Parents

[trip]

 

Well, the guy is certainly not going to feel comfortable answering now. Though, it's always good to see Bobcat get a mention.

 

I was legitimately curious, is all.

 

 

Same here

 

@meta. Thank goodness it hasn't really hit the TMI level.

[Tyler]

My father was killed by terrorists in Kuwait during a time around 1995. My mother tried as hard as she could to protect me, but I couldn't handle life there anymore, and hopped a train to New York when I was 16. After I left the military in 1999, I came home and made my dues, said I was sorry, and now live an alright life.

[trip]

I'm bumping this topic to give a real time example of how cool my mother is. Keep in mind that I've had two 'father' joke age references directed towards me of late, so my mother might be like your grandmother's age

 

Long story short I needed 5k quick to make something happen and avoid a law suit. This past weekend my mother pretty much paid me 5k to go out to her house and get her leaf blower and lawn mower in good (easy to start) shape.

 

But that's not half of it. Today my wife came home and told me that my mother and her were talking today, and my mother offered to set up a bank account for my wife that my mother would feed without me knowing. Naturally, my wife turned it down, and I was sworn to secrecy since I wasn't to know about it. My mother loves my wife and I told my wife she was crazy for not taking her up on the offer. My wife works and all, and we have no kids, but who couldn't use extra cash...sheesh

 

--moral of the story--

If you respect and stay close enough to your folks, they just might make growing up a bit easier.

 

*i love post stress work day beers and random internet posting. Lets all hug

[Cheat]

The marriage between my parents is the first for my pops and the second for my mum, so needless to say, they're quite damn strict for the opposite reasons.

Honestly, my dad is an absolute geek and, well, my mum is a mix of a tough and a soft person.

I get tired after spending more than 5 seconds with 'em, but meh. I love em.

[Cursed]

My parents are awesome. No complaints at all really.

[Add_Water]

before divorce:

 

mother:

somewhat uptight, was still cool person,always said i could do better.

 

dad:

didnt have time for me and my sister

 

 

after divorce:

 

mother:

becomes total bitch

 

 

dad:

starts to become the dad i always wanted, relaxed, chilled out, etc.

[Aussiebushmatt]

My dad's not home a lot of the time because of work but he's definitely my favourite of the two parents. He's quite laid-back about several things and then very serious about other issues (mainly work) but he is also a very funny man at times. I feel like I can talk to him about most problems, although I rarely do because of his constant absence. Oh, and he plays FIFA 10 with me on occasions; if it weren't for him I wouldn't be on these forums now because I bought GTA1 for the PC back in the day when I was a young'un.

 

My mum constantly irritates me but I love her, I mean, she's my mum. I don't really feel like I can talk to her though and the pressure she puts on me adds to my already troublesome issues in my social and school life and has resulted in my crippling depression that I can't even talk to either of my parents about. They really have no idea about anything I do. My mum thinks I'm a lazy bastard but what can I do when I'm trying my hardest? Putting those issues aside, my mum can fix pretty much anything and is very good at telling what's wrong with me injury-wise as she is in the medical profession (as is my dad).

[makeshyft]

Dude, you can talk to your parents about your depression. They're in the field of medicine, after all. It can be a hard subject to approach, but your quality of life will vastly improve if you can get it out into the open.

[Aussiebushmatt]

Dude, you can talk to your parents about your depression. They're in the field of medicine, after all. It can be a hard subject to approach, but your quality of life will vastly improve if you can get it out into the open.

I'm slowly gearing towards one day where I can finally tell them how I feel; thanks for the comment

[makeshyft]

Dude, you can talk to your parents about your depression. They're in the field of medicine, after all. It can be a hard subject to approach, but your quality of life will vastly improve if you can get it out into the open.

I'm slowly gearing towards one day where I can finally tell them how I feel; thanks for the comment

Hey, it's cool. I know people who have gone through what you're going through. Thing is, I never found out until after they'd confronted it and basically moved on. You want to ask them, "why didn't you talk to me about it," but know that they probably wouldn't have felt comfortable doing so.

