What is your relationship with your parents like?

[Rae]

Even though I would love to have kids one day, I'm terrified not of how I'll raise them, but of the genetics they'll inherit from me. So I think I might adopt or something. But if the fates decide that I should have a kid of my own, then so be it :3 (basically if I get pregs despite my birth control and stuff)
A part of me does kinda think I'd make a terrible parent though, just by how I watch the girls I babysit.
Pretty much all I demand is that they play nice and don't complain about "being bored" since I had plenty of fun things for them to do, they just need to ask. Otherwise, I really don't care.
Maybe it's the fact they aren't mine though, because I'm pretty blunt with the girls :T They told me I was supposed to be nice to them once when they were being bad. I just laughed in their faces and told them I'm just supposed to make sure they don't kill each other :B

[megumidesu]

A part of me does kinda think I'd make a terrible parent though, just by how I watch the girls I babysit.

i know a lot of people who completely hate kids and are terrible with them , but then they became parents and said that it's totally different when it's your own child ~ they still hate other peoples' kids , though lol ~

[Rae]

i know a lot of people who completely hate kids and are terrible with them , but then they became parents and said that it's totally different when it's your own child ~ they still hate other peoples' kids , though lol ~

That's probably what'll happen to me XD

[Corsac]

It hits me when I hear others talking about how they've had bad experiences with one or both of their parents. I've always had a pretty good relationship with both parents so can't fully understand these things that happen with other people.

[megumidesu]

as someone who has experienced both terrible parents and lovely amazing awesome parents , i find that i appreciate the good parents a whole lot more ~

so , i'm wondering if the people posting saying that they have good relationships with their parents feel more appreciative of them when they hear about people who have bad parents ?

[Varanus]

Hmmm where do I begin?

My relationship with my parents is not even close to what one would call a "normal family relationship".
I love my mother to bits out of respect for every single little thing she has done for me over the years, every little sacrifice she made to help me and not to mention she was and is very accepting of me being gay and loves my partner to bits...I couldn't ask for anything more from her.

My father well that's a totally different story all together id lost count of how many times he had beaten me over the years as a young child over the most trivial rubbish.
If my bed had a small crease in it after I had made it id get belted, If there was a single leaf in the pool after i had cleaned it again id get belted.
I hate this man with all my heart, every time I look at him all I see and feel is hate and anger towards him.
He refuses to acknowledge me being gay (I'm the biggest disappointment to him and his family) and has never asked to meet my partner in the 2 years we've been together.
I just look at this man and think too myself I cant wait until the day where putting you 6ft under as ill be sitting there with a grin from side to side over the relief of not worrying about what he will do next to try and destroy my life.

I'm very lucky I've got the partner that I do as he has built me up to be an amazing person within these last two years, I've become someone my mother is proud of and I'm out there doing what I love with my life and I wouldn't have been this successful without his aid and guidance.

[Miles]

i hope that i'll be the complete opposite of what my parents were like when my baby is born ~

You will

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[Geminize]

...i'm wondering if the people posting saying that they have good relationships with their parents feel more appreciative of them when they hear about people who have bad parents ?

I have a huge amount of respect and appreciation for both of my parents, and they earned it. I feel so sad, reading people's stories of abuse. I'm amazed at what some people have had to endure, and that some seem to do it gracefully.

My father was a kind, generous, loving man. He was emotionally shut-down, like so many men in his generation. After his own troubled upbringing, he was able to pass on the best of who he was to me and my brothers. I was 22 when he died unexpectedly.

My mother is one of the most positive people I know. On the rare occasions when she has something negative to say about anyone, it really gets my attention. I'm sad to watch that positive personality slowly erode, now that she is in her 80's.

Our house was the one where all of my friends were comfortable hanging out, and they were always welcomed by my parents. Now that I have 2 kids of my own in high school, my house is where their friends hang out almost every weekend. I feel very fortunate to be able to pass that along.

[MisterTinkles]

They are DEAD, so Im FREEKING HAPPY!!!!

My "mother" was one of these people who should have been "fixed" at birth. She should have NEVER been allowed to breed.

My "father" ran off when I was 2 years old....or so I was told.

My mother was a selfish, highly opinionated, self glorified, condescending, backstabbing liar and cheat.
AND THOSE WERE HER GOOD ATTRIBUTES!!!!

She was CONSUMED with possessions and things, and "name brands", and high end "lablels". Me and my sister went with the bare necessities while she had closets FULL of new, expensive clothes she never wore! The douchebag she married the second time around was a pervert.

As far as I was concerned, these people were just there to pay the bills. My grandma and my Great Aunts and Uncles were my REAL family....including my sister.

I know hindsight is 20/20, but if I had ANY idea of what shit life me and my sister would have, I would have grabbed her and moved away when I was 18....either that or kill the fuckers in thier sleep.

Parents are only people who breed. Nothing more. And most of them should be castrated at birth.
The ONLY reason my "mother" had kids was to get HER out of housework!!! As soon as I could reach the sink, I was washing dishes, vacuuming, and other cleaning chores, while she sat on her boney ass and watched tv or went shopping.

Just because they are your parents, doesnt make them gods, nor does it make them right or rightous.

[Tim18]

I've never had the chance to meet my father because he left my mom before I was born, and
my mother is really the best mother, I could have hoped for because she accepts me for who I am.She is pretty much the only member of my family that does accept me for who I am and lets not forget she takes all the crap she gets from my other family members without letting get to her.