I have a good relationship with both my parents.
But humans are humans and they are both tough people.
On the other hand, as long as they are alive I’ll never be homeless.
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True. Just about everyone in my family has died except for my sister and a couple of cousins. My sister has some pretty bad problems with her heart now and it looks like she’s probably going to go before I do. I wasn’t involved much in the lives of my cousins. It’s kinda ironic that I’m outliving everyone else in my family as people with Schizophrenia are supposed to have reduced life expectancies.
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My dad is a good role model to me.
So is my mum but in a different way.
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I think that also depends on the lifestyle. I used to think that I wouldn’t make 65, but I quit smoking, went to a healthy weight, exercise, and take an AD so that I’m not suicidal,…
I’m expecting to become old these days and I hope you do as well.
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I just turned 64 and it’s pretty much the same with me. I quit smoking, trying to eat healthy, exercising as best as I can. I’m still obese at 235lbs, 106kg, but I used to weigh 345lbs, 155kg back in 2011.
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Both good and bad.
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Goodness knows they aren’t perfect, but neither am I. I love them. They are divorced. I’m closer with my dad than my mom. He is the only person I really argue with, though. I hate confrontation, but he says a lot of things that I don’t believe- and he knows I don’t believe or support what he’s saying. His insistence to bring up the same topics over and over are why I argue with him. I really, really don’t like arguing, but I’ll be darned if I listen to that crud every time I call him.
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Scared of my dad, untrusting of my mother. Stubborn of myself.
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My father is toxic and always absent,
but overall mother and father were helpful
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Far too complex to reduce to a simplistic ‘good or bad’.
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Mother (whos dead now) was a raging Hypochondriac, what you would call an “ambulance chaser” - And the waster of the father was more interested in propping
up a bar and shagging women.
The only upside was, mum was tight as hell when it came to money - so i got a decent slice out of the sale of the house when she snuffed it.
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very close to my mom, distant from my dad…my opinion of my dad is good but he wasn’t a very good dad.
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They were mostly good parents, but they did have flaws. My mom was devastated when she found out about my dad’s predilection, but it had been right there, staring her in the face for years. I guess she was in denial. It really shook her when she found out we were not the picture perfect family she thought we were. She was very bitter about it.
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I have a great relationship with my parents.
They’re still together and they’re awesome people.
They differ politically and religiously from my sister and I,
So that can cause some tension.
They also weren’t/aren’t supportive of my adoption situation.
I’d say that hurts the most.
It’s a big deal that we need to work through,
But all together, they’re pretty awesome.
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Me and my parents have a complicated relationship. They were honestly really abusive growing up, but they’ve sort of grown from that??
I still don’t forgive them for a lot of the ■■■■ they did. Like I didn’t get DID for nothing lmao.
But genuinely I want things to be good between us. And honestly without them right now I’d have no support and probably have a much worse quality of life. I’m pretty reliant on them currently for better or for worse.
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My parents can be awesome at times
But they are too darn strict
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Like all of us, they did their best.
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I think you’re the best. 2 parents I’ve ever had. They both believed in one thing. Staying out of my way to raise myself. They abandoned me one from birth. The other 13. But still remained Friends. I went on to not adopt any other parent. In fact later I went to raise and take care of his folks. Why my sister went to take care of her folks My dad A scandal Stole hundreds of thousands from me. My mom. One of my bigger support now. Wet and raised the rest of my sisters. I have none at all. My one brother. A cop. Has not talked to me since childhood. Remember you can only do the best for yourself. They are only there to guide you.
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I read somewhere:
Each person is infantile while their parents are alive…
By loss of mother, I expirenced it, so now I’m trying to build stronger connection with my father.
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