 

There are always people around who will listen to you, man. You know who they are, you just need to take the first step. Reach out for a lifeline.

[BrownBear]

My dad grew up in Izmir, Turkey. At age 5 his mum left him to go to Germany without telling him. His dad was in thee was in the mafia when he was young and later become a devout muslim and never had time for my dad, so him and his siblings looked after themselves.

He moved to this country in '90 and became a night taxi driver, he often got racial abuse from the customers and would get in fights with them all the time.

As long as i can remember he has been unemployed, suffering from deppresion and various other diseases and remains so.

Luckily he quit drinking not long ago but still smokes a ridiulous amount.

He is currently in a feud with his family and turkey and pretty much hates them all, his dad is dead, his mum and brother are sttill in Turkey, the only brother he likes in in Colorado and his other brother, who he hasnt spoke to for years lives in New zealand.

 

My mum is far more stable. She grew up in the north of England and her parents were working class Irish immagrints. She works as an english teacher to business people from around the world.

She is very stable and honest, i argue with her often but its never serious.

 

For all their faults i love my parents.

 

 

 

 

[foohy]

My parents are awesome.

 

My dad has a background in law enforcement and a lot of both professional and on-the-job training regarding psychology. So he's really good at talking to people. He has always been good at finding out when me and my brother (and anyone else) were lying or doing something we shouldn't just through talking to us. And once it was all out in the open, he was really good at explaining why what we did was wrong and convincing us to not do it again as opposed to a lot of parents who just get frustrated and ground the kid without really talking to them about it.

He's really adventurous too. He'll find something fun to do anywhere with anyone. He's just a cool dad. I don't know many other dads that can hang out with their kid's and their kid's friends without being seen as intruding. Mine and my brother's friends all see him as another one of our friends. He skateboards with us, goes to concerts, etc. It's great.

 

My mom is pretty much the nicest person you will ever meet. She's really non-confrontational but not in a way that she lets people walk over her. She homeschooled me and my brother all through school but was never over-protective. So we grew up with normal friends and and were socially well-adjusted unlike many homeschooled kids whose parents shelter them from everything and choose their friends for them (which usually means they only make friends with other homeschooled kids).

She's a little on the cautious side but my dad's personality balances it out and they make a great couple. They never fight...ever. They have disagreements occasionally but work them out calmly. No one ever believes them when they say they've never fought because "every married couple fights!". But it's true.

 

The rest of my family, however, is a completely different story.

[gtathebest4ever]

My parents weren't overly protective of me. Most of time when something happened at school for example, they would immediately try to find a reason I was to blame. And most of the time I wasn't. but that kinda thought me to be more independent and not really care about what other people think when I know I'm right. That's all I'm sharing.

[blitsie]

My father is mostly a gamer like me, he is also a rugby fanatic while I dislike the sport (old rugby coach destroyed my love for rugby, long story)

 

I'm closer to my mother though, I always tell her what happens at school etc. but not my father.

 

But I caught my parents doing it last night while walking to the bathroom (their room is right next to it and the door was open, showing them and the bed in full view, disgusting)

 

So, any advice on forgetting nasty images will be quite nice, thanks.

[Claude Speed.]

My parents are alright. Gave me a lot of freedom unlike a lot of other parents around here. The only complaint I have is that mom apparently cheated on dad because dad treated her badly, well not really that badly but mom is a bit too sentimental. They're getting along fine most of the time but mom likes to drink and dad complains to her about that and that's the perfect time for an argument.

I like both of them, and either can be annoying at times. Mom is the parent whom I tell my problems because for some reason I grew more attached to her.

Dad is the smarter parent and the guy that can smoke cigarettes without getting addicted; same goes for drinking. Dad doesn't like to be attached to anything like that.