Parents! (Weekly Poll #63)

[pattypus]

Do you have a good relationship with your parents? Are you the type of child to tell your parents everything, or do you tell them next to nothing?

[v13co]

i have a great relationship with my mom. we talk about everything, and she's so label conscious so i get a lot of accessories from her, wahaha. plus we have the same size feet! so i borrow a lot of shoes from her too

my dad's always way since i was little. he travels a lot for the business. one year, we counted how many times he ate at home and he only ate at home 31 times in the whole year! he's very protective though. when me and my boyfriend started dating he had the driver follow us around in a separate car just to make sure we didn't do anything *cough* *cough*... we were like 15 and 17 at that time!

[azzy]

I don't have that great of a relationship with my mom.
She grew up in Canton, China..and she has different views.
She can't speak english, and i can barely speak cantonese..so it's hard to communicate with her sometimes. I feel as if she doesn't understand most of the things i try to tell her. When i tell her how much things mean to me, she'll just think it's childish.

[bombshell]

i'm okay with my parents. they were born in canada as well so they have the same views as i do. i occasionally fight with them but it's not such a big deal...

when my friends meet my parents they really like them...
as long as i'm well my parents are happy...

[xbabysoul]

i barely talk to my parents anymore. we never talk about anything

[mArie]

I have a closer relationship with my dad than my mom. Ever since I was little I've had a strong bond with him (I always followed him around). Now that I'm older, our relationship is has gotten better. We go to the movies together every now and then, shop, eat out and just talk for hours. Our relationship grew stronger during my parents divorce. It was the first time we cried together. I'm a little closer to my mom now than I use to be but not as close as I'd like. But my dad and I talk a lot about stuff, except for sex. Because my mom is in the East coast, she always buys me stuff (designer stuff I like) because we can't see each other all the time. Sometimes I think it's cuz she's trying to make up for all the years we could have become close but didn't.

[lalalone]

I'm not that close with my parents. I'm closer with my mom but I can't tell her about anything big in my life, we mostly chat and gossip about celebrities and stuff. Her tastes are too different from mine so we don't really shop together, and she still has a lot of Asian views when it comes to dating, so I don't bother telling her anything related to boyfriends.

[lohlah]

I have a great relationship with my parents, and I'm thankful for that. I"m closer to my mom than my dad, I tell my mom pretty much everything. She has a fantastic sense of humour and she makes me laugh a lot. But when she gets mad, watch out.

[xo.couture]

I'm okay with my dad, he understands me pretty well.
but as for my mom, I don't tell her much, and most of the time I lie to her, since getting her to understand me is hopeless

[ko0ty]

I don't have a close relationship with my parents/family at all. We get along SOMEtimes and I love them and all but we don't talk about things and I barely see them.

It's sad because I was watching home videos a couple days ago and we use to be sooo close but I got so corrupted and rebelled so much after I turned 10-ish. I think I ruined the family. LOL. It's okay though, after I finished school and got a FT job, our relationship has gotten a little better and I try to take them out for a nice, scrumptious dinner at least once a month.

[insanity]

I never had a chance to get to know my mom, she left me to my grandparents when i was 1, so she could go abroad to work and support us, she visted every 4 to 5 years to see me but only stay for a month or less. At 14years old she took me and bring me here so i could have a better education but since then we never get along, she is like a stranger to me, i know she work hard for me but I cant help it we just dont get along. I never tll her anything, I was never comfortable telling her anything, maybe it makes me a bad person.

[MBslr]

I never had a chance to get to know my mom, she left me to my grandparents when i was 1, so she could go abroad to work and support us, she visted every 4 to 5 years to see me but only stay for a month or less. At 14years old she took me and bring me here so i could have a better education but since then we never get along, she is like a stranger to me, i know she work hard for me but I cant help it we just dont get along. I never tll her anything, I was never comfortable telling her anything, maybe it makes me a bad person.

