going to one of those places they say something like "Didn't you just see them last week?" or "Why?" or "You see them A LOT!" Like its a chore to see them. And this isn't just from friends who had asshole parents, but friends that have/had cool parents. Not like your parents are cool to your friends but pains in the ass to you. But cool parents that I've known for more than half of my life in some cases.

Anyways, I can't imagine living within an hour from my parents and not seeing them weekly or at least 3 times a month. Hows about you? Is it just like, "eh whatever" or "ill talk to them on the phone now and again"?

By the way, i'm a total mama's boy so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

[MC Moot]

I'm envious...I see my father for 6 weeks in Spain every summer...he just came overseas for Christmas and my heart is sick because I already miss him so much...when I drove away after droping him at the airport this past week I was doing this silent crying thing by myself in the car...totally unconscious of it,not shamed to say it in the least....when you see him over these 9 month seperated periods he ages so visibly it's very sad,man...plus the older I get I find I see sooooo much of him in myself and my siblings.....*sigh*

[Randetica]

sometimes i see my dad a bunch of times in a year, other years i have zero contact with him which doesnt really itch me

i live with my mum so i usually see her too much

[beastieangel01]

I get along well with my Mom and I'd love to see her more often if I lived near. The same goes for my little brother.

[b-grrrlie]

I just saw my mum over Christmas, visited her for 2½ days. First time for five years...

[TAL]

My parents live about a 20 minute drive away. I see them maybe 10 times a year. We get along.

[Randetica]

i in fact love my sister way more than my parents, we are soul twins

[TAL]

10 is almost once a month, that's not right. So maybe 7 times a year.

[ericlee]

I get to see my mom about once a year.

I've always moved and haven't lived where she's at for like 15 years or so. My mom is gettin old and stuff now so I'd like to spend more time with her but it's almost impossible unless I move back home and there really isn't any decent jobs for me over there.

[AceFace]

I'm envious...I see my father for 6 weeks in Spain every summer...he just came overseas for Christmas and my heart is sick because I already miss him so much...when I drove away after droping him at the airport this past week I was doing this silent crying thing by myself in the car...totally unconscious of it,not shamed to say it in the least....when you see him over these 9 month seperated periods he ages so visibly it's very sad,man...plus the older I get I find I see sooooo much of him in myself and my siblings.....*sigh*
that was heart touching.

i see my parents a couple times a month. we make sure to have lunch at least once a month and i come to visit. they're very country, so they don't like driving to my house in the city. like it takes more than 20 mins or something. and like i live in a big city.

[Yetra Flam]

It's sort of hard being in a different continent to them, knowing i can't do anything to help them.

[QueenAdrock]

I see them only twice a year and it really bugs me. Once after each semester is over. We email all the time and talk on the phone, but I miss them. They'll come and visit me in Canada next August, though.

My mom was really upset to hear I was moving so far away since it meant that we wouldn't get to see each other that much, though I told her I'd get to see her more now that I don't have to worry about "vacation days" or whatever else, I just tell my part-timer to go shove it and they say okay.

[Kid Presentable]

Dad's dead. Mum and the step-dad I see every so often, usually just to have a beer with my step-dad. I love my Mum, but I have a hard time liking her.

[hitmonlee]

my parents live one block away from me (5 min walk). i see them a fair bit but they never offer to cook dinner for me (very rarely anyway - i think they know i try to capitalise on free dinners). i'm quite often needing to borrow something (sleeping bag, air mattress, wine glasses)

i see my dad 5 times a week at least because i work with him. mum maybe once a week... nothing formal, i sometimes drop over after work with dad, or i go past there on my way to catch the train.

my brother lives another few blocks away so we're quite often both over helping them with the renovations. then we all sit down for a joint. my parents are dudes (y)

[RobMoney$]

I was taken away from my mother and father when I was 4 months old. I've never met my mother, and have only met my father once when I was 11yrs. old or so.

I've also disassociated myself from the "mother" who raised me too.


I'm not the type of person who is dependant on the love or aid of others.

[funk63]

my biological mother is an evil lady and i try and avoid her as much as possible. but i could definitely see myself hangin with my dad and stepmom (when i move out)

[Schmeltz]

I live basically across the city from my parents, but I go over to their house once a week for brunch and I always look forward to it. I like to be able to see my family - not just my parents but my sisters (when they're in town) and my brother - in a context that's kind of on my terms, where I don't have to be subjected to too much of their bullshit religion and we can all enjoy each other's company without any awkwardness or tension.

I love my family very dearly but I'll never understand why they think the way they do, even though I was raised to believe the same things. But none of that matters when we're all together. That's one nice thing about being an adult, I think.

[trailerprincess]

My parents live a 15min walk away from me. I usually see them about once a week, either for a cup of tea or dinner. My dad works away though and he's gone 3 months at a time so I do miss him when he's gone :(
My sister and brother also live in the area so I see them fairly regularly. I like it for the most part.

[MC Moot]

It's sort of hard being in a different continent to them, knowing i can't do anything to help them.

yeah,that's my trip....see we have a large plot of land with orange,lemon and olive trees...it's a functioning farm but we donate the bounty to the church....it's a hell of alot of physical work and the old man is starting to wear down,getting forgetful....driving with him has become scary,etc....and that's hard to watch/be aware of when I'm so far away....like recently there was gypsy scum encamped on our land and it was all I could do not to grab a flight and bring the wrath of god down on them....:mad:

[abcdefz]

My parents and I exchange birthday cards; that's about it. That don't give a flying fuck about me and I gave up on trying about four years ago.

My sister just wrote to me (first time in years) asking me to come to their 50th anniversary in the summer. Um, no thanks. I'm washing
my hair that day.

[mikizee]

but... wait a minute.... YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HAIR!


I see my parents maybe once a month or less. Probably should see them more.

[MC Moot]

My parents live a 15min walk away from me. I usually see them about once a week, either for a cup of tea or dinner. My dad works away though and he's gone 3 months at a time so I do miss him when he's gone :(
My sister and brother also live in the area so I see them fairly regularly. I like it for the most part.

god,that would be soooo nice....before pops retired to the old country,the whole family lived within about 20mins away from each other....so we had weekly dinner party's where he'd hold court like no other.....now we're all spread across the country/globe....

[MC Moot]

My parents and I exchange birthday cards; that's about it. That don't give a flying fuck about me and I gave up on trying about four years ago.

My sister just wrote to me (first time in years) asking me to come to their 50th anniversary in the summer. Um, no thanks. I'm washing
my hair that day.

I'm sorry that your relations are not sound...but then again you strike me as the kind of man of which that kind of discontent only lends strength to your character/nature....

[Kid Presentable]

See, when I was 11 I saved my paper-run money to buy a MegaDrive (I feel ridiculous typing this out). I was giving the money to my mother so she could pay the lay-by for me on her lunch breaks. Comes the time when I have enough for the last payment and my dad takes me down to the store (I think he was going to help with the last one, actually). I get to the lay-by desk only to find out that no lay-by had ever been made. Fucking ripped off by my mother, it seems. Then when I was 17 they moved to Perth and left me in NZ. I dunno, I guess I have some issues. I feel bad, and I generally have let it go. Just waffling now.

[abcdefz]

My parents taught Britney Spears everything she knows.

[Kid Presentable]

Yeah, I mean my situation isn't inherently fucked up. It's not outwardly a big deal. I just don't really dig it, especially compared to what most people got. It was always hard to tell who the adult was out of myself and my mother.

[Yetra Flam]

one of my mother's friends here asked me why i would come to the states and leave my ailing parents behind in australia. she literally asked "why did you come here?" i was speechless. guess it didn't take her too long to come to the conclusion that i'm a bad kid that deserts her parents.

[Kid Presentable]

That's probably what she thinks. Doesn't make it true.

[MC Moot]

^Ouch…when I was coming up I had friends whose parents were alcoholics and they would be constantly pulling that kind of shit…(n)

[Yetra Flam]

Its definitely what she thinks, and the fact that she would say it just right out to my face means she obviously has major issues with me leaving my parents behind. I cant stop thinking about it, and wondering if other people in my family think the same way.

[Rock]

Its definitely what she thinks, and the fact that she would say it just right out to my face means she obviously has major issues with me leaving my parents behind. I cant stop thinking about it, and wondering if other people in my family think the same way.

who cares what other people think. it really depends on how you and your parents felt about it.

[DandyFop]

Considering I still live at home, gahhhhh, yeah I see them a lot.
But I'll be moving to California in the next few months so that shall change drastically.

Not seeing my mom every day is going to be really difficult, for both of us I think.

I pretty much have the best parents in the world (y)

[Dorothy Wood]

I see my momma about twice a year. She lives across the country and unfortunately after day 3 of a visit, I usually want to kill her. She's very judgmental, but acts as if she isn't.

I'm a spoiled brat though. My life is so easy-breezy and filled with people and things that I like, when I'm out of my self-constructed environment, I find it quite difficult to relax and participate in someone else's.

there are spots of light where we really connect and enjoy each other's company that prevent me from murdering her. :)


I could take or leave her husband, he's nice enough. I've no seen my father in 8 years. we get along alright, we have similar personalities...too bad he's a sociopath. :/ (I'm not a sociopath...I don't think)

[hardnox71]

Anyways, I can't imagine living within an hour from my parents and not seeing them weekly or at least 3 times a month. Hows about you? Is it just like, "eh whatever" or "ill talk to them on the phone now and again"?

I haven't seen my birth mother since I was 3. My first stepmother died from breast cancer when I was 7. My second stepmother divorced my dad when I was 10. And I haven't talked to my father since I was 18 (that one is completely my choice).

I used to hate going over to my friends houses when I was a kid because I was so envious of their families. I used to wish I had the kind of family that they all had but as I got older I realized that everything happens for a reason and that maybe if my mother had been around, shit might have been alot worse than it actually was, you know?

I dunno. That's just the way it is, I guess.