Awww no it doesn't make you a bad person at all. Even though she's your mom it doesn't mean you'll see eye to eye on everything. It is what it is. No worries.

For me I get along with my parents. More so with my dad cuz he's just a cool person in general. When I was a kid we used to be movie buddies. He'd bring me to watch movies all the time and buy me ice cream cones and popcorn :grin: Even now I get along with my dad more than my mom. My mom's just so b*tchy :sick: I don't mean to sound rude but she is :sick:

[ko0ty]

I never had a chance to get to know my mom, she left me to my grandparents when i was 1, so she could go abroad to work and support us, she visted every 4 to 5 years to see me but only stay for a month or less. At 14years old she took me and bring me here so i could have a better education but since then we never get along, she is like a stranger to me, i know she work hard for me but I cant help it we just dont get along. I never tll her anything, I was never comfortable telling her anything, maybe it makes me a bad person.

It's not your fault that you guys don't get along. I guess you can't help but to feel resentful that she left you for that long even if it was for your own good since a mother is something every person should have near them when growing up.

[xxk1nky]

i don't have a great relationship with my parents. we don't talk or anything. i just find it reaaaaaaally hard to talk to them. and when i do talk to them about stuff, they don't really seem all that interested or concerned unless it's about school (typical asian parents).

[ShoppingTwentyFourSeven]

i get along great wit my parents. i think its all about open communicaiton n spendin time together more 2 connect n laern bout wat each of us r doin in our lives. i work p/t wit my dad so we spend more time together than wit my mom. but i do other stuff wit my mom like shoppin n travelin wit her n her gfs. basicaly its important 2 be open n share wit ur parents 2 create a bond. it does takes effort tho :smile:

[biwi]

i really get along with my mom. we always talk like we're bestfriends. my bf and i have been together for 3 years now (only my dad doesn't know about us) and my mom has been the one who help me make excuses for my dad and help me sneak out of the house.lol. my dad has been very strict to me eversince my younger sister passed away. at 14, i got rebellious and now it seems like there's a wall between us. we talk but sometimes, i get shy at him b/c i still feel guilty for what i did when i was younger. i can see he too feels reluctant to talk to me. like, if he wants to say something to me, he will tell to my mom and my mom will tell to me. its kinda weird

[chanelluver210]

i have a great realtionship with my parents. its easier to talk 2 my mom than my dad though.

[CANDY]

I kinda have a good relationship with your parents. barely talk to my parents. everytime when I talk to my dad, I would always talk back because he always thinks he's right and knows everything. I talk to my mom sometimes but nothing personal. my mom always puts others before herself. everytime when she goes shopping by herself or with me, she would always look/buy clothes for me first. I still go shopping with them once in a while and eat dinner/lunch with them.

[eeeva]

we argue a lot, but i still tell them about school. i would never tell them everything though. they always think the worst of everyone. i mean, i guess it's good to be careful of people, but sometimes it's a bit of an overload.

[Tigerette]

My parents think I'm like the perfect daughter and they are both always trying to spend more time with me. I personally rather not see them too often. They are really frustrating to talk to.... not because they don't listen or disagree with me, but let's just say I certainly didn't get my intelligence from them. (I swear I'm adopted). I feel like I'm talking to a child, they just don't seem to understand anything that has any depth to it. I really do love my parents and they were good to me, but I feel much more like an adult now then they are and it's just strange.

[shopping.pink.]

my relationship with my parents are okay , i guess
but they're asian
so they are supper protective when it comes to guys
i cant date until im 18 they said?
suppously? i mean seriously.
i dont wanna wait till 18, so we're kinda in a fight to make it
16. i mean dont you guys think 16 is reasonable?
i mean they should trsut me for me:S and what i do
and i wotn do anyting stupid.. god~

[chelynn]

sighh; same my parents..
they dont understand what goes on i guess
they always believe that if i dont come home by 10 then im doing something bad with my friends,,,
its weird; cuz you would probably hope hope/believe that theyd trust you...
typical asian parents; richmonds really not that bad...